Hello Hive!
I've had some sets of photos of plants and flowers shared before here in Photography Lovers community and I guess it's time to add another set. For some reason, there are times when I'm so out of the loop in terms of writing that I won't write for days, but a few photos of flowers would really bring my inspiration back.
I should have posted about Garden Village of Moalboal as part of my ongoing Definitely Cebu series, but it will be for another day. For now, I'll just get back into my natural flow and share with you some photos of flowers. In case you're interested, I'll have the links of those flower posts below:
Like in that Fragile and Fleeting post, it's almost a week already without posting anything. Again, it's not that I don't have anything post, it's just that I'm in a mental mess right now. I don't know. Maybe I'm always in a mental mess, some days are just messier than others.
It would be unfair to call this a filler post because I realized I shouldn't have a filler post. In my strict standards for myself, I should not post anything less. Now it feels like I'm really in a mental mess. Anyway, just don't mind my words as they probably won't make sense. Just enjoy the photos as they are.
Last December 20, 2020, I was invited to tour some famous tourist spots in Busay and Balamban. Our first stop was Sirao Garden - Little Amsterdam. Filipinos, being a fan of monikers and silly names, they called it The Little Amsterdam of Cebu. It's cute at first glance, but the more you think about it, it's just silly. Why can't just they call it as Sirao Garden? I get that it's for attracting tourists which is related to name recall and association, but I think it reeks of Filipinos' constant struggle for validation. At some point, I think it should stop. Anyway, I told you just be here for the flowers, not for my rants.
In recent years, Sirao Garden became the famous tourist spot of Cebu. If you're from the other parts of the Philippines or a foreigner, the moment you enter Cebu, I bet tours and excursions offered travel agencies include this place. That's no doubt. It's located in Sirao, a mountain barangay in Cebu where the primary local livelihood is planting flowers.
As the story goes, it was around 2015-2016 when a flower garden in Sirao became viral on social media and the frenzy to have that instagrammable photo led to an uncontrollable horde of tourists destroying the flowers. Now, they charge Php 100.00 as entrance fee to the garden. Take note that there are two flower gardens in the area. The other is Sirao Pictorial Garden and Camping Site. It's a tourist trap. I'll have more details about this in a separate post.
Again, you are here for the flowers. Here you go:
I guess that's all for this post. I hope that the next post will be the continuation of my Moalboal series. I also hope I can continue with the this writing momentum. If not, see you around sometime next week. 😂
Kim Ybañez
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