To say we could see the spectacular volcano ridden Camiguin island from Bohol the boat took a surprisingly long time, after 5 hours we arrived and checked out a few hotels. We managed to find a basic one and our room was next to the black sand beach with the Bangka boats lined up on the shore. Camiguin is a small island and everything is spread out around the many volcanos, so we hired a bike to explore. Our first stop was the sunken cemetery which was washed i...

We were up early and off to the airport, next destination.....the Philippines! A few hours later and we arrived in Manila the capital. We had only heard bad things about Manila so we decided to book a connecting flight south to Cebu. We didn't arrive in Cebu until quite late in the evening so we grabbed a taxi and headed to a hotel. We weren't sure what to expect the Philippines to be like, our taxi journey was an eye opener. It reminded us a lot of India, peop...