After the Christmas season, Cebu will celebrate its most popular religious activity right after the start of the new year. The uptown area, particularly the Fuente Osmena circle and that place occupied by PENSHOPPE where the statue of the Sto. Nino has already been put into place, has become a favorite spot to pose for some souvenirs..
I just can't help but heave a deep sigh as I was about to see the sun setting in the horizon. What a magnificent sky...
(Photos taken near the White Gold Club Inc. at the Cebu North Reclamation Area in Cebu City)
YULETIDE IN THE AIR
The past week, I was roaming around Metro Cebu and I could really feel the season in the air. The weather may not be the same with the previous years, yet the sounds and sights of Christmas can be felt everywhere . I took some photos in the more popular places of downtown and uptown Cebu to share for you guys who may have been away from this place..
THE CROSS AND WATCH TOWER AT PUNTA BAY
Maribojoc, Bohol
"Overlooking Bohol's southern seas, and lies on a bay in the sleepy town of Maribojoc, some 14 kms. west of Tagbilaran City, is a triangular watch tower that was constructed in 1796 by the Spaniards. It served as a fortification against Muslim pirates and was built in honor of the patron saint of the town, St. Vincent Ferrer, of which a statue is found in the inside of the tower. A big cross stands in front of the tower that serves as a silent sentinel guarding the entrance of the bay......"
This was what I read as I goggled the Net about this famous watch tower in Bohol. Though I have spent my early years in Bohol, yet I personally was not able to see this place, even during my college days, until just recently...
