Day 9 10/04/2007 - Cebu City, Philippines

Today was day number 2 here in the Philippines. Leaving the airport yesterday it reminded me alot of Mexico; however, once I got into the city it was very different. I never really realized the level of poverty that it here (stuff that you don't hear about on the tourism brochure). Today we saw the mall and drove around the city. If you think traffic is bad where you are -then you should come here. Yesterday it took us about 30 minutes to drive 6 miles down the road. Quite different than in the states.

Another thing that was surprising was the lack of power on the stop lights, etc. David informed me that the city owns money to the power company. In turn, the power company turns off the power to the traffic lights - what a mess!

Here is a picture of a public restroom. I really think there is very little explaining that I have to do here. All people stand...And well...You can imagine the rest...Notice the hose and the lack of straps...And no - I did not try it...

Here is a picture of the airport in Cebu. I found out it is on an island just South of the main city. This area is the ritzy area and there are alot of hotel/resorts in the area.

Finally, here is an area of the city going towards the mall. Notice the large church in the background. I was told that they believe you have to be in the building at the time of the second coming. If you are not present, you will not be taken away...Interesting...