Tag: Philippines
Beach Tennis: the Asia-Pacific Tour
Do you love tennis or beach tennis? Do you love to travel? Traveling is a lot of fun by itself, with new destinations and new people you meet being an eye opening experience that keeps you busy and in awe most of the time. Yet sometimes the trip itself can be made into an even [...]
Fun Times in the Philippines: Travel Video
This travel video of the Philippines includes highlights of our three week trip across several islands. We landed in Manila after a scary flight (our plane was struck by lightning) and explored the city, then visited the islands of Cebu, Bohol, western Mindanao and finished surfing Cloud 9 in Siargao. The Philippines is one country [...]
Cloud 9- surfing Siargao in the Philippines
Let me begin this post on the Philippines by giving you some good advice: forget the overland route to Cloud 9 if surfing is your reason for going there. It takes about 4 days from Bohol, there is nothing interesting on the way, and it ends up being much more expensive. Your best bet is [...]
Chocolate Hills and Tarsiers in Bohol, the Philippines
Without a doubt Boracay is the most famous beach in the Philippines, usually ranked among the top ten in the world. It is a place where sun worshippers flock en masse each year, with accommodation catering to the budget traveler and resort tourists aplenty and several water activities available to entertain everyone. This means however [...]
Snorkeling and diving in Moalboal, the Philippines
The truth is that we had only heard about this sleepy little town 2 days before arriving while investigating what places are good for whale shark watching in the Philippines, and were looking forward to seeing these creatures as well as the turtles that are supposed to abound in the area. To get there from [...]
Manila (the Philippines) is no pearl of orient
As if our horrible flight (read here) had not been enough, making our way into the country was not easy either, as we did not have an outbound flight because we didn’t know what our next destination would be. We were told we had to purchase a ticket on the spot, but eventually managed to [...]
