We decided to spend another day at San Juan where we explored the beach and small village to the north - all very rural and basic but interesting. Another long but interesting drive took us through small settlements and farmland between the mountains and the sea and eventually to Lucap, the gateway to the One Hundred Islands National Park. We easily found our accommodation - Maxine's is set on the harbour and juts out into the sea for all to see. The room was b...

Nearing the end of our brief trip to the Philippines and now in Lucap to experience the 100 Hundred Islands. More in due course. E M xx

Over our meal in Vigan we had decided that with only a couple of museum/houses to see we could probably fit them in the following morning and be heading back south.It had taken much longer to get here from Clark than we'd expected and E had decided that he didn't want to add too many more miles to drive.So we agreed this was the right thing for us.Next morning we managed to visit the excellent Syquia Mansion which was home to former President Quirino.It's suppose...

Our flight from Kuching in Sarawak to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah (both the Malaysian part of Borneo) was the most convenient means of getting to the Philippines, courtesy of Air Asia.However, our time in SE Asia being limited and delays with connecting flights meant that we couldn't spend as long as we would have liked in Borneo.We had contemplated doing the Mt Kinabalu climb but E's hip has been causing him a bit of a problem and we both felt it would be too much of...

Still heading North - rather slowly because of the roads and traffic - so decided to stop here for a swim and some R&R. E M xx