Our wonderful time in Camiguin was destined to come to an end, a couple of days in Cagayan de Oro followed before flying back to Cebu and finally on to Singapore. Cagayan de Oro doesn't have a great deal to offer the discerning traveller other than Butchers Best Barbecue. Quite simply divine charcoal grilled sticks of meat ordered by the skewer for a very affordable price. We've missed having the option of street food in the Philippines as the descent stuff has...

Disappointed with the spoils of Bohol we took yet another ferry (this time a rather fancy catamaran) to Camiguin which is in the region of Mindanao. Mindanao is known to some only for its troubles but you would know nothing of it in the North, and if this area is anything to go by the people couldn't be friendlier. Camiguin is a volcanic island, Hiboc Hiboc still active, last erupting in the 50's to devastating effect. Hiboc Hiboc is one of many; there are more...

Up at stupid O'clock to catch the 6am ferry to Bohol which is our last stop in the Visayas region of the Philippines. Bohol has a lot to live up to as the island and its smaller neighbour Pangalao are touted in all the tourist brochures you can find for this country. Needless to say we were a little disappointed. Feeling like fully fledged tourists as opposed to the independent traveller we hired a driver for the day who would take us on a 'countryside tour' th...

Speedy Delta Ferries took us from Dumaguete to the mystic island of Siquijor, or at least that's what tourists are lead to believe. It's a diddy little island with a circumference of approximately 72 kilometres. The roads are significantly quieter than other places we've visited so we took the opportunity to hire a motorbike to explore the island. James did a marvellous job and after a day of sightseeing we made it home in time for an impressive sunset, our first...

In an effort to move away from the stink of Dumaguete we travelled a short distance down the coast to Malatapay. Treating ourselves to some delightful accommodation on the seafront we spent the next few days sitting in the sunshine and doing very little. There was reason to come here other than to be lazy, the diving at nearby Apo Island was rumoured to be spectacular. Whilst I read books and got a little pink James donned his wetsuit and took to the waters aroun...