Malupascuba Our driver Danny picked us up at 08:30 for the 3 hour journey through Cebu, heading North to the Port of Maya. Cebu City was a tactical location so we could get to Bohol easily, and overall you would say it wasn't the most iconic of locations but it served its purpose. I didn't think 1 hour into our journey that we would be surrounded by lush green forests and coconut palms on one side of the road, with the coastline on the other. It was so stunning...

Blinding Tarsiers Today we had our first day trip, heading to the island of Bohol, South of Cebu. Our trend of arriving early before transport departures continued as we got to the ferry terminal, which was a short taxi ride away from the hotel. Getting on board gave me memories of previous journeys in Hong Kong/Guangzhou. The journey time was 2 hours and it seems Tash and I have decided to take pictures of each other sleeping in precarious positions, having st...

Are you in the Army? Taking on the advice of the taxi driver on arrival and my history of making flights "just in time" we headed for Manila airport 3 hours before flying. The roads were much quieter at 05:30am although the stretch of the bay we drove down (a few km at best guess) were lined with people sleeping rough or in tents, another extreme to the shanty towns seen on the previous day. Something I have not seen before. We flew into Cebu, which is part of ...

Welcome to the USA Filipino facts; Made up of over 7,000 islands Under Spanish rule/occupancy from 1521-1928 Local currency: Philippine Peso (about 66 peso to £1) National transport; Jeepneys (converted jeeps from world war 2, with an extended body to seat passengers) Manila is home to around 20 million people, the area is vast so there's only really a chance to see a small piece of it. We have been staying in Intramuros - a walled city that used to be th...

More Pun in the Philippines So we are back on the road again for some more flash-packing adventures. As some of you enjoyed my temple count on the last trip, I thought I should aim for something similar this time around. Although maybe counting individual rice grains is something I can't really commit to! I've spent the last few years trying to justify excessive air fares to fly on a A380. This time I finally got away with it and we took the beast on route to D...