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Swimming with SHARKS!! in Malapascua, Cebu, Philippines (baby sharks 🦈🦈🦈)

February 1, 2026 by hollyGS

We woke up at 6am and went down to breakfast at 7:20am, but it wasn’t set up yet even though breakfast started at 6. We decided to change into our bathing suits and head to the marine reserve area again to swim and see if we could spot some baby sharks. Only one other guy was swimming in the marine area, and it was very calm waters. We tried swimming out further in the roped area this time and Jives […]

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Japanese SHIP WRECK BEACH in Malapascua Cebu! THE MOST PERFECT BEACH in the Philippines!

January 18, 2026 by hollyGS

I woke up at 5am as usual and made us coffee. We drank the coffees in bed and watched the sun rise over the harbour from our balcony overlooking the arrival dock. At about 7am I called my mom on Whatapp to show here the beautiful view from our room. It had snowed a lot in Canada, so it felt a bit like we were “rubbing it in”, but I think my mom was happy for us, sitting in a […]

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Heading to Malapascua “Shark Island” In Cebu Philippines!

December 28, 2025 by hollyGS

We woke up too early, as we always do, and had a few coffees. We headed down to have included breakfast at 7:30ish. The breakfast was buffet style, but with ooooh so many options. It was incredible! I feel like growing up in North America you get used to included breakfast meaning “Continental breakfast” (hardly breakfast at all), but the rest of the world does it right! We had a bit of everything; from your usual cereal bar, salad bar, […]

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A Perfect Day in Moalboal, Cebu: Sardines and Sea Turtles

December 14, 2025 by hollyGS

Once again we woke up early to swim with the sardines. This time Jives decided to stay on the shore. There were thousands more sardines this morning, huge billowing clouds swimming closer to the surface than before. There were less people too which may have affected the fish numbers as well. I was so glad I decided to go out again. It was truly magical, with the scuba-diver bubbles coming up amongst the silvery fluttering fish. We then headed back […]

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Moalboal’s Famous SARDINE RUN🐟🐟🐟! Cebu Philippines! (getting stung by jellyfish)

November 30, 2025 by hollyGS

I set my alarm for 6:30am so we could try and see the sardines. Maolboal is famous for the sardine run, an opportunity just off shore for snorkelers to swim with literally hundreds of thousands of sardines in a shimmering silver cloud. From what I understand, the sardines used to school around the nearby island, but a huge typhoon a few years back changed the sardines’ location and the general landscape of the area. Apparently the best time to swim […]

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Heading to Cebu, The Best Island in the Philippines (Moalboal and Cebu)

November 23, 2025 by hollyGS

We arrived in Cebu a few minutes early and met our driver in the loading area at gate B10. The hotel called me on Whatsapp to tell me where the driver was. It was a quick drive, about thirty minutes and we arrived at our hotel. We arrived and paid the driver 1100 pesos cash, or about 30$ Canadian. It was probably more than it should have been, but I was glad to not have to negotiate a cab fare […]

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MANILA Philippines! First Impressions and WALKING from the airport to Manila

November 15, 2025 by hollyGS

We slept until 5am, twelve hours of sleep at last! We had two coffees in the room before heading down to the restaurant in the hotel for included breakfast. I ordered a milk fish with rice and Jives got a club sandwich with fries. Both were excellent. We also ordered coffee. The milk fish was grilled to a crisp and covered in garlic and a savoury baked in sauce. After our breakfast we retreated to the room for another coffee […]

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24 Hours in Tokyo On the way to the PHILIPPINES!!!

November 5, 2025 by hollyGS

Here we go again! 1:45am and the alarm goes off! We quickly do some last minute things…coffee, packing and off to the airport, one hour away. We arrived at the park and fly around 3:30am, parked and RUSHED to get on a shuttle bus, as it was -11 degree celsius. We weren’t really prepared for the cold as we were going to the Philippines with an average temperature of 30-40 celsius. We arrived at the airport pretty much on schedule, […]

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Our Last Day in Japan (Radish Shrine, Kappabashi, Godzilla Square and More!)

September 28, 2025 by hollyGS

We had a late start to the day as the night had been so difficult (Jives had a lot of wisdom tooth pain). We walked to a place nearby for breakfast, a sort of comfort dinner. We had to wait for a spot in the stairwell (lined with clocks). There was a sort of slimy bit of line jumping by a group of Chinese tourists, so we had to wait quite awhile. The shop was pretty tiny and lined with […]

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