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...

The couple of days spent in Puerto Princessa were not much to shout home about, a decent place to stay and some pretty dodgy meals. So it was onwards to the Visayas and in particular Cebu, the Southern capital of the Philippines. Yet another wonderfully swift flight took us over the ocean to Cebu City. We set up home for a few days in the centre of town in a slightly run down hotel. Our room had no window which James was greatly disturbed by; I on the other han...