Hi Its RJJ
Now just to say, I will be traveling to Cebu/Mactan Island this September (I think). I am having second thoughts about it. From reading the posts in the forum here it seems there are many dangers awaiting the westerner. Many are small ones but possibly a few large dangers too. Sorry but it is the flavor I am getting from the posts here overall in the forum.
Bad news always gets all the attention doesn\'t it? Relax. Cebu is a great place. I feel much safer in Cebu than in the US. I\'ve been to many places and done many things. I walk around alone, unescorted. Even do so at night. Of course I stay away from known trouble areas but that is anywhere I go. We have a lot on Mactan that we are preparing to build on and I have no qualms about the area at all. Don\'t let a few Chicken Littles (The sky is falling, The sky is falling) steal a great experience from you.
Hmmm, maybe I better stop now. Don\'t want Cebu to become too popular. If every foreigner came to Cebu and saw how great it is then it would be so overcrowded.

Yeah, on second thought, those other guys were right.

Yeah, that\'s the ticket, the sky really is falling.
