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Cebu....encore....

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So....as promised....some random arb cebu stuff and boat trip....hmmmmm......ok lets start with the arb things....Check out the name of this laundromat.....and then next pic....mind the name of the restaurant and the type of food they serve....hmmmmmm......and then they have these taxis for all the locals called jeep...but the funny thing is how some of them are made up....they really bling them up...didnt manage to get a pic of the bling one....they look amazing...i loved them....but here is a pic of one that wasnt made up....so here is three arb....random.....pics....enjoy.... So....now to the boat trip...day started sunshine, blue sky....we drove to the neighbouring island called lapu-lapu where we went onto a boat...looked so cool....here is a pic Then we waited for the spit pig...it was already barbequed because it would take too long on the boat...however....on the boat they gonna do a barbeque, i wanna call it braai but because im in cenu ill allow calling it a barbeque

Cebu......

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Arrival....late....well late if you consider that we have not had dinner....so i was starving....tonight would be an italian restaurant, fabienne really wanted To know what i thought of the pizza....cause the base is really thin and the crust is blown up and gooey....sounds interesting....so we met sandro, my sisters fiance, at the italian restaurant.....tavolata.....first some starters....my mom and i shared a parma ham platter and my sis and sandro shared a parmesan soup.....great starters....loved it....mains we shared pizzas and pastas....the mozzarella was fiore di latte....so bonus points for that....love it when they use fresh mozzarella as opposed to pizza mozzarella.....and yes....pizza was very good....totally different to an all thin crust...but i have to admit....i loved the crust...ate it by dipping it into some garlic olive oil and of course a hill of salt....sandro is shocked how much salt i munch...but i have a deal...when getting back onto ship....no salt....no butter

Manila

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Dresses....not good....not a success...disappointed....oh well...lets hope tomorrow is better for the dresses....the dinner...excellento.....Went to High Street....would have thought u are in a first world country and ate at a spanish tapas place....really good...we just ordered a few, then more and later more, really slow casual dinner....believe it or not before dinner i found shoes....now anyone that knows me well knows how i hate shoe shopping or should i say really disslike it and i can never find shoes....well never say never....hardly ever i manage to find shoes....so what a surprise when i...out of us three woman....was the one that found a pair of heels...wow...anyway...back to the food....loved the gambas...they came in like a tomato chilli butter sauce...amazing....and also the cheese was fab.....whole meal great...but those two were my favourite...sangria went down rather well...so a successful dinner place....here some pics Next day....successful dress shopping....fi

Days before Philippines....and start.....

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So.....Saturday we spent a lazy day.....long cheese brunch with crispy bread....well....it was supposed to be crispy, but somehow my dad managed to pick the one loaf that wasnt crispy.....oh well...So i went with the german laugenbrot....made the bread decision easy....cheeses....like always huge selection....love it.....afterwards time to run some erranDs and then show Kim Monte Casino....ended up eating ice cream, pistaccio and cherry....not comparable to italian ice cream, and at the wine bar for a drink and then some more errands...day just flew by...dinner....turn n tender...i mean one has to try south african meat when here to visit....starters kim had some lamb tails....hardly any meat on them....so a little disappointed....but i knew the argentinian style meat should not disappoint.....me...of course fillet....kim chose sirloin...both argentinian style....amazing.....kim loved it...phew......and meat cooked to perfection....just love the parkhurst branch, cosy and intimate....

Golf and PTA dinner

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So.....got back from the cape....next day.....golf at randpark ridge....well...not sure if what i was doing u can call golf....i played a shocker of note...oh well..The rest of the four ball.....my mom...amazing game....kim amazing game....claudia even worse than me.....i guess that is what golf is...one day great next day can be a shocker....hmmmm...im playing again tomorrow....i hope its better....cause otherwise i know im not a Happy person......the golf course though very nice...there are two courses, we played bush.....(dont remember the end of it)..... Then had a drink and the rest of the day we spent lazying around....and yes....that included going for coffee....parktown north....coffee rotissiery on 4th.....love the coffee....and lets not talk about the carrot cake....im very fussy cause mine is amazing...but this one...wow.....HeRe is a pic Like i mentioned above....next day was golf again...this time Bryanston country club....what the hell....i have never had such an amaz

Franschhoek......part 2

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So....where did i end....oh yes.....the lunch....so at the lunch place i asked which wine farms we could taste bubbly....and they told us a few...never tried Moreson....so why not try something new......hmmmmm....as we arrived we asked that we could just taste bubbly....no problem....5 different ones.....great......first one....the best.....then the more expensive ones, funny enough not my favourite and their signature one...called molly....good...but first one...the normal brut....my favourite....actually i really liked it....smooth and light....then again...that is what a bubbly should be like...right? Im just gonna say i am right.....then we thought we should head to the guesthouse for a bit...of course i felt like chocolate...so we had to stop at the chocolatier cafe for some truffles...equador choc ones and champagne ones....the choc ones....wow....so good.....damn.....here is a pic of the little shop....so if u ever go there....go visit it snd do yourself a favour and buy some e