We left on Thursday (29th) evening at 10pm. We left the house at 5pm to ride a jeepney, bus, jeepney to meet Auntie Marissa in Makati and watch the beautiful Christmas light show and have dinner (pizza & pork bbq and rice cake) in an outdoor market before getting another bus to the coach that would take us to Banaue. After 10 1/2 hours we arrived on Friday morning at our home for the weekend a place called Las Vegas that had incredible views out of its back ...

Manila Monday morning on our way to Greenhills and in the distant there is a huge black cloud of smoke rising. As we get closer you can see the flames and people surrounding the area as they watch their homes burn to ash. The squatters area was burning fast as their homes are made of cardboard, tin, wood reclaimed scraps. People were trying to save as much as they could. Getting very close to the flames to grab what they could. Families knocked holes into the ba...

7 days and 6 nights in Boracay Boracay is postcard picture perfect. It has its natural beauty; white sandy beaches, blue clear ocean and palm trees combined with the man made; bars with "buy one take one" drink deals, massage spas, food offers and lots of water activities that make it the perfect holiday destination. Without a doubt a very touristy place but for a good reason. Tourist police make sure the beach is not ruined with litter and cigarette butts, this...

3 days in Singapore roundup Singapore is a lovely clean safe city! 3 cultures work together to create a united Singapore; Chinese, Malaysian and Indian. We stayed in Little India which was a great location to get around the city. We got the MRT and walked everywhere. The transport was simple and clean. We were based between Lavender and Farrell MRT stations. On arrival at singapore I managed to slip on the shiny floors and sprain my ankle and it bloody hurt!...

3 days in Sydney 5th-8th November We spent our first day in Thornleigh where Janet our host lives and Louise is staying. We had homemade pizza's for lunch and took Johnny to Dog Beach. Had homemade Thai for dinner and met Janet's other lodgers Barbara a lovely 65 year old lady, Zach Aussie who was a chatty funny butcher and Zach Chinese who was quiet and not home a lot. Janet was the most amazing host and even spent the night at her boyfriend Tim's so we could ...