Marie & Emma's Travel Journal
We are home in NZ. Blog posts for Hong Kong, Southern Taiwan and Macau still to come
The atmosphere of big cities can’t be beaten at new year, and in Hong Kong they do the whole big fireworks and light show thing so we’d deliberately planned to be there to see in 2019. Our flight was on time and unlike on our way out to Manila there was hardly any queue for … More New Year in Hong Kong
The fast ferry (passengers only, no vehicles) to Dumaguete was a smaller more beaten up craft than the one to Siquijor. Open class (the cheap seats) weren’t on top this time, but were at the back with the luggage. Everything was dirty looking. Once again it was a perfectly flat sea, albeit not glassy like … More Island hopping to Cebu
Tagibilaran port was busy and you have to queue 3 times if like us you’ve bought tickets in advance; once to change your online confirmation into a ticket, once to pay a small port charge and once to check your luggage in (which also costs extra). Usefully at this port each is next to each … More Siquijor- the witching island
