Bantayan Island - What to do

Where Boracay has crystal clear waters and white sandy beaches, Bantayan Island supposedly has all that without the crowds and built up resorts. It'll be a long bus/boat ride from Cebu City, but I think the visit will be well worth  it.

Cebu - Where to Stay

In Southeast Asia, hotels are so cheap compared to similar star-rated hotels in the U.S. In the Philippines, you can get 5-star hotels for a fraction of the cost of 3-star hotels in New York City! With that in mind, it's easy to go overboard and reserve rooms in the swankiest of places, and who can blame you? But, I love finding great hotels for unbelievably low prices in the Philippines. It's so easy, because they're everywhere!

Cebu - What to do

Cebu is the second largest city in the Philippines, with the first being Manila. We plan to make this our base from which we would travel on to other destinations. From what I've read, Cebu is great alternative to Manila. I've been there a couple of times, with the latest being about 10 years ago. My recollection of Cebu is hazy so I'm interested in relearning what Cebu has to offer.

Visayas

The Visayas is a group of islands in Central Philippines. This is an ideal area for us to concentrate on for this trip because I speak two of their main dialects AND they have awesome beaches!

Trip to the Philippines (and Vietnam)

The purpose of this little blog is to help me prepare and organize my itinerary for the Philippines this coming January with the possibility of a side trip somewhere in Asia. In the Philippines, our main focus will be the Visayas region found in central Philippines. See some city sights, then relax on the beaches.

Our main targets?
Cebu - our base and jump off point for the islands
Palawan - I want to see the beautiful limestone cliffs in Coron, Kayangan Lake, the underground caves and more!
Islands with white sand beaches and clear waters - Not sure which ones yet but I'm working on it!

Edit: Tickets have been BOOKED! Woohooo!! And Vietnam is now on the itinerary as well so I guess I'll be posting stuff about Vietnam soon.