Red dunes of Wahiba desert, Oman
Category: Philippines
VIDEO: turtle paradise, Apo island, Philippines
A real turtle paradise on tiny, but awesome Apo island in Negros, Philippines. Three days spent under the water with turtles were one of the most beautiful times of all our journeys.
Underwater Philippines
Philippines are paradise for diving. Divers would be able to tell more about that. We are not divers, but we agreeJ. We like to snorkel and that way we are able to see life underwater. What we saw in sea of Philippines exceeded all our expectations. Wonderful corals and coral … read more →
Unesco´s Batad
Next morning, after exploring rice terraces in Banaue, we went to famous high altitude rice terraces in Batad. Golden rule is to start early in the morning – especially because rice terrace are at 2 p.m. already in shadow, even when the weather is clear as it was in our … read more →
Traveling review of 2015
Traveling year 2015 was unbelievable and exceptional from all sides. I realize that it won´t be easy to repeat it, at least for a couple of years, as we have two kids that go to elementary school. Or maybe not, you never know 🙂 We were on travels outside Slovenia … read more →
Hapao
Last day of our trip to Philippines – before returning to Manila – we spent on Hapao rice terraces. Banaue rice terraces in high attitude are in pyramidal and very diverse, famous rice terraces in Batad are in shape of amphitheatre, but those in Hapao are very open and the … read more →
Manila
Manila is chaotic capital of Philippines. There you can find everything – rich areas and great poverty. It is hot, humid, stuffy, loud, and dusty, always in moving and not appealing at all. It is far of being must-see while traveling Philippines, but unfortunately you cannot totally avoid it. It … read more →
Cult El Nido
After a few days off in genuine, quite and non-touristic Port Barton we went to North of Palawan – to El Nido. The day before we left there was a huge tropical storm in Port Barton, there were abnormal amounts of water pour of the sky, so we doubted whether … read more →
Bohol – an island of chocolate hills and tarsiers
After short time exploring Palawan we went on Visayas group of islands, on island Cebu which we immediately left for green Bohol with its island Panglao. Bohol is beautiful, but Palawan is more authentic. On Bohol, locals are friendly – on Palawan are genuine friendly. Bohol is awash with high … read more →
Banaue
Rice terraces in high attitude on North of Luzon were our last stop when exploring Philippines. They are on Unesco World Heritage List and are considered as Eight Wonder of the World. We were very excited about going there, even though we were not sure if we will be able … read more →
Apo island
Apo Island was our last by the sea destination on Philippines before we took a flight back to Manila and went to mountainous North. What is so special on tiny island without roads, cars or tuk-tuks, with limited amount of electricity, bathroom without taps and toilets that you flush by … read more →