Ciudad de Zamboanga: A Short Trip To Asia's Latin City
Tell your parents you're off to Zamboanga and you'd probably see her old tsinelas flying directly at you. She'd question why of all the places you can visit here in the Philippines, bakit Zamboanga? ...but why not Zamboanga? This was my third attempt to visit Zamboanga - and I'm glad my roundtrip tix didn't go to waste! My first attempt was cancelled as my Dad didn't really want me to go, despite the lies I told him that I wasn't flying solo! Second was a bummer. My vacation leave request was not approved. Third was as sweet as a rainbow cake. I told my Dad I needed to go to Zamboanga just to taste their famous Curacha and visit the one of a kind pink beach of Sta. Cruz Island. He said, "Okay. Sige. Ingat ka." Sweet. After flying for 80 minutes from Manila via Cebu Pacific Air (thank you so much for the amazing seat sale!), I finally reached Asia's Latin City: Ciudad de Zamboanga. I was surprised how amazing the airp...