Philippines Pt. 3- Imperial Palace

Wow, this already feels like so long ago. February is flying by!  Since getting back we did some apartment hunting, found a flat, set the move date for March 8, and had Rita visit for about 10 days. I almost forgot to post the last section of our pictures of the second half of our trip when we stayed at Imperial Palace. 

 This was our first lunch at one of the restaurants at the resort. We hadn't initially planned to stay here at all, but there was a mix-up in the booking at Plantation Bay where they were all booked up for one of the nights we were there, so we ended up splitting our time between this one and Plantation Bay. Even though we hadn't planned for that, I think that's a good way to go so that you can see more than one place- I may try and do that more in the future. 

 Checking out the new room. Very Best Western-ish.

 We were a little bummed we didn't have a view of the ocean, but actually it was neat to have a "local" view of Cebu from the 11th floor.

 Picture perfect weather!

 Even though Mike and I preferred the beauty of Plantation Bay, the girls were completely opposite. Imperial Palace had this water-park, water-slides and a lazy river. No competition in their minds! 

 These guys liked to get the Koreans (I hadn't mentioned yet, but Imperial Palace is owned by Koreans and I would imagine that 85% of the guests staying there were Korean. Random, eh?) to get some exercise and have some fun doing aerobics. Annika was eager to join in... it was so funny!

 There was a swim-up bar, and the girls thought it was the coolest thing ever to have lunch while swimming in the pool!

 We took advantage of the kids club and paid for the girls to spend a couple of hours there one afternoon. The girls were excited to play, and we enjoyed relaxing by the pool without any worries. It was lovely, but we were excited to pick them up when the time was up. Annika said it was the best day ever! 

 We also tried leaving the resort to see more of Cebu. It was pretty crazy with traffic and sights and sounds.

 We found a Korean restaurant across the street and had lunch there. It was so Korean! We really had no idea that there was such a Korean presence in Cebu. 

Good-bye, beautiful Cebu! Wish we could have seen even more, but thankful we were able to visit!