Plane Landing in Cebu on our First Day

As I've posted yesterday, we had a very adventurous trip! Our flight to Cagayan De Oro (CDO)was at 8:10 AM. We were early actually and we were (I think) 15 minutes early to the scheduled arrival time. But when we got to CDO airport it was so cloudy and windy. The pilot tried two attempts to land the plane but it was unsuccessful. The first attempt was so scary, the plane almost touched the ground then he realized that he will go overboard (since the runaway of CDO airport was so short, he suddenly realized that he was in the middle of it already), he then made the plane go up again which was a very scary experience. We were praying the whole time! He did another attempt but it was too cloudy that he decided to re-route the plane to Mactan, Cebu.

We waited in Mactan for several hours until we decided to go down and take the boat instead. Because the pilot said that he will try another attempt but doesn't really guarantee that he could land. And if not, they will go back to Manila. So this means, re-booking our flight which means we will be chance passengers and if we won't be able to take some flights we won't make it to Alex's birthday on Sunday!

It was a difficult decision because I know that MIL is not fond of boats. (Oh by the way, we were 7 plus 1 (Alex) so it was really hard to make a decision.) Boat is another alternative which is safer because there was no storm that time but only strong winds which is why the plane couldn't land.

Anyway, after waiting for so looong (the crew got our baggages from the plane after 1 to 2 hours! we had 15 baggages!) we were able to deplane only to realize that it was raining so hard! Good thing they had umbrellas but the plane "parked" very far from the terminal so we had to walk! I thought that Alex wouldn't like what was happening (it's not that she could understand it...) but she was having a time of her life! :)

We immediately went to the Cebu Port to purchase our boat tickets. Then we left our 15 baggages there so we could go visit Cebu City for awhile. Actually we just went to SM Cebu and stayed in Starbucks to rest. :D My Mom, Hubby, and Alex went to Sto. Nino Church to visit. Check out Hubby's photos of the Church...









Lola and Alex visiting Sto. Nino



At around 5PM we met again to have dinner and decided to have it at Gerry's grill. We were too tired to check out some other restaurants so we opted to somewhere familiar. Since my brother from Macau was with us, we ordered some food that he missed a lot like sisig, squid, pinakbet, and pancit canton. We had a great time eating there and were now finally relaxed after what we've been through in the morning.


Lolo and Alex


My sister and Mom



After dinner we then went to Cebu Port again and went to the boat. The trip was from 8:10PM up to 5:30AM the next day. At first it was a breeze but there were times that the waves were too big that I could hear the sound of it bumping the bottom of the boat. I thought there was a storm coming but my Mom said that it was usually the place where it's really wavy. Oh well, at least we finally got to CDO safe and sound. Alex slept soundly during the trip and I just realized that it was actually her first time to ride a boat! and I'm glad that she enjoyed it. :)

Coming up next, our second day in Cagayan De Oro. (*wink*)