While Cebu and Lapu Lapu are known as a tourist destination and a grown hub most don't see beyond their tinted windows or walled in communities.
This is what lies beyond those barriers. Home sweet home.
This home is situated on an empty lot. A wast space with a nice view of the former Hilton Towers now know as the new Moevenpick. The soil is hard. It's rock in fact so no chance of digging for a septic tank. There is no running water or any other kind and no electricity.
This settlement is a little further down the road and the ground is more forgiving here. There are about 300 people living here just behind a big white church wall. - Here there is water.
This settlement is situated pretty much in the heart of Mactan Island behind some subdivisions wall. There is soil and the people here are better of they grow their own food in the middle of the city. Sometimes they make enough to sell.