We all awoke refreshed and got ready one by one, having our breakfast of egg, toast and nanas, lovingly made by Dan. He then organised our tricycle to take us to where we met the tour group. Our tour on the first day included a number of lagoons and beaches, and a lot of snorkelling. The islands of El Nido are the most beautiful and incredible things I have ever seen. The water is stunning, ranging from crystal clear, to turquoise, to deep blues and emeralds in...

Alarms were set for 5 to get the half 6 boat across to the airport. I found it difficult to open my eyes and they felt very sore, and my chin was all itchy, I looked in the mirror and my face was horribly swollen and my arms were covered in rashes. Gabbi told me it wasn't that bad, so I thought maybe I was just over reacting. That was until every person I came across at that early hour stared at me with confusion. After the boat to the airport and our first fligh...

We arose early to have our free breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast, banana and mango. I have a real thing for mango lately, it is so much tastier here than anywhere else I have ever had it. Once breakfast had been enjoyed we decided to go to Puka beach, this was a place we had heard about from a girl on the beach who said it was white sand, clear waters, without algae, exactly how white beach was supposed to be really. We got on a tricycle outside our hostel and...

I awoke at midday, rather hungover, angry I had missed a free breakfast, and feeling pretty sorry for myself. Gabbi had already left for the beach so Kieren and I got our swimwear on, creamed up and made our way down as well. We had breakfast at the t-brizz place linked with our hostel (I had pancake with eggs, bacon, cheese and tomatoes, it was pretty bloody good!) Once we had filled our bellies we got on to the beach for a spot of sunbathing. It was blistering...

Kieren joins us today! Gabbi and I awoke after a surprisingly pleasant airport sleep. We checked in our bags and went through to have some food for breakfast, ham and cheese pittas. Once aboard our flight we slept most of it, it was another diddy plane, all the internal ones seem to be. Arriving in Boracay Gabbi and I had to wait for around an hour for kierens flight to get in, he was originally supposed to arrive before us, but his flight was cancelled and he ...