Buko Pandan I've really enjoyed the time we have spent in Malapascua, the surroundings are incredible and there seems to be less people than a normal resort. I don't like overcrowding and that was part of the choice for missing out Boracay, another destination in the Visayas that's very popular with tourists. I would certainly recommend it to anyone, even if you don't want to dive you can quietly sun yourself without a care in the world. Also I've managed to fig...

Are you in the Army? Taking on the advice of the taxi driver on arrival and my history of making flights "just in time" we headed for Manila airport 3 hours before flying. The roads were much quieter at 05:30am although the stretch of the bay we drove down (a few km at best guess) were lined with people sleeping rough or in tents, another extreme to the shanty towns seen on the previous day. Something I have not seen before. We flew into Cebu, which is part of ...