Today we had a long and bumpy bus ride to El Nido. I have never been on a bus ride like this in my life. We were bouncing around like crazy. I kept hitting my head to the window and handle. I had my foot up on the seat in front of me to keep my bum on the seat. I was wearing lulu pants and my butt kept slipping off the seat. Our driver drove like a maniac too. He hit every pot hole and thought he was in a race or something. Once we reached El Nido we wanted to f...

Today was Election Day in the Philippines. There are campaign posters everywhere and there are curfews and drinking bands in place for the locals. Today the plan was to tour the underground river cave that was named one of the new natural wonders of the world. We were planning on doing the cave tour in the morning but we were delayed a few hours because of the election. We loaded into canoes to explore the caves. It was pitch black in the cave and bats were eve...

Today we had another early start. At 5:15 am we met the group downstairs to catch our flight to Peurto Princessa. The weight limit on the plane was 10kg per checked bag. Since my bag was double that I had to leave a bunch of stuff behind at the hotel. I will pick it up when I return to Manila. We also discovered that there are no ATMs in Palawan, so we had to take out all the cash we needed for the week at the airport. I was frantically trying to take out as much...

Early start this morning. It just so happened that Morgan and I had the same flight to China. From there she had a connecting flight to Seoul and I to Manila. She is going to Seoul to visit her boyfriend who is teaching in South Korea. We caught a taxi at 6am to the airport. Everything went smoothly and we had some breakfast at the airport. Our flight was quick, just over an hour long. Once we got to China we found out Morgan needed a China visa to get on her fl...