It’s my second trip through Vietnam, and in some ways, this one is very different. However, in others, it’s painfully similar. Hanoi and Halong Bay We flew into Hanoi from Manila, after niftily sorting out our Visas in 24 hours (rather than the normal 3-5 days), thanks to Callum, and this site. The weather is [...]
After being talked out of starting my own online travel guide by my older sibling, i’ve decided to more actively participate in wikitravel.org. My first article can be found here. Not bad after only being there for 3 hours!
We enjoyed a 3 hour bus journey today aboard a beast of a bus, run by the D’Christ Bus Company (as in ‘Da Christ’ – a bit of ghetto slang mixed in with strong Christianism going on there i think!). We were making our way to the longest underground river in the world. By the [...]
You know i couldn’t resist the white beach photos at some point! Click the photo for more pics… After a week in the Philippines’ golden nugget island of Boracay, we decided to leave the beaches behind for a while, and headed off to the remote corner of Palawan. A 5 minute tricycle, followed by a [...]
We spent a week on Panglao Island, off the island of Bohol. Panglao itself is really touristy, and we arrived during the first weekend of the Philippine school summer holidays – so it was very busy. However, we found a nice hotel and chilled out for a few days, during which we were paid a [...]
We spent a glorious 10 days on a small island called Malapascua, just off the tip of Cebu island at the top. Sadly i didn’t take any photos of the palm tree rimmed white sand beaches (use your imagination, or Google Malapascua!) . However, i did take a few snaps underwater during some amazing dives! [...]
I thought that it was really about time that i add an update on what we’re up to! We arrived safely in Cebu, Philippines last Tuesday and promptly checked into our hotel at 4am. Hoping to get some well-deserved kip after a 40 hour journey, we realised that there appears to be roosters everywhere in [...]
Is that my credit card was declined when i booked this flight, but we were already in the Philippines by the time i found out!!
On route to the Philippines, we had a slightly longer stopover than expected in Hong Kong, so checked our baggage into storage and hopped on the express train to the city. A nice dinner and drink later, we arrived back at the airport to find out that they wouldn’t let us on the plane to [...]
…is amazing! It’s a US territory so has great services, with heaps of Spanish Culture! No more time to write anything….but simply amazing so far.