Charming Dumaguete

I have always thought that Dumaguete was a big city just like Cebu so I was surprised when I got there to find out that Zamboanga city was a much more developed place.

It is however, a very lovely place. I loved how it was not noisy even in the downtown area and I especially loved the city parks.






Unlike other big cities, Dumaguete has nice parks in the downtown area. 





Dumaguete was also noticeably cleaner.

The highlight of my Dumaguete trip was visiting the original Sans Rival restaurant. I first encountered this restaurant during my Cebu trip in 2024 and I loved their cakes so much that I made sure to visit the original branch in Dumaguete. 








The original Sans Rival branch looked like it was an ancestral house that was later converted into a restaurant. It was a busy place and to be honest, the service was not that good. But It was such a lovely place that I immediately forgot about it as soon as I was seated.

I spent an entire afternoon on the second floor which had a nice view of the sea sipping coffee and having cakes.

They also have a nice boulevard in Dumaguete that is lined with restaurants. In Zamboanga city, our boulevard has schools and hospitals lining it.

I recently was able to trace my maternal grandfather's mother and I found out that she was from Dumaguete and that was the reason I visited it.

Before going to Dumaguete, my friend told me to investigate if there were a lot of people in Dumaguete that looked white. I told her that I knew a lot of foreigners retire in Dumaguete and maybe some have children with Filipino women so there could be some half-breeds. Anyway, I did see several locals who looked like they had recent white ancestors but what really amused me where the foreigners who acted like locals. You should have seen them! They have probably been living there a long time that they have become Filipinized! 

I told my friend that the people from Manila had more main character vibes than some of the foreigners in Dumaguete.

I'm not sure if it was unique to Dumaguete but another thing I did while I was there was to try their breakfast dishes. My mom said that they also have this in Pagadian.





There is a section at the public market in Dumaguete that had al fresco dining and rows of stores that served breakfast food. They call this painitan.


I also made sure to buy some chocolate tablets. Surprisingly, the local Robinsons mall were not selling them.

My trip had a rocky start because when I got to the hotel, the lady told me that they were no longer affiliated with Agoda and that I had to pay again and wait for a refund.

Luckily, the hotel offered the same rate I got from Agoda. When I checked their rates on Facebook, I apparently got it at half the price compared to when booking directly with the hotel.

The next day, I was surprised to see the refund back in my account. That's the beauty of digitalization. Before, a refund would have taken several weeks to reflect on your account.



I ended the day with a visit to the Siliman University.


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