Cebu island is kind of an all in one place really. A balance of good tourist attractions, white sand beaches, and highly urbanized cities in reasonable proximities. I think there's no island in the Ph that has those 3 combined.
Your vlogging is unique, you are exploring every corner of the Philippines in details, which most foreign vloggers and even Filipinos do not know that exist, keep going you are exposing the beauty of Philippines to the world.
Hello Sir, try to explore also the Northern part of Cebu, you will surely love it. Bantayan Island and Malapascua Island are surely worth your time, Cebu North is quite fascinating and inviting.
In the early 2000s, IT Park wasn't developed yet. I could still remember that it was just cement roads then and wide open land. It used to be an airport by the way. We used to just walk there to catch a jeepney ride outside after our ROTC training every Saturday at Camp Lapu-Lapu just behind IT Park. After I graduated college there were not so many low rise buildings then - EPSON, Globe, NEC to name a few. I'm from Cebu but I haven't visited IT Park for like 3-4 years now. Thanks for the tour Mergim.
Curt in Manila, moving to Cebu city in 6 weeks, condo rents are still a good value.. not yet filled up. Retired US navy age 50.. been coming to / exploring all over the Philippines since 2000’ .. lived all over but this will be the first long term condo lease in Cebu. I’ve watched vlogs for years.. mostly Dumguete vloggers, but JUST found yours, I’ll say hello in October. *Binge watching your vids now. Thx
Cebu is really lovely and it's rich in history. You should definitely go to Mactan next, because that's where Magellan died at the Battle of Mactan 27 April 1521. There's also a shrine and a statue of Lapu-Lapu in that area.😀👍
👆Thank you, he hasn't yet visited my ( Alampoan )👉 "Shrine" 👈 in Punta Engano,❤Opong⚔ The historic resort city of ❤Opong⚔ is well worth checking out, especially it's world renowned beach resorts.
Hi Mergim, i've been following your travels since you first arrived in the Philippines and have thoroughly enjoyed the way you've incorporated historical facts and trivia into your vlogs. I look forward to watching future vlogs from other parts of our beautiful country, but not necessarily just the islands and beaches all other vloggers highlight. Your episodes from Tondo, Binondo, inner Manila and Intramuros were especially informative as well as entertaining, which proves that the landscapes in the background are not the only things that make for a great vlog. Good luck and happy travels in the Philippines!
To get rid of mosquitos, try using off lotion. You can get it at any drug store. If you can find mercury drug or watsons. And if bitten already, try using katialis. It helps with the itchiness Also time flies when uour in good company
MV fever everyday yeah!!! Shout-out from Talisay City Cebu here but now I'm in Mactan Island 🏝️. I think you can still explore ShangriLa Mactan even if you don't stay at the hotel. Plantation Bay is nice too and lots of hotels at Mactan Island
@@Livingabroadalex hello po sir. I always watch your videos especially those interviews with the other expats. I hope to see Mergim’s insights about the Philippines on your vlogs too. 😊
You can still enjoy Shangrila and Plantation Bay without checking in , just visit the hotel and look around is free and you can just order a drink or a shake if u want to in one of their restos.
yeah mactan you can check out luxury resorts do a day tour they allow it for cheaper than staying the night. theres nice lapulapu shrine there as well and you can do island hopping tours from mactan to nearby islands
Your English communication skills will come in handy in finding work opportunity there but you need to be open with shifting schedules, technically mostly evenings.
Yeah try Mactan Island, start at Mactan Newtown, you can take a bus from IT Park, then from Mactan Newton you can take a motorbike to cross from Mactan Newton to Cordova, you can see the 10k roses, the floating cottages in Bantayan Bay, then you can ride a vhire van from cordova to sm city, or try to ask if theres IT Park. You can have island hopping also, you can share the boat with Inwook and alex living abroad bloggers. Better you rent a motorbike to tour around Mactan the whole day!
you are loving cebu mergim, any plans exploring the northern part? its slightly different than south, its hotter and its the area where you can find the only vast flat lands of cebu , everywhere else is in cebu is mostly mountainous!!!
Waaa I miss JP morgan chase, That is the contact center of Jp Morgan Chase! I used to work there! Thank you for the feels hahahaha. YEY! you found Alex! This is cool! you guys can collaborate and create great content! I was thinking you guys go out for the night and do Karaoke! living the Filipino life!
Mergin has journeyed us along to every step...every road...every park.. every bldg...every sunset..malls...markets...hotels....corners ...pathways ...highways....byways...and what not! It's such a nice vibe to watch him educate us unceasingly Abt Cebu. Many thanks. God bless.
Wow..The IT park looks so lively at night and is considered one of the most vibrant landmark in Cebu.Super Mercado is one of the best place to hang out at night and enjoy the variety of filipino and other asian foods to choose.Im so glad you meet alex the canadian vlogger.I'm one of his subscriber too..Keep up with lots of amazing vlog.
Since you mentioned going to explore Mactan one of these days, you can take the bus from IT Park to Mactan Newtown and you’ll be taken off to the sister township of BGC by Megaworld. If BGC had the Venice-themed lifestyle mall, Mactan will be having Spanish-themed soon to be called Plaza Magellan. Mactan Newtown also has it’s own beach which will soon be developed into a beach lagoon. Across the street from Mactan Newtown towards Punta Engaño, there is Mactan Shrine where the Battle of Mactan between Lapu-Lapu and Magellan took place in 1521. I would love that you cover that, but looking at how you actually cover a lot of the most underrated and interesting places, I believe you’ll eventually be able to explore the area without much tip from others.
@@WelcomeToRabuAvenue if there’s no change during the pandemic, yes. I used to live in the area and went there in Newtown Beach on weekends with my dog. If I my memory didn’t fail me it was around 200/person entrance.
Hi Mergim thank you for exploring Cebu it seems we where there. I been Cebu 15 years ago but now looks different its amazing now a lot of changes. Keep going Mergim
This video was very helpful in making the case for visiting Cebu City. It was cool that you ran into Alex. He puts out interesting content and is full of energy. . Hope you two do future collaborations. Thanks for sharing.
Thank Mergim for your effort in sharing to your vlogs the beauty of the island of Cebu. I really missed the place that I grew up at. If you are still there when get back, I would really appreciate if I could meet you and thank you personally. 😊
Finally, I've subscribed 😁 been following you since you moved to the Philippines. I hope you would also visit the different destinations in Mindanao in your future vlogs.
@Mergim....I suggest you try going up to Chixboy BBQ located in Busay, about 50 meters from the Temple of Leah. Chixboy BBQ is a nice chill place with 3 level of open-air dining areas affording you to get a panoramic view of the city and the surrounding lush mountains and beyond. They open at 3PM but the best time to go there is when the sun is about to set when the city lights below start to illumine the whole city.
The future BGC of Cebu is the area around SM Seaside. A big development called South Coast City. That area will be full of skyscrapers & trees in a few years. They are already half-finished with the roadworks, the vertical structures will rise soon
Ah nice, I follow Alex too! Glad that I suggested you make Cebu your base in one of your videos when you were in Tagaytay. You get convenience of the city with an international airport plus access to central Visayas where the islands are. Perfect!
Your videos are fun to watch especially when you interact with locals☺️ You can visit world class beach resorts in Mactan through a Day Pass or Day Use promo vouchers e.g. Dusit Thani, Shangri-la, Crimson Resort. A portion of the Day Use promo voucher is consumable (food and drinks) and free use of hotel facilities. You don't have to stay overnight. Keep safe always😷
this is what i observed while in the philippines.... if you travel from one island to the other within their archipelago you will notice as if you're in another country... each islands other than tagalog has a different dialects, aside each island has a different of natural beauties and attractions.... there are places which can hardly understands tagalog but can understand english... even their tricycles and jeepneys are not the same to that of manila.
hey Mergim, the wife and I here in Australia are a big fan of yours mate. we always wait for your videos. We are going back to Cebu this Sept after almost 10 years and we are actually using you vlogs to get some ideas of what to do and where to visit. We like your style of vlogging, ala Harald Baldr...anyway keep up the good work man..
Cebu island is kind of an all in one place really. A balance of good tourist attractions, white sand beaches, and highly urbanized cities in reasonable proximities. I think there's no island in the Ph that has those 3 combined.
Exactly correct💯% Real Talk💯% Very True💯% you're absolutely correct💯% Bar None ❤CEBU☝is No.1
Totally agree! Different balance and this vibe that I don’t know how to explain it. I don’t feel that vibe when I’m in Manila.
Truuueeee. You have it all in Cebu!
And the Busay mountains as well that you can access in less than an hour ride from IT park.
i love that you can look out of your hotel room(case to case basis) and you see how close the Fuente area is to the mountains.
Cebu is a gem… known for so long as progressive city.
Cheers.
No skipping of ads, like and subscribe... Let us support Mergim...!- FAM ( pinoy Friends who Adopted Mergim) here..
Awesome video as always Mergim! Glad I ran into you. Great talk and fun night 🥳
WoW, mergim vlogs + living abroad vlogs collab. Awesome. 👍
Big things poppin!
Wow blogger unite in IT park Cebu.
Cebu will soon start building the monorail I believe. Cebu is indeed very modern. I'm visiting it soon....Shared to my friend's wall Thanks!
The unexpected meetup of my fave vloggers
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Your vlogging is unique, you are exploring every corner of the Philippines in details, which most foreign vloggers and even Filipinos do not know that exist, keep going you are exposing the beauty of Philippines to the world.
This is the best business center outside Metro Manila. Thanks for sharing. Be safe Mergim. Enjoy.
where is the cheers
Hello Sir, try to explore also the Northern part of Cebu, you will surely love it. Bantayan Island and Malapascua Island are surely worth your time, Cebu North is quite fascinating and inviting.
Its so nice seeing you 3 bloggers in 1 video!
Hehe I know right! What a coincidence 🥳
Good job … with the IT tour … 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Nice to see small CZcamsrs doing collab now that everyone seems to leave Philippines
Wow CEBU CITY, Singapore like thank you mayor mike Rama god bless you ❤❤
Maganda po lugar park & good place province & yummy food 😇🙏❤️👍
Adding those lights would surely enhance the beauty of those trees at night. Great suggestion, M!
living abroad meet mergim wow I'm excited
Mergim i really love ur blogs.Always watching you.
In the early 2000s, IT Park wasn't developed yet. I could still remember that it was just cement roads then and wide open land. It used to be an airport by the way. We used to just walk there to catch a jeepney ride outside after our ROTC training every Saturday at Camp Lapu-Lapu just behind IT Park. After I graduated college there were not so many low rise buildings then - EPSON, Globe, NEC to name a few. I'm from Cebu but I haven't visited IT Park for like 3-4 years now. Thanks for the tour Mergim.
Sounds like a place I'd loved to ha explored!
wow, an old airport? like before there was mactan intl airport?
Curt in Manila, moving to Cebu city in 6 weeks, condo rents are still a good value.. not yet filled up.
Retired US navy age 50.. been coming to / exploring all over the Philippines since 2000’ .. lived all over but this will be the first long term condo lease in Cebu. I’ve watched vlogs for years.. mostly Dumguete vloggers, but JUST found yours, I’ll say hello in October.
*Binge watching your vids now. Thx
Oh Alex! I'm also his subscriber. Good thing you guys met 😊
I used to work there. I miss that place.
Cebu IT park is best place to go...very beautiful place & safe
Two thumbs up
For the mosquitoes, try Off! by Johnson&Johnson at any Mercury Drug or Watsons
Cebu is really lovely and it's rich in history. You should definitely go to Mactan next, because that's where Magellan died at the Battle of Mactan 27 April 1521. There's also a shrine and a statue of Lapu-Lapu in that area.😀👍
👆Thank you, he hasn't yet visited my ( Alampoan )👉 "Shrine" 👈 in Punta Engano,❤Opong⚔ The historic resort city of ❤Opong⚔ is well worth checking out, especially it's world renowned beach resorts.
he should go to Casa Gorordo, if he hasn't yet.
No. he died on Camotes island where the swords were found.
@@vntconcept wow. i did not know this! thanks for that info!
@@WelcomeToRabuAvenue may mactan din dun. taga camotes din ako.
Hi Mergim, i've been following your travels since you first arrived in the Philippines and have thoroughly enjoyed the way you've incorporated historical facts and trivia into your vlogs. I look forward to watching future vlogs from other parts of our beautiful country, but not necessarily just the islands and beaches all other vloggers highlight. Your episodes from Tondo, Binondo, inner Manila and Intramuros were especially informative as well as entertaining, which proves that the landscapes in the background are not the only things that make for a great vlog. Good luck and happy travels in the Philippines!
Nice collab....hi Pham.. ❤️😆 living abroad "alex" and inwook.. in CEBU... 🎉🎉
CZcams creators convention, ha. Cool.
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To get rid of mosquitos, try using off lotion. You can get it at any drug store. If you can find mercury drug or watsons. And if bitten already, try using katialis. It helps with the itchiness
Also time flies when uour in good company
MV fever everyday yeah!!! Shout-out from Talisay City Cebu here but now I'm in Mactan Island 🏝️. I think you can still explore ShangriLa Mactan even if you don't stay at the hotel. Plantation Bay is nice too and lots of hotels at Mactan Island
Nice tour. Thanks man
Nice one
Omg wow, i am still thinking if you will you entertain living abroad’s interview. It’s good you bumped with each other😅
Mergim is a great guy and I got to know him a bit. Perhaps our paths will cross agian🥳
@@Livingabroadalex hello po sir. I always watch your videos especially those interviews with the other expats. I hope to see Mergim’s insights about the Philippines on your vlogs too. 😊
You can still enjoy Shangrila and Plantation Bay without checking in , just visit the hotel and look around is free and you can just order a drink or a shake if u want to in one of their restos.
Mergim I saw the Mactan modernization planning. Really unbelievable. It will look like develop country but with beaches or overlooking the seas.
Your such a good cityexplorer mergim..keep up the good travel blog..hope you visit davao one day..
Glad seeing foreign vloggers enjoying their stay in the Philippines. Btw, I'am also a subscriber of Living Abroad hehehe
yeah mactan you can check out luxury resorts do a day tour they allow it for cheaper than staying the night. theres nice lapulapu shrine there as well and you can do island hopping tours from mactan to nearby islands
Thank you for including us in your content.. BEST OF LUCK and see you around next time ! 😃😍
Hi, Mergim try also to visit the' taoist temple' in lahug,Cebu city 😊
What I like your blog is you cover every place to go❤️
happy to see u all together guys.takecare and godbless. ☝🙏🇵🇭
Your English communication skills will come in handy in finding work opportunity there but you need to be open with shifting schedules, technically mostly evenings.
Another great video.
I already subscribed to since your video in Thailand right before you go to The Philippines 🇵🇭
im from cebu new subscriber here
Yeah try Mactan Island, start at Mactan Newtown, you can take a bus from IT Park, then from Mactan Newton you can take a motorbike to cross from Mactan Newton to Cordova, you can see the 10k roses, the floating cottages in Bantayan Bay, then you can ride a vhire van from cordova to sm city, or try to ask if theres IT Park. You can have island hopping also, you can share the boat with Inwook and alex living abroad bloggers. Better you rent a motorbike to tour around Mactan the whole day!
Nice mergim!!!🇵🇭❤️
Thanks :)
Amazing
You're beginning to sound like a contemporary Poet, hahahaha ! Nice to know you can be expressive and poetic at the same time.
Wow Alex! 1 of his subscribers too! His channel is growing fast too.
1st
Hi ilove your vedios this rhea for filipinalipstics
Wow
Awesome
IT Park is awesome...We will be in Cebu making content August 1 - 4 and would like to get you on our channel...along with other expats. Let us know .
you are loving cebu mergim, any plans exploring the northern part? its slightly different than south, its hotter and its the area where you can find the only vast flat lands of cebu , everywhere else is in cebu is mostly mountainous!!!
I love the northern part looking at the rolling hills with Sugar cane plantation until Daan Bantayan not only the beaches.
Sir I saw you earlier at Fuente Osmeña. 😁
Waaa I miss JP morgan chase, That is the contact center of Jp Morgan Chase! I used to work there! Thank you for the feels hahahaha.
YEY! you found Alex! This is cool! you guys can collaborate and create great content! I was thinking you guys go out for the night and do Karaoke! living the Filipino life!
Challenge accepted 🤣
@@Livingabroadalex include Inwook as well. ☺️
Uppp
Mergin has journeyed us along to every step...every road...every park.. every bldg...every sunset..malls...markets...hotels....corners ...pathways ...highways....byways...and what not! It's such a nice vibe to watch him educate us unceasingly Abt Cebu. Many thanks. God bless.
I guess Mergim so much enjoy in Cebu. 😊🙂🇵🇭👍
Wonderful beyond words
Wow..The IT park looks so lively at night and is considered one of the most vibrant landmark in Cebu.Super Mercado is one of the best place to hang out at night and enjoy the variety of filipino and other asian foods to choose.Im so glad you meet alex the canadian vlogger.I'm one of his subscriber too..Keep up with lots of amazing vlog.
Excellence beyond words
I really love to see you both my favorite vloggers!
Since you mentioned going to explore Mactan one of these days, you can take the bus from IT Park to Mactan Newtown and you’ll be taken off to the sister township of BGC by Megaworld. If BGC had the Venice-themed lifestyle mall, Mactan will be having Spanish-themed soon to be called Plaza Magellan. Mactan Newtown also has it’s own beach which will soon be developed into a beach lagoon. Across the street from Mactan Newtown towards Punta Engaño, there is Mactan Shrine where the Battle of Mactan between Lapu-Lapu and Magellan took place in 1521. I would love that you cover that, but looking at how you actually cover a lot of the most underrated and interesting places, I believe you’ll eventually be able to explore the area without much tip from others.
is the beach open to the public for a fee?
@@WelcomeToRabuAvenue if there’s no change during the pandemic, yes. I used to live in the area and went there in Newtown Beach on weekends with my dog. If I my memory didn’t fail me it was around 200/person entrance.
@@iamcherreymaiya Wow P200 not bad!
Kelan magagawa Yung plaza magellan
👍✅Jollibee ✅👍
Hi Mergim thank you for exploring Cebu it seems we where there. I been Cebu 15 years ago but now looks different its amazing now a lot of changes. Keep going Mergim
Nice vlogs can’t wait to have a holiday back home. Your vlogs inspire us to go back home to cebu..thanks..🤗
This video was very helpful in making the case for visiting Cebu City. It was cool that you ran into Alex. He puts out interesting content and is full of energy. . Hope you two do future collaborations. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Stephen! Mergim is a great guy and it was fun running into him 😀
Cool
Impressive
Thank Mergim for your effort in sharing to your vlogs the beauty of the island of Cebu. I really missed the place that I grew up at. If you are still there when get back, I would really appreciate if I could meet you and thank you personally. 😊
Anyway, Mergim pls try to visit the north side of cebu because there's also a lot to show once you go there. Q-park, cave, beaches and waterfalls.
Finally, I've subscribed 😁 been following you since you moved to the Philippines. I hope you would also visit the different destinations in Mindanao in your future vlogs.
@Mergim....I suggest you try going up to Chixboy BBQ located in Busay, about 50 meters from the Temple of Leah. Chixboy BBQ is a nice chill place with 3 level of open-air dining areas affording you to get a panoramic view of the city and the surrounding lush mountains and beyond. They open at 3PM but the best time to go there is when the sun is about to set when the city lights below start to illumine the whole city.
Awesome content!
Perfect beyond words
Mergim being accustomed to Cebu city 👌
congrats mergim you are alnoat 50 k subsrciber keep up the good work God bless
The future BGC of Cebu is the area around SM Seaside. A big development called South Coast City. That area will be full of skyscrapers & trees in a few years. They are already half-finished with the roadworks, the vertical structures will rise soon
i think the sm one is the next pasay bay city not bgc
Mactan Island is where Lapu-Lapu City and the Municipality of Cordova are located. The Cebu-Mactan International Airport is in there.
👆Thank you, you're absolutely correct💯%
Excellence beyond measure
good to see youre making friends.. ☺️
The place is beautiful, the people are kind and respectful. And the food is masarap. A lot of history and culture reflects the place.
Thank you for the consistency! I remember your Thai videos and a lot of vloggers based there are travelling to the Philippines.
That's true, simply because foreigner has no barriers talking with the locals. everybody can understand and speak English.
Ah nice, I follow Alex too! Glad that I suggested you make Cebu your base in one of your videos when you were in Tagaytay. You get convenience of the city with an international airport plus access to central Visayas where the islands are. Perfect!
Nice to see you here Homer! Cebu is great 🥳
@@Livingabroadalex I hope you hit 20k soon bro! Always liked your interviews and Q&As!
Stunning
Your videos are fun to watch especially when you interact with locals☺️ You can visit world class beach resorts in Mactan through a Day Pass or Day Use promo vouchers e.g. Dusit Thani, Shangri-la, Crimson Resort. A portion of the Day Use promo voucher is consumable (food and drinks) and free use of hotel facilities. You don't have to stay overnight. Keep safe always😷
How much are the day passes?
this is what i observed while in the philippines.... if you travel from one island to the other within their archipelago you will notice as if you're in another country... each islands other than tagalog has a different dialects, aside each island has a different of natural beauties and attractions.... there are places which can hardly understands tagalog but can understand english... even their tricycles and jeepneys are not the same to that of manila.
Thanks for showing to us the place
Quite stunning
Ahaaha singing while making videos such great experience bro. Happy with you
CEBUUU
Mergim , you didn't bring your trash with you on the table. That market is CLEAN AS YOU GO
To be fair that wasn't ours. And since there aren't any hand washing stations or sanitizer ot probably slipped our minds regardless.
Consistently waiting
Mergim thanks in showing 38th Park Avenue. Forwarded to them 👍
hey Mergim, the wife and I here in Australia are a big fan of yours mate. we always wait for your videos. We are going back to Cebu this Sept after almost 10 years and we are actually using you vlogs to get some ideas of what to do and where to visit. We like your style of vlogging, ala Harald Baldr...anyway keep up the good work man..
sana all my fan from Australia!