$20 Business Class Ferry to Cebu 🇵🇭

I left Bohol by ferry and headed to Cebu. Business Class seats only cost 50% more than regular class, so it was an easy choice to book the comfortable seat.

The departure lounge at the Tagbilaran ferry terminal was very clean and comfortable, with a few nice food and drink options available. So I was able to relax in comfort with a mango coconut milkshake while waiting for my ferry to Cebu to arrive.

That’s where the comfort ended, unfortunately, as I was unlucky enough to get the one business class seat on the ferry that had restricted legroom. I felt quite hard done by, as I’d paid the same price as everyone else in the business class cabin, but had a much worse seat.

The ferry was fast, though, and I had a friendly neighbour who gave me advice on places to visit and food to eat in Cebu.

When I arrived at the Cebu ferry terminal, I quickly checked the Grab app to see how much it would cost for a car to take me to my hotel. I checked the amount before exiting the terminal gates, so when I was approached by taxi touts I would know if they were overcharging me or not.

The guys who greeted me at the gates were asking me for double the amount quoted on Grab and it turned out they didn’t even have cars. They were all motorbike taxis. So I just booked the Grab car through the app.

A very friendly driver came and took me to my hotel, Holiday Inn Cebu, that I’d booked for $75 a night.

I found that hotel room to be a bit on the small side and there was only a coffee table rather than a proper working desk. The internet wasn’t exactly fast either. But I could make do with all of that.

After settling in to my new home in Cebu, I went out to visit Philippines’ oldest street, that I had learned about from my Grab driver earlier.

Colon Street was the first street ever created by the Spanish when they arrived in Cebu back in 1565. These days it’s a big busy road with low end retail shops and a few street vendors.

There aren’t really old buildings or anything interesting for tourists there. I did buy a cheap knockoff Adidas cap and a fresh melon juice, and that was interesting to me though.

I wandered down a side street and ended up at some big complex. I wondered what it was and as I wandered in, I was asked to remove my baseball cap. That’s because it was a church, and nit just any church, but the Basilica del Santo Niño, the oldest church in the Philippines.

After a bit of exploring, I had worked up a hunger and decided to visit a branch of Mang Inasal. I’d seen many branches of this restaurant and realised it must be popular.

It turns out to be a barbecue chicken restaurant, so I enjoyed some delicious chicken with a massive halo halo for dessert. A tasty way to end my first day in Cebu.

0:00 Tagbilaran Ferry Terminal
2:00 Business Class Ferry
10:30 Arriving in Cebu
17:05 Cebu’s Best Grab Driver
27:17 Holiday Inn Cebu
36:26 Philippines Oldest Street
37:40 Adidas Cap
40:07 Melon Juice
50:15 Philippines Oldest Church
55:48 Mang Inasal Chicken Restaurant

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