A farewell to the Philippines. We´ve had time to relax and stay put for more than a couple of days at the same place, and that suited us just fine. But now we´ve spent 8 days in Boracay, and our restless souls need new experiences :-) The last couple of days have mostly been filled with water-related activities. Not very surpricing, since this is the main (and close to only) attraction in and around Boracay. One of the days we rented a longboat to go island-ho...

Philippines.Hot.Sunny.Different. On the 25 we finally got rid of our jackets, long sleeves and pants and surrendered to the hot and sunny Philippines.We landed in humid, crowded Manila. The plan was originally to spend a few days in Manila and then move on, but after re-evaluating the plan, we decided to skip Manila and move on straight away. Partly because of Manilas not-so-good-reputation, an partly because, wellfrankly, we´d had enough big-city sightseeing fo...