I had set the day aside free for lazing around, doing an excursion I hadn’t thought of or in case the previous days had been wet.  But with my flu growing I decided to do nothing.  In any case, the only excursion remaining around here were: an Island Hopping trip including dolphin watching (from boat), […]

Above:  Dinner by the sea. It was good that I had picked today to go diving (read about it here).  I started getting a sore throat yesterday and today it was starting to burn while a little bit of mucous was starting to trickle down my throat.  No sinus congestion, blocked nose or ears yet. […]

All I wanted to do today was see the Tarsiers. However, to get transport there just for that was prohibitive. I didn’t want to rent a motorbike. The best remaining option was an all day tour covering a number of other places I hadn’t wanted to visit but am quite happy to. Cost was PHP400 […]

Above:  Jeepney near Alona Beach.  I had bought three mangoes and a box of papayas last night. I have two luscious ones remaining for breakfast which went well with my muesli and milk. With a midday flight to Tagbilaran, I checked-out at 0930 allowing plenty of time in case of long queues at the airport […]

I had a relatively late wake-up today without the alarm around 0730 and took my time with breakfast of mueli and milk before checking out at 1030. I had asked two receptionists during the course of my stay about buses to Manila and they both said I could easily get them at Starmills Robinsons mall […]

Evening processions at San Fernando At about 1700, I took the jeepney back to San Fernando by myself (the Poles had moved on). I saw a few beautiful floats along the way. In the Cathedral courtyard, there were a small but growing number. Close to 1800, the courtyard was full and it was a glorious […]