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…

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…

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…

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…