Blogs from Mindanao, Philippines, Asia - page 10

I went to Camiguin for the 2nd time last year, it was october...it was a grand vacation after a heartaching experience in Cebu City...I had a grand time since I had the chance to explore Camiguin Island's best spots...though I wasn't able to go to some of the other nice places...but well, I can still go back this year..I am thinking of going to this wonderful island this year...hopefully this summer.;-) -above are just some photos capturing some of the beautiful places in Camiguin...and ofcourse it was my moment and I don't want to spoil the view so I took advantage of it!;-) hehehe.;-) enjoy the views as I marvel you with the experience...I will definitely be going back, i just love the beach!;-)... read more

Happy New Year everyone - its 2007 already! I made a quick trip back to the UK for Christmas and New Year (which of course lots of you know). I fattened up on loads of good food. It was a pleasure to eat good wholemeal bread, real milk and cheese as well as the usual rich Christmas grub. Christmas was with the family in Bournemouth then up north for a good round of friend visiting. The unexpected event award goes to a torch lit procession through Edinburgh while I was staying with Alan and Sue. Someone in health and safety must have been having an inspired day when they decided to allow a couple of thousand people to walk through the middle of the city with big burning things! I am still not sure why we ... read more

Hello all, I have just experienced the one big party that is the annual Lanuza Surf Festival. For most of the year Lanuza is a small rural Philippines town, very quiet except for the incessant (and defiantly not timely) crowing of the fighting cocks. The exceptions are at Fiesta time and at the Surf Festival. This is the biggest week of the year with lots of visitors from foreign places (mostly Australia) and from other parts of the Philippines. As well as the surfing competitions there is karaoke, boxing, cock fighting, billiards, lots of drinking, gambling and the highlight - a Bikini contest. For food as well as any number of BBQ stalls there is a Jolibee catering truck. That’s similar to McDonalds but with lots more sugar. The surf contests include an International longboard comp ... read more

This is my first blog for a while. My sister Hannah is still living the beach bum lifestyle here in Lanuza but she will be returning to the real world in a few days. This is what’s been keeping us entertained for the past week or so… Did you know that rats eat soap? We didn’t until Monday night when Hannah discovered her bar of soap was covered in teeth marks. The conversation (through our paper thin walls) went something like…. ‘Matt, something has been eating my soap’ ‘NO! nothing eats soap’ ‘well come and have a look at this’ (I hop over the balcony - Hannah displays her soap) ‘yep, something has defiantly been eating your soap’. Hannah got up for a pee last night and heard me doing the same, she shouted through the ... read more

We had lunch at a local cafeteria where we were greeted “Thank You and Camiguin”. I grinned. On their wall was a map of Camiguin Island and below it, says " Camiguin means ‘Come Again’ ”. Ahhhh... Now I get it! The Half Day Trip to Camiguin We made arrangements with the DOME jeepney driver so he could pick us up at 7:00am from PNRoa to Agora Market. It’s where we will be taking the bus that will take us to the Balingoan, which is still part of the province Misamis Oriental. To keep the story short, the jeepney brought us straight to the port of Balingoan. All the better! It was 9:20am when we got there. We could have arrived later if we took the bus. This Scary Ship Might Snap! We took the 10:00am ... read more