Philippines

Ferdinand Magellan Painting
Philippines

Cebu City and Manila Airport (Philippines Diary #1)

It took 24 hours to take two flights from Vietnam to the island of Cebu in the Philippines. Total flight time: 4 hours. Total time in Manila Airport and a god-awful ‘hotel’ for some rest: 20 hours. This was due to Air Asia cancelling one fight and delaying another.

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El Nido and Coron - Philippines
Philippines

El Nido and Coron (Philippines Diary #9)

El Nido in northern Palawan is one of the most popular tourist spots in the Philippines. This is followed by a much smaller island called Coron to the north, Boracay, and the most eastern island in the Philippines called Siargao. Surfers flock to the latter. It was a tough choice,

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Palawan Philippines
Philippines

Palawan (Philippines Travel Diary #8)

It was time to bid farewell to Siquijor and my new friends. What was unexpected was staying up the entire night with them! I had an early ferry to catch followed by a flight to Palawan, so decided to power through after getting a lift home with a random bunch

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Siquijor Sunset Philippines
Philippines

Pray the Gay Away (Philippines Diary #7)

It’s so great when you become a familiar face in a place and the locals recognise you and ask how your day is going. I spent a night near an old fishing village and went for a walk through it during the day with my friend Alina and her little

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Siquijor
Philippines

Siquijor – Jol, Rinse, Repeat & Repent (Philippines Diary #6)

My method of remembering how to pronounce Siquijor, is “ciggie-whore”. I had found my kind of island which offers AMAZING snorkeling within protected marine sanctuaries! I was wetting my pants thinking how incredible a night snorkel would be with my new diving torch, but a lone local was on station

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Chocolate Hills of Bohol
Philippines

Chocolate Hills and Cathedrals (Philippines Diary #5)

I’m always on the hunt for an island where I can enjoy a good snorkel every morning without having to board a boat and pay a fee. Unfortunately, Bohol is not the place for that. Her waters are very shallow and her bottom is mostly covered in seagrass and spikey

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Panglao Beach - Bohol Philippines
Philippines

Bohol and Bum Gun Showers (Philippines Diary #4)

I laughed a lot as I typed this because my Bohol experience included some very funny moments! It took 12 hours to get from Cebu to the neighbouring island of Bohol by bus and ferry. I’m loving the ease of bus travel in the Philippines. You simply wait on the

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