ZipLine at Doce Pares

I have started summer early January with a trip to Sumilon Island. I was in Cebu for 2 weeks to train a few people about a new line of business in our company. I had the option to go home to Manila on the weekends or stay at the hotel, watch TV, and basically do nothing. wWell, it was an easy decision to make... I was in Cebu, for crying out loud. I've been to Cebu a couple of times before this trip but this was something special. I had two weeks for both work and play. Let's fast forward to Friday of that 1st week... my friends from Canada and China came home and decided to join me in my adventure. They had me researh on what we could do over the weekend and one of the things that we have decided on is to go to Busay Malubog and Zip line at Doce Pares. They're open Mondays-Thursdays (10:00 am to 8:00 pm); Fridays (10:00 am to 10:00 pm); and Saturdays-Sundays (8:00 am to 10:00 pm). The fee for three rides is PhP 200.00, pretty cheap if you ask me. Going there is a different story if you don't have your own car or a van that you can rent. There are several companies that you can call to rent a van-- I'll tell you more about it on my next blogs. What we did is to actually hire a taxi to go to the park and back to the city. The price: a whopping PhP 1,000.00! One of the upside is Manong waited patiently for us for 2 hours. You can get taxis on any part of the city or you can also ride a habal-habal or a motorcyle, which you can find at JY Square, Lahug. It takes 30 minutes to go up the steep mountain and get to the park but the journey is so worthwhile... the view is really awesome! Because I'm one of those girls on the heavier side, I am really worried that the line will not be able to carry my weight but fortunately, one of the staff told me that all the equipmeny they use came from the US and is maintained every day. I will post pictures soon so you'll get to enjoy the view as well. The experience is both thrilling and calming at the same time. The hardest part is actually letting go and having someone push you to take a risk and experience the ride of your life. All this I did in my favorite pair of flipflops.