The Philippines being one massive collection of islands means that it is a hell of a lot of pissing about if you want to travel anywhere. By the time I finish my dealings with the Philippines I would have taken 5 flights, a few boat rides and an array of buses, taxis and tricycle journeys. It proves much more of a headache than mainland south east Asia, and all these little journeys to and throw actually end up being quite costly, especially with the Filipinos trying to rip you off left, right and centre, terminal fees, environmental fees (ha!), fees that dont exist but then do exist because you are in the Philippines, not to mention the cowboy taxi drivers out here, they are just pure vermin. On the topic of Boracay however I dont really
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