Early Birds

First of all, I’m very happy because although I’m still a camera-less photoblogger (LOL), I was able to salvage almost all files in my Drive D. I recovered all the photo folders which contain almost a thousand photographs – including the photos in this post.

Anyways, last week, my friend Mileesa told me about a new resort in Olango. She said that she was able to read a news clipping about a resort which has facilities for activities like kayaking, biking, bird watching, and wall-climbing. The resort also has a 23-feet-in-diameter trampoline and a water rocker. Being an avid fan of traveling and adventures, she naturally wanted to check it out. And since I have never been to Olango, I readily said yes. Our friend Irene also decided to tag along.

To reach Olango Island, go to that cute little port just beside Hilton Hotel in Punta Engano in Mactan. You only have to pay 15 pesos for a 15-minute ride to the island.

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First time in Olango. I’m very excited!

The pink wall of Hiton Hotel.

Human hand-rails. Awesome! Hahahaha.

Ticket office and the gorgeous Hilton Towers.

A restaurant inside the Hilton property.

The pink towers.

A boat from Olango.

One of the many boats of Islands Banca by Islands Souvenir.

Interior of our boat. It has a kitchen and a restroom. How cool is that? Hehehe.

And a videoke machine! Hehehe.

Goodbye Hilton towers.

Fifteen minutes later, we reached the nice port of Olango.

Nice. And very clean.

And the water – just awesome!

A small island near the port. Cool.

View of Mactan Island from Olango. That’s the Korean-owned Imperial Palace resort.

Pedicab on our way to Talima Adventure and Water Park.

The driver mentioned that only a few people go to the resort because of the horrible road conditions in the area. He said that the roads, which are lined with knife-sharp rocks, are too small even for tricycles. We thought that he was just lying because he wanted to get paid more. Hehehe. And it turned out that he was telling the truth. LOL.

Our driver suggested that we visit the bird sanctuary, instead. See, bird-watching is hugely popular in Olango. But, no. We weren’t there for birds. We were there for the huge rocker and the huge trampoline. We’ll just come back for the birds. Hehehe.

We stopped at a resort called Talima Resort Villa in Baranggay Talima. We told him that he took us to the wrong resort because it didn’t look grand and big enough for biking and wall climbing and stuff. He said that it was the only resort in Talima. So, we went to the reception counter and asked if it was the right resort. The lady answered that  it was the wrong resort. She added that the ‘guys nextdoor’ could help us.

I have a feeling we’re not going to see a grand grand resort. LOL.

It turned out that the ‘guys nextdoor’ were construction workers who were building a resort. And yes, you guessed it right. The resort that they were building was called Talima Adventure and Water Park. Hahahaha.

Yes, they were actually still building it. LOL.

The future jetty. LOL.

Talima Fish Sactuary.

Notice

We couldn’t help but laugh. Hahaha.

Nice view deck.

Even our driver was surprised. Hahaha.

I bet this would look really good.

By 6pm, we were already on our way back to Cebu. LOL.

Here’s the actual news clipping. Click to enlarge.

Although there are hints that the resort is still being constructed, you cannot blame us if we actually thought that the resort was already open.

Fail! LOL

0 thoughts on “Early Birds

  1. ohh i like to visit there as i never been to Cebu islands.
    i remember these 2 ladies on your trip to the south, hello mel @ Irene
    salamat ley

  2. I keep on viewing your blog for the nth time coz it is so entertaining and educational and funny (like this one). congrats! I am now your avid fan 🙂

  3. Well, as long as you had a good time with friends, that’s all it matters. 🙂 The island is nice though. Watch out when it’s all done, it will be an awesome place. I’ve been to Hilton Hotel, even their vans are coloured pink! lol. Have a good day, Ley!

  4. ley, walay time table for the completion of the project yet? taga sta rosa ako father we owned a huge beach lot property diha sa olango most of the people diha ako mga relatives mga taneo, eyas, etc. basin inig balik naku puhon diha sa oct human human na ang project…. kinsa man ang tag iya ani ley, do u know? thanks for the info

    1. Luisa USA unsa imo last name? Taneo sad ko…Papa side.
      I’m kinda excited to see this resort. I practically grew up sa Tingo 🙂

  5. hahaha…nice one bay!!!

    it made me reminisce my bachelor days when my friends and i frequent the island, especially during summertime. it was years ago.

    nice na diay kaayo ang pier. the last time i went to the island kay under construction pa to ang hilton. sus long time na jud.

    missed sta rosa, tingo, baring, talima and the rest of the barangays of the island its neighboring islands like kaubian and nalusu-an…

    looking forward to featuring these islands bai…God bless!!!

      1. kuyog ta kung mag bakasyon ko. will give you heads up then kung naa na ko sked sa bakasyon…God bless!!!

  6. Hi, very cool site you have here bai. very informative and an eye opener too about Cebu and all the factors that make it gleaming. I will be in tuned to your updates. Cheers and more power always!

  7. my first post here.

    just wanted to let you know that i’ve read that newspaper article too not long ago and it also gave me the impression that the resort is ready and re-reading the clipping you posted, the article didn’t really give an indication that it’s not yet ready. hehehe. “this summer” is still not over so perhaps you will be back there soon 😉

    well thank you for putting up this blog. you are an inspiration to cebuanos like me who are still strangers to our beloved island.

  8. That is a funny article Ley. I guess it was one of those “misleading” articles but anyways, looked like you had fun. Olango seemed to have changed alot for the better since DH, me and my family visited and did island hopping courtesy of the Tongco family there. One of the happy trips when my parents were still alive-we had great fun.

  9. hi there. i believe you went there months ago. I just wanna know if the Talima adventure and water park is already open? As what I have seen on the other sites pictures?

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