From Malapascua, we took the bus once again back to Cebu City, where we had booked a flight back to Boracay. When we arrived back at Frendz resort we got a really warm welcome from everyone, it felt great. Boracay was a lot busier than before, the beach and restaurants was full of people and the athmosphere was fantastic. The only problem was the weather, it was really windy and we were told that it had rained all christmas and it was not predicted to get any better. Me and Steve didn't feel too sad about this, we were just happy to be back in Boracay. The first morning we went back to our favourite place on the beach (in front of Zuzini, a very nice Greek restaurant) where we met some familiar faces, a Swedish ... read more

We arrived in Alona Beach on Panglao Island after a really comfortable 2 hour Supercat Ferry from Cebu. Alona Beach is really nice with white sand, not nquite as developed as Boracay but with plenty of restaurants and small hotels. The atmosphere here is more relaxed then on Boracay, dinner is a BBQ on the beach where you first select what you want from a huge table with everything from crabs, lobsters, all kinds of fish and different meat kebabs and then the cook it on the barbi (we've just finished dinner now, around 6 pounds including beers for the best food ever!). So, accomodation wise we first stayed at Alona Tropics (a nice resort) as arrived one day early. Then onto Hayahay, a small beach front hotel which is tied to Genesis Divers. These were ... read more

The last week has been pretty cloudy, but still really warm. Me and steve have enrolled in a four day PADI open water course. The course includes both theory and practice. In the theory sessions we have watched videos and we have also been given a textbook to read in order to pass the exam. The practice part includes seven dives, four in open water. During the first couple of dives we had to learn different skills underwater, for example regulated recovery, what to do if you are out of air, how to clear your mask underwater and much more. Me and Steve have a private teacher, he is a cool and very relaxed german guy. But he didn't stay relaxed for long with me in the class, during the first real dive, I think I ... read more

Hi everyone, sorry for the delay in posting this first real blog. We had a whirlwind couple of days iin Hong Kong and then spent a day travelling to Boracay where we are at the moment sat in the bar at Frendz Resort riding out the rain. Its throwing down buckets but its kind of surreal as its still really warm and apparently it will stop like a tap anytime now (dont feel bad for us its been glorious sunshine so far haha). So, we arrived in Hong Kong after a long but comfortable 12 hour journey. We decided to try to walk to our hotel from the train station, I don't know why? But it felt right at the time. We soon realised that Hong Kong was bigger than we thought and that our bags ... read more

So its a myth that its either sunny or snowy here in Sweden! Its the first time I've been here in November and the weather is the same as we left back in England. So what do you do on a rainy winters day here in Sweden....go to a hockey game! Almtuna (Uppsala's team) v's Vestaras...a local derby game and my first proper hockey match. Almtuna took the lead in the first third only for Vasteras to pull level in the second, setting up a real battle in the final third. The local team managed to squeeze in a long range shot to take the lead and a held on to take the game 2-1 despite a final nailbiting powerplay with 7 seconds on the clock. Well, at least i think this is what happened, the ... read more