Back off ladies.. He's mine

After a charming week in Bohol, capped off by the best diving yet, we went back to Cebu City for 2 days. Cebu City is a typical big/small city with a mall (hooray!) and apparently what looks to be a river of garbage (boo.. and very stinky). After eating a delicious lunch at the mall, we headed to the Crown Regency Hotel, home of the Edge Coaster (which has a 3 verse song singing its praises). Basically, you sit in a roller coaster-like contraption and it tips you over the edge as your ride around. EXTREME! We made it back all in one piece and decided to head back to the hotel. Hbf claimed to have scoped out the way back to our hotel so we could walk it and save the dollar it would cost to take a taxi. Walk in the stifling heat and through busy streets to save 1 dollar? Sure... Why not.

Right off the bat things went wrong. I stepped in some wet cement and my flip flops flipped it all over the back of my legs. I started yelling about how my legs were going to turn to stone until Hbf informed me that it takes like 12 hours to dry and he was sure we'd be back to the hotel by then. I quieted down after that.

About half way there, a little beggar girl ran and jumped on Hbf's arm, screaming 'DADDY!' over and over again. It must have been her gang's signal because before Hbf could get her off, 8 more little kids ran over and surrounded him. One girl ran to me with her eyes on my purse, but when I covered it with my hands, she went for Hbf with the rest of them. I tried prying them off but they held on and were trying to reach in his pockets. He happened to have both of our cameras in his front pockets so I was a little concerned the chitlins were going to snatch them. All the while, Hbf is trying to shake them off and keep our cameras in his own pockets, but it wasn't until we both started yelling at them that they finally let go. I saw one girl had a hand in his back pocket and pulled out a receipt, but she let it drop once she saw it wasn't money. Fortunately, we escaped with all of our money and possessions and now I get to tease Hbf that he was assaulted by little girls.

Later that day we went back to the mall (hooray!) to see a movie and eat some dinner. We saw the Wolfman (Um.. I'm very disappointed in you, Benicio Del Toro) and ate at Shakey's (Don't go there). Today we flew to Palawan and we are meeting Hbf's parents in a couple of hours. They are bringing me Rice Krispy Treats and I'm wondering if I will eat all of them in one sitting. Probably.