{"id":147,"date":"2017-05-18T23:14:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T22:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/?p=147"},"modified":"2017-05-19T08:14:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T07:14:32","slug":"cebu-city-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/18\/cebu-city-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Cebu City part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There it is: the oldest house in the Philippines. (At least so they say).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-01-Yap-Sandiego-house.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-imagelightbox=\"0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-01-Yap-Sandiego-house-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-02-Yap-Sandiego-description.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-imagelightbox=\"1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-02-Yap-Sandiego-description-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now some of you may say: phew! What&#8217;s the big deal? It&#8217;s been built in the seventeenth century. It&#8217;s not THAT old. That may be true when you apply european standards. However, keep in mind that this is a normal house and not a church, castle or similar structure. And the current owners still sleep here during the weekends. They don&#8217;t want the place to become abandoned. Oldest or not more than 300 years is still impressive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-07-Yap-Sandiego-inside-3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-imagelightbox=\"2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-154\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-07-Yap-Sandiego-inside-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-06-Yap-Sandiego-inside-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-imagelightbox=\"3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-153\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-06-Yap-Sandiego-inside-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-05-Yap-Sandiego-inside-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-imagelightbox=\"4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-152\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-05-Yap-Sandiego-inside-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-04-Yap-Sandiego-radio.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-imagelightbox=\"5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-151\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-04-Yap-Sandiego-radio-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The house has a nice garden too<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-03-Yap-Sandiego-garden-view.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-imagelightbox=\"6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-155\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-03-Yap-Sandiego-garden-view-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elements from different religions \/ beliefs are present in the house.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-09-Yap-Sandiego-Christian.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-imagelightbox=\"7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-157\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-09-Yap-Sandiego-Christian-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-08-Yap-Sandiego-dragon.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-imagelightbox=\"8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-156\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-08-Yap-Sandiego-dragon-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In case you were wondering: the property is not for sale. But you can always stop by and have a look around (after paying 100 PHP entrance fee).<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, the house is located few steps from the Heritage of Cebu monument.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-10-Heritage-of-Cebu-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-imagelightbox=\"9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-158\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-10-Heritage-of-Cebu-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now let us finally have a look at the city from the vista point nearby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-11-Temple-of-Leah-goddess.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-imagelightbox=\"10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-11-Temple-of-Leah-goddess-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The greek goddess got in the shot&#8230; Or was it just the goddess&#8217;s servant? Or maybe she is Roman and not Greek? I kindly asked her to move a little bit (you don&#8217;t want to anger the goddess). And she did.<\/p>\n<p>So this is Cebu&#8217;s cityscape without the goddess (nor her servant &#8211; still not sure).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-12-Temple-of-Leah-Cebu-cityscape.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-imagelightbox=\"11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-05-18-12-Temple-of-Leah-Cebu-cityscape-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the next post I will reveal how a Mediterranean goddess (or her servant) found herself on an island in South East Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There it is: the oldest house in the Philippines. (At least so they say). Now some of you may say: phew! What&#8217;s the big deal? It&#8217;s been built in the seventeenth century. It&#8217;s not THAT old. That may be true when you apply european standards. However, keep in mind that this is a normal house &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/18\/cebu-city-part-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cebu City part 3&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[32,29],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-photos","tag-cebu","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lostpaths.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}