After some debate on where to head next (there are pros and cons to planning!) we jumped onto a bus up the Zambales coast to the small town of San Felipe. We had heard about a backpackers hostel here called The Circle Hostel and wanted to check it out. Unfortunately Katie had misread the information and a bus that we thought would take two hours actually took us about five. After a morning making the most of the Aquarium room we had been staying in with a late ...

After a long but not too uncomfortable bus ride down the beautiful island of Palawan to Puerto Princesa we jumped on a flight to Manila. After waiting for thirty minutes for a taxi, which seemed kind of strange for the capitals airport, we were on our way to the Where2Next Hostel in Malate. Our taxi driver pointed out the girly bars and red light district of Malate as we made our way through the city. Beautiful girls in fancy dresses sat in rows behind dark gla...

We jumped on a bus from the San Juan bus terminal in Puerto Princesa to go to El Nido. This time we paid a little extra and had air con and our own seats with a little more room to breathe! The bus took around 7 hours and although was a bumpy ride, we'd had worse. Our lovely friend Rema had booked us a few nights stay in her friends place here for a very cheap price of 500 pesos a night. We checked in but after one night of no air con in + 31 heat (real feel +...

We arrived in Puerto Princesa to be greeted by yet again a million tricycles and taxis desperate for our business. This time we took the easy route and headed straight to a hotel that was sold to us as soon as we got off the plane. De Loro resort had no power when we arrived (apparently this is pretty typical throughout the whole of Palawan island) and so our normal room check before paying wasn't quite as useful as usual. But the place looked nice, with tradit...

As cities go, Cebu was pretty nice! We only stayed for two nights but it left a good impression on us and that's saying something for two people that don't really like cities. We managed to grab a great room in a very nice hotel for a pretty reasonable price of around 1000 peso ($25), probably the nicest room we've stayed in so we took full advantage of the air con and amenities. We paid around $5 to get our laundry washed, dried and folded, if only we could ge...