Thursday, June 10, 2010

Trip to Cebu (end of May)

The end of May - We were able to go down to Cebu in the Southern Philippines for the open house of the Cebu City Temple. The dedication date is June 13th. It is a beautiful temple right on a main street of Cebu. We spent three days there and did a little touring. Cebu is the oldest "city" in the Philippines - established as a Spanish settlement by Magellan in 1571. {Note: I had too many pictures for one posting so there are three postings of pictures}








Marlon was able to go to Cebu with us.

Adjacent to the temple is a stake center, a three story building (below right) with temple patron housing, temple missionaries' apartments, Cebu Mission Office, distribution center and waiting area. The homes of the mission president and the temple president are also located on site. (to center back of the photo)


Cebu is a much smaller city than Manila but has a lot of tourism because you have to go through Cebu to go to Bohol and Boracay. Our hotel was up on a hill to the north so we had a great view of the city.


On one of our walks through the market place.


Notice the destination of the jeepney - I don't know where or what JONES was.

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