Thanks to everyone that has checked out the previous 2 parts to this blog series of my trip to Philippines back in March 2019. If you haven’t read them yet I would say stop what you’re doing and read them before this one.

Anyways back to the blog. So from Boarcay we flew to Cebu. Landed pretty late to find out the bus we needed to get had a line of 50 odd people. And I’m not even joking. Vans were late or in short supply. Mark and I managed to slip on to this bus. And they packed this bus, a person to every seat then people sitting on bags through the walkway like a tin of sardines. It was probably the most un-enjoyable part of my trip. Being on a hot stuff bus, crowded by people with two people being sick in a bag next to me. Gross right! Anyways after that ordeal we finally got to Moal Boal! Check in at Chief Mau Moal Boal Hostel. Amazing hostel for a chill vibe. Large outdoor areas with hammocks and beanbags And Hostel Dogs! Which decided to follow us into town that led to us not getting into a restaurant to begin with.

We took it quite chilled while being in Moal Boal. We needed it after Boracay. But we did get up to some fun things. We hired a trike to take us to Kasawan falls for the day. I would definitely recommend, but don’t stay at the bottom where its heavily crowded. Follow the steps and path above to see the whole falls. You don’t really need to do the tour unless you want to do the big jumps, the rest you can do without one tbh. One thing I really noticed about Moal Boal was everyone wants you to have a good time. Even in a restaurant, the waiter was asking us what we were doing and recommended some stuff. The other main thing I would suggest doing is renting a snorkel (If you don’t have one), which was only about 250 peso deposit and swimming of the shore in Moal Boal to see the Sardine Run. Now however I explain it, it will not do it justice so just watch the video below to see for yourself. Hundreds of fish moving as one around you as you swim down, it was honestly amazing! Other than that I spent a lot of time chilling and editing.

The next stop was Siargoa. Now to get there we needed to catch our flight in the middle of the night from Cebu, learning for experience and not wanting to risk being sat next to someone feeling ill again. We booked a private transfer, obviously way more expensive to the bus but I’d pay that any day to be comfortable.

Landed in Siargoa. I could already tell this was going to be a great island. It was pretty vast, and untouched outside of the small towns. Hired a moped and explored the island. Stumbled onto quite a few spots; the rock pool at the top of the island, the look out over all the trees with a restaurant and a cave tour on the side of a road. The cave led us to a rock jumping spot. We were staying at the Avocado Tree Hostel just on the edge of town. Really nice hostel and wasn’t too far from all the bars.

The thing I really liked about the night of Siargoa was every night it was a different place. And they had a live instrumental band that was sick! Cloud nine pier was also a cool spot for sunset. I only had a few days here and I wish I had an extra few, but sadly my time in the Philippines was coming to an end. Leaving Mark in Siargoa I caught my flight back to Manila where I went back to Z hostel and caught up with some friends, before flying back home.

Thank you for reading these 3 blog posts. Don’t forget to check the pictures and the final travel video below. Feel free to drop a comment if you have any questions or message me over at my Instagram @charliebluck