Bye Philippines :(

White witchcraft in Siquijor? Not really. But still a reason as good as any to go there from Apo Island. We didn't have any other plans anyways. So another trip with a boat, a bus, a boat and a tricycle. Smooth.

Siquijor has formerly been famous for unorthodox healing practices but that's all in the past nowadays. But it's still a nice cozy island a bit out of the most touristy way. Though if you want you can stay at Karlssons Guesthouse or at Norwegian dream and have some schnitzel at Fischer's.

Tanja chose Irwin over me. 

And that made Irwin very happy.

We stayed three days mostly driving around the island with a scooter. The roads were quite good, except in the middle of the island where it was more mud than sand/concrete. I got stuck only once so no worries. The road around the island is about 70 km long, nice scenery, beautiful beaches and some nice small towns with good eateries. BBQ!!! We found chicken sticks almost as good as at Junior's place in Malapascua. But only almost.

Mostly we hang out in Larena, a small town where were loads of eateries & beer stalls in the port area. Nice & cheap! We also considered diving but ended up biking & eating instead. As after three days we did another boat, bus, boat, tricycle and bus -trip to Moalboal which is one of the most famous dive spots in the Cebu island.

This time we decided to dive with a 100 % local shop, which had the best prices, nice office girl, and the oldest gear. Argh. I had to change to the 2^nd stage on the first dive as the 1^st stage was leaking so much. Also the bcd's weren't from this century. But they still kind of worked and the dive masters were really good. Also on drinking... We (me & the crew, Tanja luckily behaved) had maybe a bit too much rum on Saturday evening. 

On Sunday I did one dive, felt absolutely shitty and canceled the 2^nd one. Never again! And such a shame, as Moalboal really offers excellent diving. There's a huge school of sardines around Pescador Island and the reef in front of Moalboal is full of the most beautiful corals, small caves, turtles, frog fishes etc. A shame we only had a few days there as on today it was already time to leave the Philippines :'(

Tanja entering a cave.

Sardines, anyone?

Skeleton shrimp!

Happy Pia.

There's many countries in Asia who should take an example of the Philippines. They don't dump the rubbish in the waters or down the slopes, the traffic is not crazy, you can actually use toilets in the boats without suffocating, the people are really friendly but never harassing you. Basically anywhere you go to you can manage with english and not once we were fooled with money or overcharged. I just love it there!

All in all, we had fantastic time, met some cool locals, had excellent food and are for sure coming back! Next time Palawan! But now to Malaysia and Taman Negara!