Cebu Phillipines – Stock Footage
We recently took our first trip to Cebu Philippines for 6 days to film stock footage and enjoy what Cebu had to offer. In this Travel Video Vlog of Cebu you can sample some of the footage that we shot there.
After traveling here I can tell you that Cebu has a lot to offer and amazing experiences. Highlights include swimming with whale sharks in Oslob, seeing the Tamulog waterfalls, daytrips island hopping, and eating amazing food like chorizo sausages, mexican food, ribs, pulled pork, legit burgers, legit pizzas, italian food, legit pho and even Japanese Wagyu BBQ. You’re going to see theses experiences in the Stock footage you see from our trip.
Some of the most unique highlights of the footage include underwater footage of the whalesharks. I came dangerously close to making impact with one. It was a once in a lifetime footage and I’m grateful I had a decent underwater camera to shoot some decent footage of the whaleshark experience.
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Overall I enjoyed my stay. There is a lot of natural beauty to see from the paradise islands to the whale sharks. You would need months or longer to really explore Cebu. I really enjoyed the international foods at good value. There are a lot less tourists than Thailand so you may be able to enjoy an island paradise all to yourself.
I wasn’t impressed with the downtown areas in Cebu City as they are dirty and crowded. You do see a lot of poverty and dirty areas. The IT park and Ayala Mall Terrace are the nicer areas to spend your time. I got a couple of chances to get out of Cebu city. We did a whale shark and tumalog waterfall day trip, which was a once in a lifetime experience for me. It gave me a preview of more gems to explore if I were to stay in Cebu longer.
The people in Cebu are nice. Their english was not as strong as I thought it would be, but they can understand you at least. In my opinion there is a lot more poverty outside of the bubbles of IT park and Ayala. Because of this you can feel a bit of desperation from the locals that I don’t feel in Thailand. Generally I feel safe, but not as safe as I do in Thailand. i wouldn’t want to leave my laptop in a cafe and go for lunch like some do in Chiang Mai or Bangkok.
Accommodation
We managed to try out living in IT Park, one of the better areas in CEBU to live. It is an enclosed area with condos, upscale restaurants, shops, and coffee shops. Everything you need to be comfortable and live in a bubble. I also stayed in the island of Mactan, close to the airport. The roads were not as good, and the actual building was old. The entire room was renovated to a modern western standards, and it was interesting to live outside of usual expat bubbles.
Sample Projected Monthly Costs ( Comfortable Life)
I’m just doing a mock monthly budget for myself based on my trip costs and lifestyle. All prices are in US.
Studio Accommodation with wifi in IT Park 24000 pesos ($471 US) Fancy Coffee 3600 pesos ($ 71 US) Daily Western Breakfast 6000 pesos ($117) (Western breakfast obo 200 pesos) Sim Card 800 pesos (obo $16 US) 1.5 gb data goes for 100 pesos. Transport 9000 pesos (obo $176) Based on 300 peso transport budget. trips vary from 100-300 pesos Cowork space hot seat member 4000 pesos ($79) Based on Tide coworkspace Lunch & Dinner 18000 pesos ($354) Western meals with 600 peso daily budget 1 hour Massage 1200 pesos ($24) weekly 1 hour massage Weekend Drinks 2000 pesos ($40) 500 peso weekend budget craft beer 240, local beer 80, wine 120
Monthly Projected Budget
$ 1348 US 68,549 pesos. This may seem a bit on the high end. Keep in mind this is just my rough budget. Everyone has a different lifestyle. We could make adjustments to the food, transport, and cowork space and bring this down about $200 US to 1148 US. You can eat local meals, skip alcohol, and take local transport instead of ubers all the time.
As a Travel Videographer that creates high quality video footage to sell on stock agencies Cebu has a lot to offer. There are a lot of opportunities to create beautiful video and If you have a gopro or a drone this is the perfect destination to use it. If you’re interested in how I create video or monetize on it you can check out my Travel Videographer School.
Surprisingly, there are not a lot of foreigners I saw. It feels like CEBU is a bit more of the wild west compared to Thailand. While there are as many foreigners as Thailand, locals are comfortable and friendly to foreigners.
There is a lot to do and enjoy in CEBU. This is a good lifestyle to be enjoyed and CEBU has a lot to offer. I easily see people wanting to come here for a visit or even stay up to a month. The amazing indulgences, low prices, english friendly, decent accommodation options, whale sharks, and amazing sites make CEBU an amazing draw. My recommendation is to come for a short visit and see if you like it before committing for a month. I’m also writing this from the experience of a visitor so if I lived here for longer I would have more insights.
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