Travelblog#39: The Visayas Part 2 (Apo Island, Dumaguete & Boracay) – the Philippines

25th-31st January, 2015 For Part 1 of our time in the Visayas, click here.   Apo Island Apo Island is only one and a half kilometers long and seven hundred meters wide, a tiny dot in the hundreds of islands dotted across the Visayan Sea, but it sparked upon on the tourism radar a fewContinue reading “Travelblog#39: The Visayas Part 2 (Apo Island, Dumaguete & Boracay) – the Philippines”

Travelblog#36: Port Barton – the Philippines

11th-13th January, 2015 We arrived at Port Barton in the early evening and my first impressions were, to be honest, not great. The beach was nice, but I was soon to discover that the accommodation was all hideously overpriced, yet somehow nearly everywhere was full. Large colourfully painted signs advertised nightly barbeques, stone-baked pizzas, grilledContinue reading “Travelblog#36: Port Barton – the Philippines”

Travelblog#17: Boat from Lombok to Komodo Island – Indonesia

9th-12th October, 2014 After five days spent relaxing on the beach and snorkelling with turtles on Gili Trawangan it was time for us to move on, so we signed up for “Komodo Adventure”; a four day boat cruise across the Flores Sea which would take us past Sumbawa and stop at many islands along theContinue reading “Travelblog#17: Boat from Lombok to Komodo Island – Indonesia”