Hotels Vigan

... like old exposed brick walls, polished wood flooring and lots of antique furniture it made a nice change from bland concrete hotels.  Spent a very relaxing few days wandering the cobbled streets, people watching and trying not to get mown down by ...

... two and three storey villas in many stages of (dis)repair. Some are gorgeous, and are well maintained. These have become hotels, like the Grandpa Inn and many others. Others are perhaps like the Jose Burgos or Cristologo museums. They have been ...

... a Muslim rebel infested area, where minutes earlier, a military encounter transpired. I've wined and dined in some of the best hotels, but have also eaten uncooked root crops and salt with farmers inside a shanty made of cardboard boxes. I have taken ...

... river. The next day we flew to Boracay Island. This island is like the Key West or Kuta Beach of the Philippines. Lots of small hotels and restaurants line the beach. There is no road along the beach - just a path through the sand. There is plenty of ...

... Tibet, so I wouldn't know! Coming into Baguio was nice.  It was very clean in comparison with Manila and full of hotels and guesthouses as it is the 'summer capital of the Philippines'.  I got a nice place to stay for a couple of nights ...