JAPAN | Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009 | Views [725]
We left Japan
last month in the snow and returned today to a balmy 22 degrees and sunshine. Spring
has arrived! Takes the edge off being home at least. I thought my last blog entry should be about
things I will miss about the Philippines.... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [678]
We had arranged to go out with our new friend Shiela when we got back to Manila. She met us at our hotel and we had a lovely evening at a nearby restaurant. She might be visiting Tokyo in May on business so we may be seeing her again soon! It occurred ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [1077]
We were booked on the 12.30 boat from Mindoro back to Batangas Pier. A lot of us were leaving and the staff did seem genuinely sad to say goodbye. They came out to the beach to wave us off and didn't stop waving until we were out of sight. We are really ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [720]
If we spent any length of time at White Beach, I wonder if we would assimilate..... I'd be wearing a tie-dye sundress and a rasta coloured head band. David Would be in a vest and baggy white trousers. We'd both be wearing flipflops, have henna tatoos, ... Read more >
JAPAN | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [630]
I am really not ready to leave Aninuan Beach yet. This is where we just spent the past 5 days. http://www.aninuanbeach.com/ The amazing thing is David researched and booked it. I think I will let him organise all of our trips from now on
PHILIPPINES | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [3089]
I love airline slogans. In Malaysia we
were amused with Air Asia's “Now anyone can Fly” and in Indonesia
there's Lion Air's “We make people fly”. In the Philippines we
have Air Cebu with “Every Juan to Terminal 3” and Zest ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Sunday, 15 Mar 2009 | Views [3355]
Today we thought we'd hike to the local waterfalls. Apparently they are very beautiful and relaxing. Since we have been here about 50 people have offered to guide us to the falls and maybe we should have paid someone to take us (to give back to ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Sunday, 15 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery
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PHILIPPINES | Sunday, 15 Mar 2009 | Views [739]
I love Scrabble. When I can find humans
to play with either in person or via Facebook (Lexulous), I play
robots on my computer. We discovered that Lexy, the owner of our
resort also loves Scrabble so the three if us sat ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Saturday, 14 Mar 2009 | Views [668]
Each town in the Philippines is divided
into “barangays” and each baranguay has a series of officials.
Officials, mayors, governors are given a lot of respect here and
there are posters dedicated to them in towns. We were ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Saturday, 14 Mar 2009 | Views [628]
The main town here is called Puerto
Galero and has nothing going for it. It's a couple of hot dusty
streets crammed with tricycles and lined with shops selling the same
stuff. We bought sun block in a stiflingly hot supermarket ... Read more >
Tags: mindoro
PHILIPPINES | Friday, 13 Mar 2009 | Views [723]
I read that the Philippines is one of
the top ten coffee producers in the world. It makes me mad when we
keep getting served bloody “3 in 1” instant Nescafe sachets.
Don't get me started on the tea.
PHILIPPINES | Friday, 13 Mar 2009 | Views [938]
We are staying on a lovely quiet long
stretch of beach in the north of Mindoro. There are only two small
resorts here and no shops, restaurants or bars. It's perfect.
Around the headland is another beach called “White ... Read more >
Tags: mindoro
PHILIPPINES | Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | Views [593]
This resort is incredible and we want
for nothing. Endless lounging possibilities, soft white sand, clear
blue sea, beach bar, extensive menu and cocktail list, massages on
demand and even wireless. I am blogging from the ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery
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PHILIPPINES | Wednesday, 11 Mar 2009 | Views [679]
We got a lift to Batangas Pier from a
couple in their late 50s called Vic and Olive Hernandez. They own
jewelery stores, but Vic does a bit of driving on the side. He had
brought Olive along with him on this trip so that ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Wednesday, 11 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery
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PHILIPPINES | Tuesday, 10 Mar 2009 | Views [866]
The reason we came all the way to Talisay, a place in the middle of nowhere, was to visit the crater lake. This was the lake we had seen from the sky a couple of years ago when flying from Taipei to Denpasar (Bali). Where we are staying is situated ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Tuesday, 10 Mar 2009 | Views [883]
It was one of these posh residential communities in the holiday home market for wealthy Filipinos, but they also let rooms and villas. It was a really beautiful place and did take credit card so we decided to check in (we went straight back to Green ... Read more >
PHILIPPINES | Monday, 9 Mar 2009 | Views [632]
It was very run down. They really
should flatten the place and start again. The fact that it had a pool
wasn't a plus – it was a grimy concrete thing with a ton of leaves
floating on top. The room was tiny and basic with ... Read more >
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