It was our second day at Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort after a long night spent on the slopes of Mountain View with Cat and her friends. We were up as early as seven in the morning to catch the sunrise at the beach. I remember reading somewhere that morning is one of the best parts of the day to get your camera working and take those nice picturesque shots.

I was still in my jammies when my friend and I headed down the beach. The resort was quiet and still like a drug treatment and recreation center for recuperating alcoholics (hehe). We passed by Allegro Restaurant where we were greeted by an ongoing buffet breakfast and cottages along the beach occupied by tourists. Koreans taking their holidays on this part of Mactan Island were still in their beds, probably exhausted from days spent on too much swimming.

Maribago beach looked artificial to me. I think this part of the resort was a reclaimed land, and the sand, as they say, could have been imported from neighboring Bohol. Crabs were crawling up to the shores and starfishes abound. At a certain distance was the sea, or maybe part of the Magellan Strait that separates Mactan Island from Cebu proper. A couple of resorts, and perhaps a drug treatment center, populate the Maribago shorelines.

Cebu is not exactly known for nice beaches but mangoes, otap, lechon and the population’s love for music.