Cebu- The Manila of the Visayas!
Cebu could have been Hong Kong part 2! She has about the same geography as Hong Kong's. If only she was planned well, laid out well and well, a lot of money was poured into it of course! But sadly, that's just a dream most Filipinos would wish. But it's useless griping and whining about wishing her to be like Hong Kong (Which is honestly not fair to compare her too!) because even in reality- she's is 2x cleaner, less polluted and less traffic than Manila and she comes with a certain charm of her own: With antique and unique Spanish-Filipino forts, churches to the glitzy and modern shopping centers of Ayala then sadly, all mostly surrounded by shanty towns (The gap between the rich and the poor here, like most Filipino cities is so obvious) and beautiful sandy beaches just hours away (Not only developed Mactan island), still gives Cebu your true Filipino big city feel! And it gets better!...
