Phillipines is a holiday that I will never forget any time soon as it was extremely eye opening. It was a total contrast between absolute poverty and subsistence living to extreme luxury! My holiday was about two and a half weeks. I traveled with my girlfriend Giuli Colarossi. We traveled three different areas of Phillipines.
The first area was Manila and the Taal Volcano just to the south. This was a horrible but eye opening experience which I will never regret being a part of. I am from South Africa and I believed that I had seen poverty. This was until we got lost in Manila and ended up in the most scary and precarious situation I have ever been a part of. Our first night in Manila was spent in an informal settlement which was completely unexpected as we realized that sometimes websites and booking online can be really misleading. Arriving at one o'clock in the morning didn't really help the situation either. The next day was a trek down to the volcano which is meant to take about one hour and took us about four hours in one bus, three jeepneys and a tricycle ride. On our way I saw poverty which I do not want to even try to begin to describe. When we arrived at the volcano, we had to pay someone to travel with us and personally take us into the volcano. We were the only foreigners around the first to days we spent in Phillipines which was an additive to the uneasiness we felt. This being said, it was a absolutely amazing experience and it was the first time I have been inside an active volcano which smelled of rotten eggs (sulfurous) and boiled as if there was a massive fire underneath us.
The next part of our trip was to Palawan island. We went up to El Nido and spent a couple days there in aw of its absolute beauty! This was absolutely fantastic and Ill let the video do the talking. The last part of our trip was absolutely amazing and was spent at Bohol. We met up with Giuli's parents and we stayed in paradise. We literally could not have stayed anywhere better!!
I hope that you enjoy my video :)
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| Giuli and I after a GREAT dive at Bohol |
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| The view from our accommodation in El Nido |
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| Diving off an island north of El Nido |
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