Today is my last day with Julie and her Dad so we were up early to send Julie off to work before I started to pack my things. The plan is to have an early lunch with the family and then say goodbye. Julie's Dad took me down to airport at 10:30am and I checked in to my flight and then made my way back to Julie's where we waited for her to arrive so we could have an early lunch. Lunch was a feast as usual with BBQ pork, Jack fruit stirfry and various other vegetabl...

Today I was up at 4:30am ready for my day trip to San Miguel Island. We made our way to the bus station by 6:15am and met Julie's Aunty and two cousins who I would be accompanying today to San Miguel Island. We caught a jeepney to Tobaco which took about an hour and then waited another hour for a boat to come. Amazingly no one else was going to the island so we had a little boat to ourselves - to say it was a little rough was an under-statement at one point we ev...

After an eventful 2 weeks today was my first real down day with not a lot to do. I woke up early had breakfast with Julie before she headed off to work. I did my washing and then jumped on the Internet and did some planning for Taiwan & Colombia. At lunch I joined Julie's Dad, the two maids and the builder to what would probably be our last lunch together - once again another feast of vegetables and fish. Tonight we are off to Susan's for a dinner with other ...

Today is a day for rest so I tried to have a bit of a sleep in but unfortunately the dog was barking all night so that didn't happen. In the morning we sat around with Julie's Dad and his friend talking about the differences between our cultures and about family. It was really nice to just relax, talk and drink tea. For lunch today we were treated to sweet and sour fish which was incredibly delicious - I think I ended up eating 2 whole fish. In the afternoon we ...

Today we were up early and packed for our road trip up to Mayon Skyline Viewing Platform. At 8:30am Susy the other Couchsurfer met us and we made our long way up the mountain. We passed small villages and also there was an 80km marathon on which made for interesting sites - black Kenyans, crazy Jeepney drivers and wild animals running about the place. We made it to the top and had a look around the old deserted hotel and then up to the platform. The views were be...