Last Sunday, we had this chance to visit one of those small houses built by the sea, in between the two bridges connecting the cities of Mandaue in Cebu island and Lapu-lapu in Mactan island – the first bridge on the left side and the new bridge on the right. Most of these houses are made of light materials (nipa, bamboo, wood), though some used concrete for their foundation and other parts of their houses. These houses are interconnected by wooden planks which serve as bridges and the sides are decorated with flowers and plants on pots.
These seaside abodes look so tiny as seen by motorists when driving along the bridge. We stayed there until dusk and I had fun watching some boats passing by and the birds hovering over the water and snooping down speedily to catch some fish. Here are a few of those idyllic scenes that lazy Sunday afternoon.
The second bridge aka ‘Marcelo Fernan bridge’ in honor of the late Cebuano and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
A fishing boat
A big ship passing under the bridge
This looks like a sightseeing boat
A fast-ferry breezed by a lonely boat
A solitary bird in flight (finally I was able to capture one of them with the cam)
The first Mandaue-Mactan bridge at dusk
nice views!must have waited for quite some time to capture that bird in flight 🙂
to live in a house by the sea*sigh*
*Sigh* I haven’t been to Cebu in ages. And even then it was mostly work work work, and no time to enjoy the city.
A must see place on my next trip. Heard so much praises about the city, have a lot of friends here from Cebu, and the last thing to do is to see Her…
Nice photos. I need a break. Maybe I should call my travel agent the soonest… Cebu is pure delight! 🙂
Raine: Thanks! yes, I’ve clicked about 5 times to capture those flying birds. Good thing, I was able to catch that one.
Snglguy: You weren’t able to mix business with pleasure when you were in Cebu, huh? Tsk tsk…
Vic: Cebu is the place to be! 🙂
Alvin: Yup, lots of bars and restos in Cebu to hop on for you and your gang…
hi te cy, nice shots and cool views, missing cebu..wahh!!! regards ko sa tanan! God bless u all
hi haze, naa na mi negros… i’m missing cebu already. hehehe… how’s work? wala na lagi ka sa ym?
God bless you too!
hi 🙂 u dont know me! Im Mimie de Jesus, a Master of Tropical Landscape Architecture student in UP Diliman. twice or 3x i think nabasa ko blog mo about your niece 🙁 I’m doing kc a research/paper about Mactan Island Memorial Garden. Pwede ako mag ask ng pix and comment/observation mo about d place? PLEASE!!! U can check my multiply account my uuser id is ermileen 🙂
Hello Mimie, I already replied to via email. thanks for the visit! 🙂
Hi : ) wala pa sa inbox 🙁 pwede pa send ulit 🙁 SORRY!! May experienced ako last week after 3 days ko na received yung email sakin, this one is ASAP. I’l gather all infos given to me and if still I need more Iv to visit the site 🙁 NOT this time because of my sked 🙁 hellweek..tons of school reqts hehe
I appreciate ur reply coz iv been asking people to help me about this but ikaw lang nag reply FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 🙂 YOU ARE A BLESSING!! I speak abundance, peace and direction…your hearts desire will be given to you, amen!! : )
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Hi Mimie, I sent it again. pls confirm if you got it na. and thanks for the compliment. to God be the glory. 😉