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Author: Charles Richmond

A Weekend in Daanbantayan at Skips Beach Resort

September 9-11, 2007


My wife Ashley and I decided to take a weekend away and to give Skip's Resort a try. I had
exchanged emails with Skip a few times and had a good impression of him and his web page
looked like the place would be fun.                                                                                          


There were pluses and minus. Skip and his son Chip are definitely plusses. The room was
fine, the beach quite good  by Cebu standards and  I  can recommend going there to  relax.  
Some minuses are the town  of Daanbantayan itself and the availability of  food. Strangely 
enough we did not take very many pictures of the buildings or the town so I recommend the
reader click one of the links above to see pictures of the inside and outside of the bulidings.

Click on pictures for larger versions.

Skip's Beach Resort from the distance.
The resort from a distance

                                When the tide is in the water goes right up to Skip's seawall. As you can see when                           
the tide is out it is really out!                                                                                



View from the balcony. Our room was on the 3rd floor with a nice view.

It really is pretty at Skips.  From the ground floor outside area

The second picture is from the ground floor outside eating area.

Ashley & Charles on the Beach   Ashley using the free WiFi

Here is the two of us on the beach and photo of Ashley using the free WiFi.


Just off the beach a fisherman works and on the beach one collects starfish.
Fishing   Collecting Starfish

Starfish

The results of his collecting.


Charles playing in the water. This is really close to the seawall with the tide in.

Charles in the water. 


Ashley in the water.
    
Ashley also gets wet :)


Just before sunset

Before sunset.

and there is a family on the beach.

Family on the beach


Some random beach pictures ....

Clouds in the morn

  More sunrise


We had a nice quiet time but we probably won't go back for a combination of reasons. Daanbantayan
as a town is so boring people go to Mass for excitement and there are more funeral homes than eateries.
The restaurant in Skip's was dismal.   There were maybe five food choices and 2  or  3 of those were not
available. After a couple of days you have had each choice too many times. The bottom line is that Skip's
is good for a couple of days but after that there are other places and other resorts to go to.                          

                                                                      Charles Richmond