Photos from Crimson Resort & Spa, Mactan (Cebu) Between arriving back in Manila from our UK trip and the baby arriving in February, we had a long period of potentially being ‘stuck’ in Manila. December seemed the perfect time to get some weekend breaks in before it would be a bit more difficult to travel …
We were lucky enough to have some visitors for the first 2 weeks in September – my parents, Jill & Peter, and my sister, Sarah. It wouldn’t be a fair representation of the Philippines if all we’d shown them was Manila. We debated, at length, where else we should go in the Philippines. The main …
We’re very excited to be heading back to the UK for some autumnal weather and some good British food. I have planned a few blog posts to go up whilst we’re away (the wonders of technology). We’ve been in Manila for just over 9 months now, so it feels like a good time to go …
Even though I almost always have my phone with me, which has a camera, I am still not in the habit of using it to take pictures. So this will be another blog post without a photo. Google ‘Manila MRT rush hour’ to get a feel for what it’s like! A few weeks ago we …
At the end of August we had 2 Filipino public holidays quite close to each other – Wednesday 21st August was Ninoy Aquino Day and Monday 26th August was National Heroes Day. This meant that by taking just 2 days of leave from work, we could have a 5 night trip away somewhere. We decided …
Photos from our Singapore trip When we were considering moving to Asia, one of the places on our hitlist was Singapore. Neither of us had been there. Now that we’re in Manila, it’s only a short flight to Singapore, so we decided to go for a long weekend. We loved it. It is so organised, …
So you’re on an underground/metro/subway/other urban rail transport system. You know where you got on (probably) and you know where you need to get off or change (hopefully). But do you know where you are whilst en-route? Probably not. Hong Kong’s MTR has a lot going for it. It’s efficient, the ticketing system (Octopus cards) …
I’m off on a camping trip to France over the summer with my boyfriend. We will be going to places we’ve never been before. We don’t have a sat nav. Time to buy one I feel. I was aware of a couple of brands, but thought that there were probably more. I did a quick …
I’m off to the o2 Arena on Saturday night to watch a gig. It’s a pretty awkward place to get to if you live Westwards outside of London. Taking the train will probably take considerably longer than driving, what with all the changes and waiting around. But what about parking? My first port of call …
How many times have you arrived at your airport car park in a rush? Parked up in the first space you find, then run to get the bus you see coming towards the closest bus stop? And completely forgotten to make a note of where you parked your car. Then you come back to the …
