Trip Ko Lang

Our first stop – Jumalon Butterfly Sanctuary, right after our lunch at Jollibee, our adventure began… we rode a jeepney along Colon st. with a sign – Basak, Pardo. The ride took us about 30-45 minutes, or maybe it seemed long because we really didn’t know where we were going…   and unfortunately, we missed the right stop and just rode another jeepney to go back and alight near Mcdo. From there, we rode a tricycle (30php – 10php each) and brought us to Macopa St. where the Jumalon’s house is situated. I didn’t expect the sanctuary to be a house, thought it was sort of a museum. Entrance Fees – 25php (kids) and 50php (adults). At first, I find it a bit pricey, seeing that it was just a house, but the tour was worthwhile, we had the daughter of Prof. Jumalon as our tour guide, she shared a lot of information about his father’s passion for butterflies, art and different studies they had about butterflies. I can assure you that you will really learn a lot from her and after you will have a new outlook on butterflies and really appreciate its beauty.

Butterflies close-up

Interacting with butterflies

The tour consists of their butterfly garden (where we were able to get close and take pictures of butterflies – tip: wear perfume so butterflies will come to you), the egg, larva, pupa and caterpillar section (get to see how butterflies evolve), the butterfly collections (get to see the oldest, the largest, most beautiful, butterflies around the world and a lot more) and the art gallery (be amazed with Prof. Jumalon’s butterfly mosaics and paintings). Personally, I enjoyed the tour and  I was inspired by Prof. Jumalon’s great passion for butterflies and art that until his death he was still trying to finish a masterpiece. I even got teary-eyed appreciating all his masterpieces and realizing his dedication and hardwork in accomplishing them.

Jumalon Tour

Day 1 – 24 April 2009 (Friday)

7.50am – departure from Manila via Zest Air

9.20 – arrival in Mactan Cebu International Airport

10.30 – check-in Golden Valley Hotel in Pelaez St. Cebu City

11.00 – lunch at Jollibee

11.30 – Jumalon Butterfly Sanctuary

2.00 – Crocolandia

4.00 – Meet friend in Ayala Cebu

5.00 – Taoist temple

6.30 – Back to hotel and dinner

Day 2 – 25 April 2009 (Saturday)

7.00 – breakfast in hotel

8.00 – Casa Gorordo Museum in Lopez Jaena St.

10.30 – Crown Regency (Edge Coaster, Skywalk, 4-D Dino Rampage movie, Snack at the bar)

12.30 – Magellan’s Cross and Sto. Nino Basilica

1.30 – lunch at Chowking

3.00 – Ayala Mall, merienda in Ice Castle

6.00 – back to hotel, bought ihaw-ihaw on side streets

Day 3 – 25 April 2009 (Sunday)

7.00 – breakfast at Jollibee

8.30 – English mass in Sto. Nino Basilica

10.00 – Fort San Pedro

11.00 – back to hotel and check-out

12.00 – lunch at CNT lechon

1.00 – SM Cebu

3.00 – watched movie Monster vs. Aliens again…

6.00 – dinner in Chikahan sa Cebu

8.00 – arrival in Cebu Mactan International Airport

10.05 – departure from Cebu via Zest Air

11.20 – arrival in Manila

Note:

We didn’t really had a plan at first, we just noted all places to visit and then everything came into place in terms of proximity of the locations, time of the day, weather conditions, and means of transportation. We rode a taxi, jeep, tricycle, and a trisikad just to get to these places. We met a lot of different cebuanos, some are nice people, some are makulet, funny and most of the time they speak to us in Bisaya. Cebu city is just like our Quiapo in Manila, busy streets, busy people on the streets selling stuffs, walking, begging for alms, and old structure of buildings, a lot of jeepneys, dirty roads, “buwaya” policemen and traffic anywhere. I can’t really say that it is a safe city but you should always be alert and aware of your belongings and people around you.