* * * * * Cebu, Cebu Island, Republic of the Philippines Monday 21 st October 1996 Cebu Island is long and narrow, stretching 122 miles from north to south, and 20 miles across at its widest point. It has narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus and coastal plains, with rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges traversing the northern and southern lengths of the island. From the air it’s a beautiful place to behold. It’s also not that far southeast of Manila and the Island of Luzon, being a mere 305 NM (350.7 SM), which took 54 minutes to fly in the 737, on airway W-11 at a cruising altitude of either 29,000 or 33,000 feet. The city of Cebu is on the mid-eastern side of Cebu Island and was the first ...