Took the kayak out for a spin this morning, all around the Twin beaches to a small island. The good thing about the island is that it was the only place our 3G worked (weirdly) so we ended up stopping there for quite some time. A retreat from internet is Read more…
What else is there to do when you have a Paradise beach in your doorstep? Indeed, we swam and sunbathed ALL DAY.. enjoying the heat of the sun and the cool ocean alternately. Trouble in paradise occurred when it rained but again it only lasted ten minutes before returning Read more…
We had to wake up at 5am to catch our 7am flight to the island of Palawan, south of Luzon. We took an AirSWIFT flight to El Nido and it took about 1hr to get there. The descent was beautiful and the arrival at our beach hut was just delightful. Read more…
We had the best morning blasting out ABBA on Grandmas speaker system. We made pancakes (or ‘hot cakes’) for breakfast and roamed around the garden looking at Grandmas banana trees, mango trees, coconut trees, and even … wait for it… avocado trees! Grandma cooked Adobo and Sinigang for lunch which Read more…
Rice and fried bananas for breakfast obviously. In the morning we were visited by my Auntie’s, Uncles and Cousins and it was so nice to hear what everyone had been up to since I last visited in 2010. We walked around the village to see more relatives (they all live Read more…
We woke up to 37 degree heat which is definitely not what we are used to so a day a day in a pool was in order! Grandma and uncle sorted us a picnic and we drove an hour out to the resort of Pugad. It was a lovely place Read more…
My Auntie and Uncle came to pick us up at the hotel and took us around an area of Manila that contains the history of the Philippines. The place is called Intramurous and was a colony of the Spanish empire. This was evident from the style of the buildings as Read more…
Seeing as arrived very early in the morning we had a big sleep in at the hotel. There are several things to do in Manila but when the biggest mall in Asia is in the vicinity how can you not go?!!!! The truth is we spent 9 hours in the Read more…