Blogs from Negros, Philippines, Asia - page 6

Seeings though our last but one blog captured your imaginations...well the title did anyway based on it zooming to the top of our blog hits, we thought we would continue the sex theme in the title, not that this blog has anything to do with sex! We'd also like to say that this blog is a bit of a rant of a blog about a place which really disappointed us! Our flight from Palawan to Cebu went without incident, that is except for a large group of Filipinos (the front half of the plane) who had possibly never flown before and who did not observe any of the safety rules. At the exact time the plane was about to hit the tarmac on landing, 2 of them decided to get up and remove their bags from ... read more

Untitled Our flight from Changi airport’s budget terminal was uneventful- we were lucky and our flight left on time at 12:20am. We arrived at Cebu and headed straight for the ferry wharf. We got a 6am Oceanjet ferry to Dumaguete, via Tagbilaran. From Dumagete we had a transfer arranged , after 12 hours on the road with little sleep, stinking hot and sweaty (and with lots of other people insisting THEY were picking us up) we were so grateful to see a man waving a sign with our names on it. He pointed us towards our “taxi” and for a second neither of us could see the air con vehicle we had imagined. WRONG.. some backpackers we are anyhow. We had a small jeepney style truck, with us riding in the back on bench seats with ... read more

After more than 15 years of advocating ecotourism in the Philippines, I finally found a TRUE ecolodge. And it is located in a small and special island in Negros Occidental. Danjugan is only about 43 hectares in size. But it has coastal lagoons, fringing reefs, great dive and snorkeling sites, good forest cover and trails, a bat cave(!), and a nesting pair of sea eagles! And what makes it a true ecolodge for me? - There is no airconditioning, electricity to light up some bulbs is through solar power, no flushing toilets (you have to use buckets to bring dwon your creation). The accommodation facilities are not made of concrete materials, just wooden and other indigenous stuff. There are no walls covering the sights of the ocean and the sunset. Danjugan is no typical tourist destination. ... read more

after leaving the romblon islands i decided to check out some towns on the island of negros. i went to bacolod and dumaguete. bacolod was a smaller city (about 450,000). it was a very friendly city. it was kind of warm the few days i spent there, so i mainly stayed indoors during the day, either in internet cafes or at the movies. can't beat it, here the movies cost $1-2. at night bacolod was a different town. it is the official fried and roasted chicken capital of the philippines. on any block there could be 4-5 chicken stands. was so tasty. always freshly cooked in front of you. luckily there was a gym next door to my hotel to burn it off. dumaguete was an unexpected surprise. i only thought it was going to stay ... read more

Whaazzzupp. Ok first I will respond to all of your messages. Dad, Yea thats true that I will have less credits needed overall but I have been taking 12 credit semesters here and there so it all evens out. I miss you pops and cant wait to see you and cant thank you enough for letting me go on this trip. This is easily the best thing that I have ever done in my life and will never forget my experiences here. Its really hard to stay away from the women cus they are ammaaaazzing. I think I am going to come back and marry one of these chiks one day. JP whats up brother. Yea Ill tell you all about this place when I get back and trust me I will be able to talk ... read more