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Fun in the Philippines
... anywhere, any time for only a couple of pounds is brilliant but a bit scary there's more people on them than I can fit in the corsa! I think the most we saw was 8 people in one trike. It seemed every other person in the street was welcoming us to the Philippines by trying to sell us a machete - how reassuring! There was a live band playing in one of the bars who got the night going and before we knew it we were enjoying some flaming shots of cheap, hard liquor that we haven't ...
Green sand beaches of Boracay!
... real local cuisine I have found is something called 'Chicken Adobo', which is pretty good, but can **********stitute a national cuisine. I have never in my life seen a Philippine restaurant outside of the Philippines.
The beach at Boracay is one of the worst beaches we have stayed on since arriving in Asia. The sand is very white, which is what makes Boracay popular internationally, but that distinction is not nearly enough. But the ...
Christmas in Boracay
... in how much we have to pay for cleaning the linen from henna tattoos twice before we could even hand over our passport and also got to hear what it will cost us if we destroy something in the room. At the breakfast they told us that we have to pay 300 pesos if we don't finish our plate and they don't let you check-out until a housekeeper has checked your room. Well, I tried to imagine those rules in Singapore or Switzerland, unbelievable... Other then that the hotel was OK, ...
Being "tourists" in Boracay and Manila
... river from Puerto Princesa, would definitely recommend staying in Sabang. El Nido town was fairly ordinary, but all the islands offshore were wonderful, with good snorkeling, lovely beaches and magnificent scenery. Coron, once again was a fairly ordinary town, but the boat trips to the Siete Pecados Marine Park and Coron Island with its lakes were wonderful.
Boracay – we knew it was a well-established party place, over-developed but with a ...
Lifes a beach in Boracay
... option in the Philippines. Added to the breakneck speed it seemed like our poor driver may have been afflicted with Tourettes syndrome as he had the very unnerving habit of growling every 30 seconds and pulling all manner of funny faces . Certainly a memorable journey, although perhaps not for the right reasons.
Finally arrived at Caticlan ferry terminal, where they tapped us up for all manner of 'fees' – first terminal fees and environmental ...
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