Snorkelling the Blue Waters of the Philippines
Island hopping around Bohol, Cebu and Palawan
If you love to snorkel, the thousands of islands of the country of the Philippines is the destination you’ll have to choose. I know it’s not a highly promoted tourist destination (in Australia) but it’s a beautiful country both on land and under the sea.
I visited for only two and a half weeks last June. Yes, it was summer and very hot and humid so I spent as much time as I could in and under the water. The first week was spent with my son’s in-laws-to-be, the loveliest, friendliest, most hospitable family he could have chosen. My daughter, Stacey, and I were treated like royalty. We were given the entire upper floor of their large farmhouse which had a toilet but no shower. When Gerry, Maria’s dad, saw the difficulty I was having with the steep stairs, he installed a shower in the space of a morning. Voilà! Ensuite.
The wedding was everything one could hope for, apart from the wine. It was undrinkable. Fortunately, we had duty-free champagne saved for the occasion. Rowan and Maria were off to Japan for their honeymoon and Stacey and I were off snorkelling, first to a…
