El Nido (Palawan) 1st June - 8th June (Day 89 - 96) The journey from Puerto Princesca to El Nido should have taken 5 hours. The early signs looked very positive as we had a Michael Schumacher wannabe driving, at times I wasn't sure if he realised he was actually on a road rather than a race track. Unfortunately despite his clear pace it seemed Schumi had over cooked it a bit as the engine overheated. We had to wait by the side of the road whilst the driver w...

Puerto Princesca (Palawan) 31 st May (Day 88) The journey from Apo island to Puerto Princesca in Palawan took over 2 days and included a night in Cebu City. This journey required a multitude of transport means including 1 bus, 2 boats, 1 plane, 2 taxis and 2 tricycles! Puerta Princesca itself was only a stop off point on the journey to our final destination of El Nido in the north of Palawan. We had heard bad reviews of Puerto Princesca but enjoyed wonde...

Apo Island 28th May - 30th May (Day 85 - 87) We took the bus back in the direction of Dumaguete for around 6 hours and got off in a small village before getting on another boat to take us to the resort on Apo Island. Apo is a tiny island surrounded by coral and great diving spots , located to the South of Negros. The island itself it very picturesque and we were blessed with fantastic weather whilst we were there. Our room was very small for 4 people bu...

Sipalay (Sugar Beach) 25th May - 27th May (Day 82 - 84) After visiting Dumaguete we took a local bus south around the Negros coast road. The journey took about 7 hours, although this included a 2 hour stop for lunch. The bus itself was packed for the majority of the journey with no aircon, tiny seats and no legroom which made it a rather squashed and sweaty journey. The best aspect of the journey were the views from the bus as the coast road took us throu...

Dumaguete 24th May (Day 81) Hello everyone, We left the beach house in Siquijor early in the morning in order to catch the ferry to Dumaguete. The ferry was quite small and very busy, we managed to find some seats but they were very small and I could not fit my legs in properly, so I was basically jammed in my seat for an hour. To add to this discomfort for we must have been sitting right above the engine and so the floor was burning our feet whilst the no...