So one of the guys Brenden works with, Kar Weng, mentioned to us about 4 months ago about trekking up Mt. Pinatubo, a volcano about 2.5 hours North of Manila. Sounded great at the time, little did we know about the actual details of the trip. So it turns out we need to leave Manila at 3am to make our way up to the site while stopping at McDonalds to have breakfast on the way. This is no different than catching the 6am flight out of Manila. We're definately no...

Day 1 - 30th DecemberSo we left Siargao at about 8.30am. Shared a van to the airport with an Aussie guy from Gold Coast and his Filipino girlfriend. This time Jodi didn't have any one falling asleep on her so that was a bonus. As we were leaving the resort, we drove past a heap of kids that were hanging out on the driveway. As we went past, one of the kids rubbed his hand along the car but he was holding a marble at the same time so it left a massive scratch ...

Well we didn't actually plan to go to Siargao for Christmas and New Years. The original plan was to go to Cambodia however the Philippines Immigration Department are fkn useless and couldn't process Jodi's visa in the 2 months they had her passport before xmas. What a joke!!! Anyway, we wouldn't have changed it for the world. Day 1 - 23rd DecemberSo the alarm goes off at 4am. I'm so sick of these early starts. We leave the apartment at 4.30, & get to ...

Before reading this blog, refresh your memory from Day 1 of this journey, in particular when we checked into the resort and checked if they had VISA. So the last day of our Caramoan adventure had finally arrived. Now it was time to head back to Naga and then to Camsur Watersports Park (CWC) for 2 days of wakeboarding. So we had breakfast (which was ready for us again), organised the pedicab to the port, packed our stuff and went to check-out and pay our bill. ...

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Jodi, Happy Birthday to you!!! This was the sound that greeted Jodi at breakfast in the morning. Brenden had secretly organised all the staff to have breakfast already cooked for us both when we got up, with a birthday cake and about 15 staff all standing near our table all singing their lungs out. Jodi was pretty embarrased..... Actually, this is all bulls***! Brenden didnt' organise any of thi...