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17 April 2023
White Island is a sandbank that lies off Yumbing. I looked for it when I first arrived and couldn’t spot it. But yesterday I saw that it in the morning. I guess it’s pretty covered up during high tide. We had noticed that people going there early in the morning yesterday. My guidebook suggests that […]
16 April 2023
Having woken up early, I went out for breakfast around 0730. Last night’s dinner place clearly said they were open for breakfast but they weren’t. Other places with breakfast signs weren’t open either! My only option was a simple place with pre-cooked vegetables, eggs and a few meat options. I opted for two veges, a […]
15 April 2023
In anticipation of poor internet at my next destinations, which is kinda rural, I opted to stay in my room to do some work on the internet after breakfast. The hotel’s complimentary shuttle took me to Cebu’s Mactan Airport around 1130, getting there more than 2h before my 1405 departure for Camiguin. I had time […]
14 April 2023
Delayed flight to Cebu Fearing that I would have trouble sleeping last night due to the early flight, I took an antihistamine that’s now being use as a sleeping aid. It was the first time I’ve tried this medication and it works reasonably well. I did wake to hear torrential rain through the night and […]
13 April 2023
Going to the Philippines Eagle Centre I appear to be adjusting to local time well coming from Maldives. I woke around 0500 and then dozed till 0630. With the aim of going to the Philippine Eagle Centre on the edge of the city, I wasted not time in having my oats and coffee. I set […]
12 April 2023
Exploring the city centre After a great night’s sleep, I woke around 0700. Not bad for a 3h time difference compared to Maldives. I was slow to get going though. I had breakfast of an oat porridge and a coffee, bought from the shop nearby. Just add boiling water. Leaving the hotel around 0915, I […]
11 April 2023
Flying to Singapore Seated overwing on the A350, it was an extremely quiet flight. It was very cold as well and I was glad I had changed into my long pants. I was able to get more than 2h sleep during the 4h15 airborne (4h40 on the schedule). Transit in Singapore We landed at Singapore’s […]
10 April 2023
Leaving Maafushi for the airport Today I say bye-bye to paradise. I’m very brown already so I decided to spend the morning indoors attending to things like tax, admin and video-calling a friend whom I may travel around Saudi with in December. Check-out was at 1200, which was perfect for the public ferry to Male […]
9 April 2023
Today is my first day on the Maldivian islands without any activity. No ferry rides, no diving, no snorkelling excursion. I went to swim at Bikini Beach late in the morning and again late in the afternoon. Eight years ago, it was an isolated beach for foreigners. Today, there were high-rise hotels right on the […]
8 April 2023
My options for the day Today, I move to Maafushi, an island I visited 8 years ago. The public ferry leaves at 1615 and I had three options for killing the day: Spend the morning at the beach then the afternoon in the café, Go diving in the morning and then the afternoon in the […]