The Philippines

The Philippines were our first stop in South East Asia, a good spot for a warming up....as here most of the really nice Filipinos have good English and it is nearly scamfree :) we only paid twice too much taxi fees and that was it. Apart from the really easy to travel features we loved the Philippines above and under the sea. The snorkling and scuba diving were superb, so many different corals and fish, turtles, scorpion fish, manta rays...amazing for us. Hopefully fishermen stop the so called dynamite fishing, as a lot of this fascinating under water world is already destroyed....Our highlights were Pandan Island and Apo Island. Although running water and electricity was - in parts - missing and we had some sleepless nights the overwhelming beauty of these two little gems was more than a compensation.