Day Nineteen We are now back in Manila which means we have mad a circle around the southern part of the country. Since Legaspi we have stayed in Naga and Luceana. Our last night in Legaspi we hiked up to the top of a hill near where we were staying to watch the sunset and get some good pictures of the volcano. For the better part of the day Mayon is covered in clouds so it is not really a great photo opportunity. However, at sunrise and sunset for some reason ...

Day Sixteen We are not in Lagazpi, back on the big island of Luzon. We arrived last night and will be leaving tomorrow morning for Naga. There is actually some neat stuff to do here, but it is all pretty involved requiring guides (usually very expensive) and travel on jeepnys and tricycles to and from. While we are getting the hang of the transportation system it is still difficult to get from A to B because there are no street signs and it is damn difficult...

Day FourteenWe are now in Allen on the island of Samar. I know it has been a while since I made any kind of contact, but we were on an island without internet for two days and have been traveling for the last two. Since my last post at Cebu we traveled north on that island and crossed over to a small island called Malapascua. This was a really small island, in fact on Saturday we walked all the way around it. It was also quite deserted, partly because it was past...

Day Ten After two long days of travel we have made it to Cebu City about two thirds of the way south in the country. There is really nothing new and exciting to report, but I thought that I would check in while we had a little time. rnWe spent our last day in Boracay doing a little souvenir shopping, swimming, trying all the food we could manage to eat and just generally doing nothing. We hung out at a bar for a while in the evening and wow do they make their dr...

Day Seven in the Philippines We have made it to Boracay! This is the most touristy area in the Philippines and it is blatantly obvious. Surprisingly though it has not completely lost its island charm. The main beach (also called White Beach) is beautiful and it is not more dirty or tourist destroyed than any other place we have been to so far. The only difference is that it is a bit more crowded and there is a "promenade" with a lot of shops and resta...