Philippines

Truly boring day today but I need to keep my streak going, so here’s the corresponding boring post. Our first flight on our long overnight journey left at 6:20pm, so we had a whole day to kill in Puerto Princesa. Yesterday I researched what we could do in the city and there wasn’t much, so…

Today we began our long journey to Australia. The flights out of El Nido were crazy expensive so we booked out of Puerto Princesa, 5 hours south. We didn’t want to have the same “squeeze among the chickens” experience as we did on our way up, so we shelled out for a private van. Since…

We booked this tour a few days ago. It seems like all tour companies have the same four tours, each known as A, B, C, and D. We did some rudimentary research on which to choose and went with A. We set alarms for 7 but didn’t need them because our human alarm was up…

We had a very slow start to our day, and didn’t get out of the hotel until after Noon. I think we all needed it. Millie played, Nick and I discussed how soon we want to go to Australia and looked at flight options, we organized laundry, and we ate a giant, very good breakfast.…

We had to transfer from our glamping hotel to a new one. The downside of booking everything last minute is that it’s hard to find a decent place for longer than a couple of nights. We slept in, had breakfast, and packed up. Millie struggled with helping and whined / demanded we take her swimming.…

Nick and I stayed up too late last night, whisper-arguing about how we should be parenting differently, while Millie slept soundly beside us. One thing we agreed on is that her diet has fallen by the wayside. Yesterday she ate sugary cereal for breakfast, an ice cream bar for brunch, coconut pie for lunch, and…

Today was an adventure. I’m using the word “adventure” as a stand in for what it really was: a clusterfuck. Yesterday I wrote about how we avoid the upcharge of booking tours or eating meals from hotels. Today that “wisdom” bit us in the butt. On our ride in to the hotel a couple of…

The Asian cave tour continues. We are staying in Sabang so that we could visit the subterranean river, which is a large cave system with a river that runs into the ocean. Our hotel offers tours but we decided to risk it and try to find a tour on our own. We have found that…

Millie woke up feeling 75% better. Still not quite there but well enough that we could get on our flight. We packed up rode through the trafficky streets to the airport. Even though we barely saw Manila I can’t say I loved it. I’ll stop writing my impressions so I don’t get banned from the…

Nothing to report today other than Millie came into our bed at 2am feeling sick. She slept until 6 and then got up and puked. She alternated between couch, bed, and bathroom all day. I went out at 9AM to find coffee, food, children’s Tylenol and electrolytes. The area of Manila we are staying in…