Sinulog Festival 2013, Cebu City Philippines
Hello friends! This post is long overdue I know. I would like to share my fun-filled experience during the Sinulog Festival 2013 at the very beautiful Cebu City! Warning, this post is photo-loaded. :)
As I have shared in my previous posts about the Sinulog Festival here, here, here and here I was there for work and not for a vacation. But when you work hard, you deserve to play hard too right? So I made the most out of each day there.
Day 1 - I was seated in business class (woohoo first time) because there were no more available economy seats, lucky me! I rode with Marian Rivera, Rafael Rosel, Dennis Trillo and Raymond Gutierrez, there there was ME.
My Business Class Experience flying to Cebu City |
We checked in at a really nice business hotel, The Quest Hotel . Immediately after checking in, we went to JUMP Center in Cebu to train our JUMP Squad on the activation that we are implementing for two days.
Quest Hotel Cebu, home for two days |
At SM Cebu, there were already dancers performing in different parts of the mall, dancing with joy and making customers stop and watch them.
A dancer in festival costume at SM Cebu |
Some more dancers entertain locals and tourists at SM Cebu |
All smiles in the morning for work. |
Sinulog Festival Parade started at 9:00 am, Fuente Osmena Circle |
Sinulog masks were sold on the streets |
This child was still all smiles amidst the heat from the afternoon sun |
Some more Sinulog mask souvenirs sold on the streets |
Every corner was covered by a sea of people celebrating the Sinulog Festival |
The Sto. Nino de Basilica |
Sto. Nino de Basilica's magnificent altar. |
Sto. Nino in different sizes, sold on the streets outside the church. |
The Magellan's Cross |
Assorted dried fish, Danggit for one, is sold at Taboan Market in Cebu |
But just a little warning if you are bringing your children with you, maybe you may opt to skip the parade. Streets are closed to traffic which means a lot of walking will be involved, plus, the bulk of people on the streets could give stress to the little ones.
Overall, I had so much fun! I definitely look forward to another trip to Cebu City next year for the Sinulog Festival, hopefully non-work related.
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2 comments
I haven't attended Sinulog yet. We have Dinagyang and Ati-atihan here in Iloilo and Kalibo (respectively) every January too so I'm not really sure if I could ever attend the Sinulog Festival. heheh Maybe someday...
ReplyDeleteI would love to attend Dinagyang and Ati-atihan dear @twitter-1034718745:disqus ! Maybe someday too, when I go there, I'll make sure to meet up with you. :)
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