Trip to Philippines---Mint/long beach/Dolphin Bay of trip plans (2007.9)

I have come back a week, lazy write travels has not started.

Before you actually go to Malaysia, diving in online for a long time, been long beach of a photo, then attract abandoned plans already forming, drawing board, the achievements of the row. In a Word, without this line, Philippine Sea really let me crazy.

Because of the time, a total of 16 days, we arranged a mint, long beach, dolphins in the Bay area.

Routes chosen from CEBU to MANILA, specifically the trip as follows:

DAY1: September 22, Saturday HK-CEBU-bohol, hostel Mint

DAY2: Sept. 23, Sunday BOHOL Island Tour, hostel Mint

DAY3: 24 September, Monday to see dolphins, balicasag island snorkeling, hostel Mint

DAY4: 25 September, Tuesday-day tour to CEBU, CEBU accommodation

DAY5: September 26, Wednesday CEBU-KALIBO, lodging long beach

DAY6: September 27, Thursday island hopping tour;

DAY7: September 28, Friday, scuba diving, water projects;

DAY8: September 29, Saturday free to kill;

DAY9: 30 September, Sunday Long Beach Hostel Manila-Manila,

DAY10: 1 October, Mon Manila, Manila accommodation

DAY11: 2 October, Tuesday-Dolphin Bay in Manila, hostel Dolphin Bay

DAY12: October 3, Wednesday Dolphin Bay, accommodation Dolphin Bay

DAY13: October 4, Thursday, Dolphin Bay, accommodation Dolphin Bay

DAY14: 5 October, Friday back to Manila

DAY15: October 6, SA Manila

DAY16: October 7, Sunday in Manila – Hong Kong

Facts have proved that this trip too tired, the last few days have no spirit.

If you can, I'll be in mint, long beach to stay a few days, respectively, the Dolphin Bay is not to learn diving courses or deep diving is not recommended.

Traffic: this journey, full of CEBU PACIFIC was selected, i.e. HONG KONG---CEBU aircraft, CEBU---KALIBO (FOR BORACAY), KALIBO---MANILA, MANILA---HONG KONG, total amounting to $ 1300.

Personally think that the international ticket must be bought in advance, I bought 2 months in advance, when airlines has played the latest arrival price, start faster, because he has the airfares is a certain amount. While domestic, if it is not a local holiday, what should be no need to worry, I also checked before leaving, discover price than I bought.

It is worth mentioning that I bought in HONG KONG to CEBU air ticket, is at 0: 50 of the take-off, the airline website superscript 12: 50AM, I did not pay attention, but fortunately discovered, but midnight flight is very hard thing, so my first day basic is wasted, the concrete below.

Another thing is to take the trouble to CEBU PACIFIC's RECEIPT problem, first appears garbled, and later for domestic flights when there is no reply, I sent him a message of Service Center n times, finally received all of the confirmation letter.

This situation in the Shenzhen communication mill and found a lot of people that have experienced for some time. Therefore, we in the booking, should, as far as possible, click on the final confirmation screen when the screen printed, so even if you have not received a reply, don't worry.

Hotel: main reference to Taiwan's backpack Inn hotel evaluation to choose hotel, this is a very good forum, travel to Philippines summarized, gave me a lot of useful information.

In addition to Manila, basically through the hotel's own website.

Although some people say that the Philippines hotel letter seldom, but basically I have received a reply. Reservation site, recommended HOTEL CLUB, AGODA, their price is higher than the previous common ROOM HOTEL TRAVEL, ASIA, etc to cheaper, the efficiency is good. Of course, because the agreement in the hotel, you can see several compare.

Map: data collection, my homework to do the most is the collection of maps.

This journey, there is no get particularly useful map information, but rather my own print-play a key role. General search in GOOGLE inside it, there is the HOTEL TRAVEL hotel map, is also quite useful. CEBU maps recommended MAPTOWN Hall.

Currency: in China the dollar in the past.

I was in the Philippines for a total of three times in the PESO, are the island's airport, mint, and CEBU Tagbiliran urban areas, urban feel airport must be the worst exchange rates, the ISLAND CITY MALL Tagbiliran, and SM CEBU's are good in the exchange rate. Manila is not clear, because later on to Manila time and just dollars to create a new low in PESO, there is no comparable. Basically great Mall has currency exchange point, the point is not to worry, the Bank is not in the Philippines.

(The map on sheet Mint)