Next stop was the university town of Dumaguete a town with a completely different atmosphere to the run down dump that was downtown Cebu city. Got a good place to stay if a little bit away from the center of town. I knew before I arrived that there was little of interest in the town itself so I attempted to visit the nearby town of Valencia. I spent the whole day trying to flag down a jeepney with no luck and got completely soaked in a tropical downpour on the way back.
I also tried to book a tour or trek to a nearby volcano but they all needed to be in a group so that was it. I headed off to the nearby island of Siquijor the following day.
I arrived back in the city several days later needing to get a visa extension. I booked and payed for my accommodation expecting it to take a while but I was in and out of the immigration office within an hour.
On the first night I met up with 3 locals who I met in Siquijor and they were visiting a relative for their birthday. The place they were staying could only be described as a shanty town with corrugated iron walls and loads of stray cats hanging around. People were friendly enough as usual and I even managed to get a free haircut as well. That would be the last time that I seen them. The following day it did nothing but rain so I made the most of free coffee and internet and planned my escape out of there.
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