Cebu (Philippines)

So I rearranged my magic air ticket once again and this time its off to the philippines, well I still had flights to use up before they expire and you don't need to buy a visa for the philippines so here I am.
Cebu was the first place that the spanish set camp when they got here in the 1500's. Magellan the leader of the first round the world trip landed here and made some friends.
The airport is on a small island off cebu island called Mactan,
this is where Magellan made some enimies and got himself killed.
The city on the island is named after the guy who killed him Lapu-lapu, fair enough.
With all this history you can still see all the old sights of Cebu in an afternoon, including the little Jesus that Magellan gave to the Cebuans.
The best sight is probably all the modifed vehicels making up the public transport system, puts "pimp my ride" in the shade, colours flags, millions of lights and mirrors, cool.
So there aren't too many backpackers here, my accomadation seems to have more creepy old dudes. Still managed to find some cool guys my own age to go for a fun night out.
About everyone here can speak English and all the signs are in english only, strange.
The American coloniser have also left their mark on the culture, shopping malls and american style comercialism are all the rage.
The Spanish invluance makes the place seem a bit like south america, you can see alot of people who have spanish blood in them.