Since a big part of the southern town of Dalaguete lies along the coast (like most Cebu towns,) it is not very hard to understand why a big chunk of the Dalaguetnon life revolves around the ocean. Majority of its residents who live by the sea are fishermen or are involved in trade and business related to the big blue.
Check out the Obong beach – one of Dalaguete’s many public beaches that locals frequent for its charm and beauty.
The ruins of an old watchtower (I believe) stands on this beach in Obong, Dalaguete.
Sitting in the shade and taking in the amazing view.
A fishing boat docked on the beach served as a ‘deposit’ box for the bags and other stuff of the people who were swimming in the water.
Dalaguete’s white beach looking all natural and pretty. The beach is only several hundred meters away from the famed Obong Spring of Barangay Obong, Dalaguete.
Another view of the watchtower ruins.
A friendly fisherman waving at the camera.
A fisherman arrives at the beach. He was met by locals who wanted to see the catch.
These two ladies (beach-goers) managed to grab a bagful of fish.
The ladies were lucky to get their hands on these fresh catch!
Nice one bai lander.
By the way, this watchtower is one of the more than 12 complex of watchtowers built by Fr. Julian Bermejo as part of the defense system of southern Cebu against Moro (muslim) invaders.
Panahaon pa diay sa katsila, uso na diay ang mga Abu Sayaff sa una?
hehehe. salamat sa info bai nold. chamba! watchtower gyud diay. hehehe thanks! =)
Fantastic view! Phil. seafood is the best! I miss it a lot!
Beautiful!!
wow! dangit, nice for sutukil
awesome..i miss my home sweet home.
There is another watch tower just in front of the town church.
A local enterpreneur has turned it into a refreshment parlour, where you can laze out, have some ice cream or ice cold beer, or sing karaoke.
hi leylan….hope you know me.. im bambie…am a psych grad from usjr, cousin of conie heheheh….sharol introduce this site when you went to matutinao..thanks for featuring dalaguete proudly taga tedetttttt ko…!!!! maybe i can share some of the photos in our website…the lamak cave although i have not been there but i can share it to you…
YUCK!danggit sutukil?dili ka malanag sa kalangsi?
hayyyyyyyy !!! na miss ko na ang beach… asa man na nga beach, sa tawi2 ba na? na miss ko na pod ang danggit, lami na oi!!! fresh pa gyud!!! could u pls post more photos about dalaguete, such as the new UV college, the church plaza, etc. parang makita pod mi tawon…
Preserving the heritage and culture of Dalaguete is one of our Tourism’s project. I must say,those wathctowers,1 in Obong Spring and the other 1 fronting the St. William parish, are considered jewels in every Dalaguitnons History. I bet historians knew a lot about Dalaguete. Anyways, i was also able to witness the Utanon Festival (being the vegetable basket of Cebu)and twas superb….i never thought it was that expectacular..i’m so proud of it . it was like attending Sinulog in a small place,but the contingents were all nice and wonderful..Basta, i am always counting on my return to my hometown. Thank you ley for featuring my place. God bless you..
Dalaguete!!!! i will be there soon…
kaon jud ko bibingka ba!
Hello to all filipinos and thank you for making this wonderful web site my name is paul and im from United Kingdom, Im thinking about coming to live in cebu this place in a barangay called sac sac I would love to hear from anyone who can tell me about this place and is it a safe place to live for foreigner/ for me im just happy with simple life and have visited the Philippines three times now and I love the people and the culture my favourite place so far was Boracay and Antique in IloIlo its so peaceful and the people there are very friendly I have also been to mactan and Lapu Lapu city. God bless !!
hi! paul, yeah,,,sacsac is a nice & peaceful place with a very hospitable locals…
Just to extend my thanks for highlighting my hometown. So many wonderful memories growing up here. Im getting homesick just looking at these pics esp. the beach >>> reminisce those lazy afternoons laying on the hammocks & rummage about the low tidal flats looking for edible shells from tawi2x to guiwanon… hehehe. A far flung setting compared to the bustling metropolis here in the Empire State… New York City!
Hi,
Thanks for featuring Dalaguete as one of the tourist spot in Cebu. My mom was brought up there. And I considered that place as my 2nd home. And I was amazed as well, since we had our prenup at Obong, never thought that the old square-shaped structure is used to be watch tower..heheh=) nice info..=)
You had a nice blog dude..keep it up..show us some more!!! =)
My Lolo is from Dalaguete, Cebu and he is a paisano of Art Barrit, a broadcaster and labor leader who hails from Barangay Tapon and he is a retired police officer. Arturo Regis Barrit of Dalaguete is my uncle who is my Lolo’s paisano. Dalaguete’s Jovit Baldivino is also my paisano.