We visited some of the remaining Spanish era houses. This one is from the late 1700's - Made of all wood with very open rooms and open beam ceiling. Notice the harps. There were 3 old European harps in the house.
This is Casa Gorordo - a well preserved home from the mid 1800's. The house is built with sliding panels so the rooms can be opened up and air can move through to cool the house. There are beautiful carved wood borders at the top of the panels.
The second floor had an open balcony running the entire length of the house.
This is an open courtyard with an old well and a carriage house.
This is the LapuLapu Monument in honor of King LapuLapu who killed Magellan when he tried to force the King's tribe to convert to the Catholic Church.
The monument is on the bay were Magellan first landed. This is one of the bancas (boats) up in "dry dock". The boys swimming in the bay are bold (Tagalog for "bare naked")
The Taoist Temple was built for the Chinese-Filipino population. It is located up on a hillside in northern Cebu City. The surrounding neighborhood has large homes and is called "Beverly Hills".
The dragons everywhere reminded me of the Eddy Murphy character in the Disney cartoon "Mulan".
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wonderful pictures. there was an article in the church news about the cebu temple. real interesting.
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