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14/10/2024
Day 10, last day before we fly home tonight. We used the train & headed out to visit the Marakina Shoe Museum featuring former First Lady Imelda Marcos's shoe collection (749 pairs as of 2020). We then found our way to the ferry which cruised past the Malacañang Palace, the official residence and office of the president of the Philippines (no photos allowed).
Everywhere we went they had Christmas decorations up & were playing Christmas songs (so early!)
Now it's time to head home. We saw a lot in our 10 days with heaps more left to explore.
14/10/2024
Day 9 we woke up with views of the Rice terraces in Batad from our guest house & then trekked out to where our jeepney met us. Then it was a short drive back to our main van & driver for the 9 hour drive back to Manila. Less traffick being Sunday but still busy as we reached the outskirts of the city, which goes on forever. Beautiful scenery along the way, plenty of rice fields, tropical vegetation and small towns.
12/10/2024
Day 8 was spent exploring the rice terraces, two of which are Unesco World Heritage listed (Batad & Bangaan). We were lucky to have nice sunny viewing for the morning but showers came in as we were finishing a walk in the terraces & has settled for the evening. Stunning scenery & amazing to hear how the rice growing works here. It's all organic & all grown for personal consumption as apparently none is exported from the Philippines.
11/10/2024
A 9.5 hour driving day today, heading north from Manila to the rice terraces around Banaue & Batad. It's a bit wet tonight, fingers crossed no rain in the morning as we explore this area & walk around the terraces.
10/10/2024
Day 6, a day exploring Cebu with a few rain interruptions, which kept the humidity & temperature down a little.
10/10/2024
Day 5, a 4:30am pick up to start our day trip to Bohol Island. We visited The Chocolate Hills area, a butterfly & sugar glider sanctuary and we saw Tarsier monkeys (smallest primates), had a river cruise lunch & finished the day visiting The Blood Compact memorial and the very well done Mirror of the World & Botanical Gardens.
09/10/2024
Day 4, a travel day today heading to Cebu. A quick look at a small wetland area on Boracay, then taxi (Grab actually, the Uber equivalent here) boat, plane to Cebu & another Grab car where we asked to go to our hotel via Mactan Shrine as it was not too far from the airport. A quick stop at the Shrine then onto our hotel in the city, ready for a 4:30am pick up 😥
07/10/2024
Day 2 & 3 we are having some beach R&R on the small island of Boracay, so lovely!
06/10/2024
Our first day in the Philippines we spent wandering around Manila, visiting Rizal Park & the old city area "Intramuros". Intramuros comprises a centuries-old historic district, entirely surrounded by fortifications.
16/03/2024
Taiwan Day 8 - our last full day in Taipei. We went to the top of Taipei 101 Observatory for some great views over the city (a bit cloudy today!). Then we visited The National Revolutionary Martyrs’ Shrine & saw a changing of the guards ceremony & then we finished the day off at Tamsui for a walk along the riverside promenade, fisherman's wharf, temples, forts and plenty of atmosphere
16/03/2024
Taiwan Day 7 - today was all about the stunning Taroko National Park with its beautiful gorge. We are visiting in the dry season so got to see all of the stunning rocky river beds with a little water. In bad typhoon seasons it can rise as much as 10 metres, that would be a very different site to see. After Taroko, we made our way back to Taipei taking in more coastal scenery & then city outskirts with so many rice fields.
14/03/2024
Taiwan Day 6 - more coastal scenery, gorges & national parks today - stunning!
13/03/2024
Taiwan Day 5 - Kaohsiung to Kenting National Park to Taitung.
Today was a nature day with a lot of coastal scenery and into Taiwan's first National Park - Kenting National Park.
13/03/2024
Taiwan Day 4 - Sun Moon Lake to Tainan to .
We spent the evening in Kaohsiung itself exploring the waterfront.
13/03/2024
Taiwan Day 3 - headed out of Taipei to the Sun Moon lake area with more impressive temples and a pagoda amongst the mist.
12/03/2024
Taiwan Day 2- more Taipei exploring with plenty of temples, amazing architecture, National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, lots of metro trips, the National Palace museum & another night market for dinner.
12/03/2024
Taiwan: day 1 - Taipei, lots of walking today, very impressed with the city & people are lovely.
09/09/2023
Europe 2023-Croatia:Dubrovnik - this was so different to when we first visited in 1997, so much busier now!
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Travel Planning Experts. We save you hours of time and $$$'s every time you travel! Travel with kids expert, you can have the family holiday you have always dreamed of!
Julie Warner Travel Plans (formerly named: Going Somewhere? Independent Travel Broker & Advisory) has been established through a love of travel, with over 20 years of independent travel to over 100 countries that has lead to a wealth of knowledge and a desire to fill an area of the travel marketplace that was noticeably vacant. We want others to have the confidence and ability to do the travelling that they dream of, as we have been able to.
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