Destinations | Finding Todd

Philippines

26 blogs

Asia 2014 | Day 1A

Well, my newest adventure is finally underway. In fact, day one was so long that I’ve separated it into two blogs – this one and Day 1B. Saturday the 18th… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 1B

Football and barhopping

So, where was I? Oh yes, I had just finished writing about the first day of my trip – well, the first part anyway… Well, it’s 8am on a Monday… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 2

Shopping, Jollibees, Herbie and Party Todd

After a great albeit long first day here in the Philippines, I woke up this morning to the cawing of roosters. For some reason there are three pet roosters at… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 3

Killing time til midnight

Keeping in line with tradition, just like last year, I injured myself in the first week of my travels again. No, I wasn’t running in caves again but rather, I was… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 4

Trike, bus, bus, bus, trike

So, after getting virtually no sleep last night, I was out and ready to tackle the day at 9am. My new “girlfriend” Methzie and I went to breakfast at Philies… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 5

After catching up on my sleep last night, I checked out of the hotel just before noon. As I was storing my bag for the day at the front desk,… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 6

Ugh! A day in Manila

Well, as the title suggests today was not a pleasant day for me. I had put off touching foot in Manila for any sustained amount of time for awhile now… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 7

Rice terraces and waterfalls

Today I got a workout. A big workout! After getting a couple hours of sleep on the bus (miraculous for me as I just can’t sleep on transport) , the… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 8

Todd goes spelunking

Being up north is really cold at night. Gone are the days praying for an air conditioner in the room like last week. Now I’d kill for a heater. I… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 9

All day on a bus… fun times!

Well, if you’ve been reading my blog the last couple of days, you got through long entries about exploring the rice terraces in Batad and another one about spelunking the… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 10

Booking hotels in the pool

Yeah, I did nothing today. I met up with Wayne in the morning to grab some breakfast at Phillies and then I literally spent the afternoon wading in the courtyard… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 11

Last day in Angeles

So, if you thought I did nothing yesterday… well, I topped it today. As I mentioned earlier, there really isn’t anything in Angeles City except bars and hotels. So basically… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 12

Getting to Palawan

Today was a big travel day but it was well worth it because we’re here on the beautiful island of Palawan about 400km southwest of Manila. The day started pretty… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 13

I woke up at 8:30 this morning and got ready. By 9am Methzie was still in bed and not wanting to get out. She asked for me to get her… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 14

Here in El Nido there is pretty much only one thing people do here – island hop. Tourist shops and most hotels offer to take you on four different tours… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 15

Superbowl Monday

This morning I woke up before the sun was out. Today was the Superbowl! The Philippines is 13 hours ahead of New York where the game was being held so… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 16

Early morning bus ride

Today started at 5am as I wanted to be on the 6am bus out of El Nido going back to Puerto Princessa. Like I said yesterday, I was done with… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 17

My day in an airport

I woke up this morning still fighting a cold. These early mornings haven’t been helping me either. My flight out of Puerto Princessa wasn’t until 5pm but Methzie’s flight back… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 18

Day trip to Bohol Island

The reason I came to Cebu for a couple of days was for today – a day trip out to Bohol Island. I awoke this morning at 7am still feeling… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 19

Another day, another island

After the long tiring day I had yesterday I had a pretty relaxed one today. Of course that didn’t mean I could sleep in as I had a flight to… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 20

Woke up nice and early today at 8am. Unlike most of the people in the hostel (and for that matter, in Boracay) I didn’t go out and party last night. … read more

Asia 2014 | Day 21

Freddie White, weird Island Hopping, and a Sunset Cruise

So as the title to this entry suggests, there was alot going on today. I started by going out for breakfast at 10am. Since I sweated through my shirt yesterday… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 22

ATV, Zipline, Zorb, Karaoke and a rooftop Movie

Yesterday Jisu showed me a crepe place that had savory crepes so I knew what I was doing for breakfast this morning. At 10am I headed out again into the… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 23

Back to Angeles for one last hurrah

Well, unlike yesterday and the day before when I was doing a bunch of great activities, today was one of those travel days. Just one of those necessary evils as… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 24

Last full day in the Philippines

Well, here I was in Angeles – my second last day in the Philippines. Luckily I had a beautiful girl by my side to begin the day which, of course,… read more

Asia 2014 | Day 25

Good Morning Vietnam!!!

Ok, if you know me even the slightest bit you knew that would be the title of my first blog from Vietnam. But I’m getting ahead of myself… I still had… read more