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Freitag, 30. Januar 2015
PHILIPPINES
tadpat22, 11:56h
Hi everyone,
After some weeks in the Philippines we have again Internet. I liked the time without internrt all the time but also you can't research what is happening...
From the beginning:
Manila is quite expensive in terms of accomondation. But we stayed there for a couple of nights. Also because the bussystem is quite confusing. There is not one big bus terminal but thousands of small ones, from every company.... and you need to book the ticket in advance so you need to go there only to buy the ticket. We went from Manila to Legazpi and from there to Donsol.
Donsol was super cool. We had a nice room and a great local eatery. Josie was bringing us salads and desserts for free. And when we left she gave us a whaleshark key chain as a present. Yeah whalesharks!!! We were snorkeling with one of this beautiful animal!
The first one or two hours there was no whaleshark at all. But then the boat drive went with full speed towards the other boats. When we arrived no whaleshark again. So all the boats (maybe 9) were searching the whaleshark and then people from a boat jumped in the water. Again full speed and we saw the shadow. So we prepared and "lined up" because it's only one boat allowed to swim with the whaleshark. And then suddenly our guide said jump it's over there. But we were too slow. I was the only one and I only saw the tail!
So we jumped in two more times and both times it became even better. In the end the whaleshark was swimming towards us so we could see it from the mouth to the tail. And the best is the canadian couple which was with us on the boat took a video! Amazing!
From Donsol we went to Cebu and Bohol. There we saw the Chocolate Hills and the Miss Carmen election. We went from one Fiesta to the next :-) Carmen was cool because we were the only tourists in town and for the Fiesta everybody knew us and invited us to eat and drink with them! :-)
Ah yeah and Pope Francis was in Philippines. We didn't see him (he was onlyinManila and Leyte) but it was a big deal for the Philippinos, because they are very religous. It was the topic number 1 for almost 1 week. :-)
After Carmen we went back to Cebu Island (again a Fiesta, the biggest of the whole Island) and to Moalboal where we were snorkeling with sardines.
Now we are in El Nido on Palawan. Amazing beaches but quite touristy so we go back to Puerto Princesa where our flight goes back to Manila and wonder o wonder back to Hongkong for the very last time for now because we booked our flights to Mexico. Before we go 2 weeks to Japan and 9 days to South Korea!
The life is beautiful! :-)
All the best from the Paradise, where the sun is shining and the people always smile! (But the food is not always good. They eat the fat of the animals. And meat is everywhere!!! Only chance is fish and seafood. That is incredible good!)
Cheers,
Tadpat
Yeah pictures will follow soon. The ones with dropbox send a mail if you wanna see the whaleshark video!!!!!
After some weeks in the Philippines we have again Internet. I liked the time without internrt all the time but also you can't research what is happening...
From the beginning:
Manila is quite expensive in terms of accomondation. But we stayed there for a couple of nights. Also because the bussystem is quite confusing. There is not one big bus terminal but thousands of small ones, from every company.... and you need to book the ticket in advance so you need to go there only to buy the ticket. We went from Manila to Legazpi and from there to Donsol.
Donsol was super cool. We had a nice room and a great local eatery. Josie was bringing us salads and desserts for free. And when we left she gave us a whaleshark key chain as a present. Yeah whalesharks!!! We were snorkeling with one of this beautiful animal!
The first one or two hours there was no whaleshark at all. But then the boat drive went with full speed towards the other boats. When we arrived no whaleshark again. So all the boats (maybe 9) were searching the whaleshark and then people from a boat jumped in the water. Again full speed and we saw the shadow. So we prepared and "lined up" because it's only one boat allowed to swim with the whaleshark. And then suddenly our guide said jump it's over there. But we were too slow. I was the only one and I only saw the tail!
So we jumped in two more times and both times it became even better. In the end the whaleshark was swimming towards us so we could see it from the mouth to the tail. And the best is the canadian couple which was with us on the boat took a video! Amazing!
From Donsol we went to Cebu and Bohol. There we saw the Chocolate Hills and the Miss Carmen election. We went from one Fiesta to the next :-) Carmen was cool because we were the only tourists in town and for the Fiesta everybody knew us and invited us to eat and drink with them! :-)
Ah yeah and Pope Francis was in Philippines. We didn't see him (he was onlyinManila and Leyte) but it was a big deal for the Philippinos, because they are very religous. It was the topic number 1 for almost 1 week. :-)
After Carmen we went back to Cebu Island (again a Fiesta, the biggest of the whole Island) and to Moalboal where we were snorkeling with sardines.
Now we are in El Nido on Palawan. Amazing beaches but quite touristy so we go back to Puerto Princesa where our flight goes back to Manila and wonder o wonder back to Hongkong for the very last time for now because we booked our flights to Mexico. Before we go 2 weeks to Japan and 9 days to South Korea!
The life is beautiful! :-)
All the best from the Paradise, where the sun is shining and the people always smile! (But the food is not always good. They eat the fat of the animals. And meat is everywhere!!! Only chance is fish and seafood. That is incredible good!)
Cheers,
Tadpat
Yeah pictures will follow soon. The ones with dropbox send a mail if you wanna see the whaleshark video!!!!!
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