On Monday morning myself and two of the crew made our way to Ilha Grande (big island – sounds better in Portuguese). We got a bus with Easy Transfer which took roughly 2 hours to the port. The boat itself was slow and rocky but at least the sun was Read more…
Today was a bit of a sad day as we left our luxury apartment where we spent the previous 6 nights. We took a tricycle back to Tagbilaran and got the ferry back to Cebu. The journey was about 2 hours and luckily we booked the air conditioned zone this Read more…
Time for us to leave this beautiful island. After brekkie we headed to El Nido (Lio) airport, a very small and cute place. The process of checking in and out is very quick and very different from Heathrow London! When we arrived our bags were taken off the plane and Read more…
We had a huge breakfast at Coco resort before heading off for day two of our island hopping adventure. Today we embarked on tour A, a different set of islands and beaches to the one yesterday. This tour included kayaking and luckily we were well rehearsed in this sport (unlike Read more…
We had an early start after electing to take the island hopping day trip (Tour C). Once we’d registered and collected our snorkels, it was time for the trip to begin. We were kayaked out the bigger boat, given life jackets, and the opportunity to meet the other tourists. The Read more…
After our mad night out on the sleeper bus we woke up around 11am and went straight for lunch. We then wanted to visit Thien So cave and the plan worked perfectly because 9 other people turned up at the same time which made the boat a lot less expensive. Read more…
For our last day on Cat Ba we signed up to rock climbing in Lan Ha Bay. After a boat ride out and lunch with the climbing crew we got our harnesses and helmets on along with the special climbing shoes. To be honest, apart from a small indoor wall Read more…
Did what every visitor to Cat Ba island must do… the Halong Bay tour. After being picked up at the hostel we arrived at the ferry terminal and got on our boat. We sailed through floating villages and caught a glimpse of how they live (they tend to catch fish Read more…