Puerta Princesa, February 26

We flew to Puerto Princessa which is in Palawan in the Philippines. We went island hopping. In island hopping you go from one island to another island to another island by boat. We fed the fish some bread while snorkelling. It was really exciting. Some fish were big and some were tiny. We saw a jelly fish in the sea.

When we got back to the hotel we went on a trike which is a motorbike attached onto a carriage and we went to a restaurant. It was a really nice restaurant because we had to take our shoes off and you sat on the floor.

Tali Beach, February 25

Most of the time we have spent in the pool. We played catch with the water balls and we went on a water slide – it was so fun. My Tito Phil took us to his boat for a ride. It has a sail and was quite big. I sat on the edge of the boat and my Tito was steering. I also went with my cousin Sari on the boat ride.

When my dad went steering on the boat he tipped the boat over, but eventually he got back up!

In the afternoon we went back home.

February 24, Tali Beach

So many things have happened since San Pablo.

1. We went golfing (the name of my caddie was Rosalyn). My dad said I played really well.


2. Back at the apartment we went swimming, the pool was really warm.


3. On the 22nd I went for a sleepover at my cousins house. Mica (14), Sevi (8) and Geo(6). We didn’t get to swim, but we played Star Doll on the computer and I watched Mica do her Rubik’s cube.


4. It was really cool when I went to the driving range. There’s a machine that puts the ball on the tee for you. A person gave us lessons and told me how to hold the club properly.


5. We went to Corregidor. We had to take a boat to get there. Corregidor is built on an extinct volcano. Some Japanese people killed themselves inside a tunnel there. Our tour guide, Armand, knew everything about Corregidor. I saw a monkey on top of bombed repair shop. I also saw lots of bats and hermit crabs. I saw lots of guns, even a gun that hides after it shoots. Did you know that Corregidor is the second most bombed island in the world? We saw a light and sound show, it was very interesting.
   

Now we are in Tali Beach, we just arrived yesterday. On our way here, we tried langka, a Filipino fruit which we didn’t really like. And then we tried lansones and kept on eating it all the way to Tali because it was very yummy. When we arrived at Tali at my Tita Techie’s house we looked at our new beach lot and we’ve been going for a lot of swims in the pool. We went on an adventure trek this morning and explored our beach lot. Euan got bitten on the neck by a red ant.

Saturday, February 16

I woke up and we started to pack for San Pablo.So we set off. Any way we are here. Now I’m eating mini stik-o’s (which are a type of wafer sticks).


My cousins Sam (in the picture), Sari, Mattia, Tomas, Emilia and Clara are also here.

Friday, February 15

We arrived at the Philippines and we were a bit dozy!
So my dad took us to Pancake House. After that we had our pictures taken. Then we went back home.