Sophie and Dale's Guestbook

A good time !
I would say a good time was had. Welcome back!

Thanks for sharing, I love to go there during september 2010.

Hotel?
Can you tell me where you stayed in El Nido, and whether you'd recommend it (decent bathroom facilities, etc.)? Thank you!

visit mt.pinatubo :)

awesome
Great dude! .. thx for the detailed blog.

Wow! What a trip!
I enjoyed reading your blogs and am sorry to see them end for awhile. I went to school in Dalat and the Cameron Highlands, so appreciated your impressions. I tend to take shorter trips to various regions (e.g. you can read my travelblogs of my trip last summer where I took three weeks for China (where I took my Mom to west China where she lived in 1949), Thailand (including Railay Beach), and Vietnam (including back to my old school at Dalat). My next priorities are South America and Australia and New Zealand. However, I have dreamed of taking round the world trip following much the same itinerary as yours...South America, New Zealand, Australia, Southeast Asia, but then to Africa (I hated India), before returning to the U.S. My question is: Could you have done your trip in half the time (or less) by taking direct routes (e.g., stopping in Indonesia on the way to Singapore and not backtracking so much), and eliminating duplication (e.g., just going to where the best beaches are, or going to see the orangutans in Borneo instead of also Sumatra). And by doing so and having the funds saved, would you have preferred to have spent a bit more money for transportation or lodging in certain places (e.g., renting a jeep in Bali to get around, or flying from Bangkok to Krabi on Air Asia for peanuts rather than taking all night busses), or spent time in India as you originally planned. If you were to do the trip again, or recomend a route for someone like me, what would you do differently? And what would you budget? Hopefully you can cover this in your end of trip blog.

What a pitty
I will miss your blog. It was a pleasure to follow your trip. walter

My lnspiration
I second Phil Vicki's comments. I have looked forward to each and every update for the last year. A silent "yes!" feeling when I receive a notifiation in my hotmail that you have posted a blog. A truly inspiring journey hence the reason why myself and partner are currently saving; to travel next year and plan to visit a fair few of your recomendations. I would just like to say thanks for all the tips and look forward to your updates next year :-) Natalie

Welcome back!
Been traveling vicariously through your blogs for a while now, shame it has had to end! Good luck on the saving for your next trip and I look forward to the "best of" blog to follow. If you do end up visiting India on your next trip I'm sure, even after all the places you've seen, that you'll be totally blown away. Welcome back to cold England, enjoy it as a tourist! Scott

thank you for writting such a great article! have to go there myself one of this days. conratulations on your engagement!

Ending with a bang!
I guess you guys ended your Philippine leg with a bang, literally! And do come back, other than the fact that there are not a lot of tourists to speak of, you still have about - hmmm - 6, 999 islands to discover! Great blog, guys! Happy travels, Marco

Super Awesome
Great blog guys. Loved all the videos...you must have had a good internet connection!! When are you home?? Hxxx