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Philippines – Mountains of Rice
Our ferry was due to leave Coron for Manila at the very precise time of 11.59pm and lo and behold, before the stroke of midnight, we were on our way. A punctual departure…
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Philippines- The Lost Week
There’s a reason why some places are so popular. The Philippines is so astonishingly beautiful that we had almost become jaded to beauty, but our first glimpse of the Bacuit Archipelago still managed…
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Philippines…An Island to Ourselves.(Almost)
The sea was navy-blue and choppy as the boat made its way out from Port Barton to a little resort on a private island. The water rose over the bow and splashed my…
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Philippines – Slow Boats, Slow Travel
The signs were ominous from the beginning, there was very little information online about the ferry from Iloilo in Panay that sails across the Sula Sea to the island of Palawan, the most…
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Philippines – Boracay, the Paradise Island
Just the whisper of some place-names is like a promise of paradise. One such place is the island of Boracay in the Western Visayas in the Philippines, which has been called one of…
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Philippines_ Visas and Chocolate
This week was all about extending our visa. On arrival at the airport in Manila, we received a free thirty day visa but this wasn’t long enough for us as our flight home…
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Island Hopping in the Philippines😎
There is no shortage of islands in the Philippines. There are over seven thousand to choose from. After our stay in Manila with its crowded chaos, relentless noise, fumes and poverty, we were…
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Philippines – Poverty and Plenty
Of course, there was last minute drama at the very start of our journey😮. All was going really well until we were at the boarding gate in Dublin for our flight to Istanbul…
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On the Move Again…
Just a quick post to let you know that our bags are packed (very lightly🤣) and we are heading to the Philippines tomorrow for a few months. We have never been there before…
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Central America….highlights
Eleven Weeks, six Countries, (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua), two hurricanes, many boat trips, numerous bus journeys, eye-watering natural beauty, some minor stomach upsets, lots of rice and beans and…