TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Cebu Travel Pictures: Cathedral, Santo Nino, Night Market, Historic Section, Motorcycles

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Cebu Travel Pictures: Cathedral, Santo Nino, Night Market, Historic Section, Motorcycles

I took these pictures last Sunday evening. I noticed that there are more motorcycles in the Cebu now and I assume that's because motorcycles are more affordable than cars. Cebu is starting to look like Vietnam or India, with families of four riding bikes.

The Cathedral and Santo Nino Basilica are being repaired from damage incurred during the 7.1 Magnitude earthquake last October. Magellan's Cross Kiosk is also being retrofitted.

The other pictures show a night market, a candle vendor with people around her, and note she is standing right under a sign that says, "No Vendors Allowed."

There's a picture of a new MacDonald's and my favorite little park all lit up. The broken belfry of Santo Nino Basilica is covered by a Pit Senyor sign. The main section of the Santo Nino is closed and Masses are said in open church square.

This is all for now,
Cecilia

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.