Not wanting to squander our last full day in the Philippines, especially when the sun was beating down on us we decided to head to the acclaimed Honda Bay. On arrival there, there was no beach like we expected just a broad and spacious harbour. It seemed that you needed to get banca boats out to the various small islands that littered the bay. Seeing the price lists for a boat rental looks foreboding but we quickly learnt that you could tag on with other parties...

I will say little of today. Following the indigestible pork sisilog from last night I now have a bum that resembles the Japanese flag and a mouth that has listerine attempting the mask the smell of sick. The bumpy, hot, six hour mini bus ride back to Puerto Princesa was in no way enjoyable. We were the last off when we got to our Ezy Hotel Pension whose dormitory walls are the sickly lavender that you would expect to find in an insane asylum. The room wasn't ...

Today was drearily uninteresting. We spent another millennia in the vortex where time stands still and planes seldom leave (Manila Airport) and made our way to Puerto Princesa. Asia Airways seem to love making customers shudder - they always include a complimentary dicey take off and landing, whether due to turbulence or pilot boredom I don't rightly know. But, we did get there and we were alive so we can't complain too much (they're rubbish though). When we ...