Amelia and I caught the first bus that came by to Vigan, from the main road running through San Juan. It was a rickety old bus with no luxuries whatsoever, and the driver was completely covered in oil too! We were unsure if we would actually make the hundred odd kilometres to Vigan. It turned out we didn't... not because it broke down, but because for some reason or another we were told to get off and transfer to a minibus. It was an odd situation, the bus as...

So it wasn't as straightforward as Chris and I thought, to just get a bus from Alaminos to San Juan. Our first bus, air conditioned, but standing room only, took us over an hour, to Dagupan. Since we were standing, we were unable to eat our breakfast, that we had bought from a street vendor in Alaminos. So boiled eggs and rice soup in hand, we swapped from one bus to another in Dagupan, but this time it was a 4x2 (4 seats one side, 2 seats the other), open wi...

'Alaminos' is the gateway to 'Hundred Islands National Park'. Amelia and I arrived by bus (from Capas) and found some wifi, to look for accommodation in the area. Most places we found online were fully booked, due to Easter, which is the biggest Filipino holiday, and also marking the end of the school year.We found a place called 'Treasure Isle Guesthouse and Restaurant' and gave them a call. Luckily they had vacancies, at a very reasonabl...

Our flight landed in Clark, Angeles City, just before midday. Having been told in KL, at the Filipino embassy, to ask to extend our visa at immigration in Clark, we were told by the officers there that it was not possible and we would have to extend it at an immigration office. Typical! Chris had read that the taxi fare into the centre would be very expensive, and that if you walked out to the main road you could catch a 'jeepney'. Not really understandin...