Having solved the major problem of finding accommodation I now had two days to explore "dangerous" Zamboanga City. I first needed to find a proper meal as I hadnt eaten all morningAcross from the hotel was a halal restaurant with grilled chicken, fish, squid, and other local dishes. I ordered a grilled chicken, and a vegetable dish, which they provided with rice and some soup dish. With coke the total was 90P ($2.25).The main tourist sites were back by City Hall....

I had now arrived at "the most dangerous city in Mindanao" with no hotel reservation for two nites. I never travel without hotel reservations but no hotels in most of the entire island of Mindanao were available for online booking.There was a cluster on the main street downtown and since I had arrived early morning I had plenty of time to find a room. Since I'd never travelled like this before it would be interesting trying out what my friends usually do.The airp...

This morning I had a 7.45am flight to Zamboanga so needed to be at the airport early. I was up from 5am and had a long hot shower, my first proper shower in the Philippines after the blackout yesterday at my last hotel.Last nite the owner had told me they would have a cab for me to the airport at 630, that he would be awake, and the cab would only cost 150P ($3.75). When I checked at reception nobody knew anything about thisOne person told me it would cost 200P, ...

Having arrived at a bus terminal that was not on my map I was confused as to how to get to my hotel near the town centre. I knew it was close to City Hall and a University Campus so I figured it would be simplest to get a jeepney going to City HallAfter a couple of tries I found the passing jeepney heading towards city hall for 15P (.38 cents). They pointed me where to walk and I found the street names on my map so knew where I was goingAcross from City Hall was ...

Having visited two of the three amazing waterfalls outside Iligan I now had to make it to the nearby city of Cagayan De Oro for my evening hotel and morning flight the next day to Zamboanga.Navigating my way back to the various terminals and connections proved to be a bit tricky. I had my instructions printed from my wiki travel guide and tried to follow thoseFirst I took the jeepney outside Maria Christina Falls back into Iligan City. I expected it to go back to...