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On the move again today and we’re flying to Cebu City on the Island of Cebu. It’s a 9am pickup to the boat dock so we get a slight lie in!! We once again take the hotel boat to Caticlan and a driver to take us to the airport – we’re in the van for… Read more

After a restful night’s sleep we go for an early breakfast and a walk on the beach and oh my word it’s absolutely beautiful. 4kms of continuous white sand. We’re due to go out on a boat for a snorkelling trip today but due to a mix up it’s been changed to tomorrow and we… Read more

Back on the road again today and we leave Sagada headed for Clark which is about 50 miles outside of Manila. It’s a road day and we leave Sagada in the van at 8am. It’s going to be a very very very long day. It’s foggy as we retrace our route down the winding hillside… Read more

It’s an 8am start for us this morning as we’re leaving Banaue and heading further north to Sagada. Compared to yesterday’s epic drive it’s only a couple of hours so should be a breeze. The people of Sagada follow a unique burial ritual. The dead are placed inside their coffins (sometimes breaking their bones in… Read more

After yesterday’s long drive we wake up at 6am to the most beautiful view from our balcony.  A town of 27,000, Banaue, is hemmed in on all sides by dramatic rice terraces. The local mud-walled rice terraces are World Heritage listed. We meet our guide Nathan and driver Charles at 8am. We’re not in a… Read more

Guess what it’s another early start for flight number 4 from Bicol (Legazpi) to Manila. We leave our hotel at 3.30am for our 7.20am flight. We arrive at 4.45am and mercifully after the nearly 1 hour queue to check-in for the outbound flight there is absolutely no queue!! As has no become customary my bag… Read more