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Sinulog Time For Cebu

Sinulog Dancer

Sinulog in Cebu draws huge crowds and prestige for Cebu each year. This year the big week for Sinulog starts today. What is Sinulog? Its the biggest part in all of the Philippines and one of the biggest in the world. It is a festival. Filipinos love festivals. There are festivals for neighborhoods, barangay also…

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Philippine Government Departmental Websites

Coat of Arms Republic of The Philippines

This can be your all-in-one resource portal to Philippine government agencies and their websites. Office Of The President Republic of The Philippines Official Website As of July 22 2010 there is almost nothing on this website.  The new president has just been sworn in and it appears the first thing they did was remove all…

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Living in Cebu 03-06-09

Walking In Bogo City

This post covers the period from 03-02-09 to 03-06-09 and over 50 pictures. There are a lot of pictures during these days that I like. So this post will will be spread over several pages. The last page will contain a gallery of all the pictures in this series.

I’ve been going on longer walks, struggling to get weight off and blood sugar under control. I’ve had some success and some set backs but lots of pictures. I’ve been trying to walk two miles for at least two days and then a day off. These longer walks give me lots of time to take pictures.

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Basilica of Santo Niño

Santo Nino

Not long after arriving in Cebu, I began to hear of Santo Nino. It was explained to me that it was Christ as a child. He looked much different than the Christ I had seen in pictures all my life. I had been here a few months before I even knew this “doll” I had been seeing was a depiction of the Christ Child.

Yesterday I visited the church where this statue is displayed. Its a very significant part of Cebu history as this statue was giving to the rulers of Cebu in 1521

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Sinulog

Party in Cebu City

Sinulog is billed as the largest and best festival in the land of festivals also known as the Philippines. :) I suspect there are some other locations in the Philippines that would dispute that claim and probably make the same for themselves as well.

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