Blogs from Moalboal, Cebu, Philippines, Asia - page 2

Another magnificient tourist destination is Moal Boal, specially for divers. Although we are only snorkelling we enjoyed the town at best. There is a turtle wall just about 50 to 100 meters on the beach where one can dive in the town and snorkel easily. Delicious sea food , fun in the bars and calm evenings. We enjoyed dinners at Silver Ray, Chili Bar , B&B’s and Lantaw reastaurants. Hotels on the beach are generally for the divers and relatively expensive. We stayed at the other side of the road where we paid around 1300 PhP / night w/o breakfast. Best breakfast is at Lantaw , it is divers place. We attended the party on Valentines day on a bar.Some live music and entertainments. One day we went to White Beach by tricycle and spent few ... read more

Went to the Philippines for Christmas with stops in Kuala Lumpur to and fro.... read more

We arrived in Korea fresh and eager to begin work, only to find out that our school would be closing in a week for winter vacation. Of course, this was less than ideal since we had just been uprooted right before Christmas; a time when most people are winding down for the year, sitting by the fire with family and drinking eggnog, not moving to a new country. Regardless, we decided to seize the opportunity leave the freezing cold of Korea behind (reportedly, this is the coldest winter in 30 years, and last night the temperature plummeted to a dismal -17 C). The Philippines has been on my list for a long time, not only because of its stunning natural beauty, but also due to its rich culture. Our flight over didn’t leave until Christmas evening, ... read more

We found inspiration and kindness with Naomi and Tito, at their homestead bottle museum. As soon as we arrived they invited us to sit at their kitchen table and begun sharing stories about Filipino culture and lifestyle, travel routes within the Visayas Islands, gave us each “scrolls of wisdom” written by Naomi herself, the reputation that the museum is built on, and provided us with fresh herbs and “kamunggay” seeds (a ‘heal-all’ plant) from their incredible garden. As we were leaving, Naomi declared that she was adopting us as her “Canadian daughters”, and gave us each a hug. We left the museum filled with love! ... read more

Two plane rides and a 4 hour taxi later, we arrived at Rosita's Cottages ($5 each/day) in Moalboal, along the southwest coast of Cebu island, Panagsama beach. The friendliness of Romano, our new landlord, was overwhemling, as he literally showed us everything about our place, including the kitchen sink. Our new found celeberty status from this warm community would make any traveller fall in love with Moalboal. Everyone is extremely willing to help, and is gentle enough to laugh with us at our cultural differences. Our first day was spent traveling 'to' and 'from' the local market via Romano's motorbike ($4/day), snorkeling the most encredibly diverse, and beautiful reef we've ever laid our masks on. Not to mention it's 10m from our cottage door. Snorkel highlights: sea snake, 2 sea turtles, star fish, pipe fish, and ... read more