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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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HEADING BACK TO TOKYO(Godzilla Displays in Shinjuku and Sake Tasting!)

September 4, 2025 by hollyGS

We headed to the train station for 8am (after having an early morning bath in the onsen of course, that should be expected by now). We took the train to Kobe then from Kobe to Tokyo. On the first train we were all seated separately, but as I went to sit, a lady and her son were in my spot.. My anxiety had been pushed a lot that morning, so I didn’t even try to fix the situation, I went […]

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Visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on the 80th Anniversary Of the Atomic Bomb.

September 1, 2025 by hollyGS

I woke up early once again and had a soak in the hotel’s onsen. I then went down to the Kombini (convenience store) and bought some coffees. We had a later start, meeting Harith downstairs in the lobby at about 10am. We then headed to the train station to book tickets on the Shinkansen to Tokyo the following day. We then put some more money on our Suica cards and then headed to the street car station to take the […]

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Miyajima Island and the ⛩️ Orange Floating Torii Gate!! (Climbing Mount Misen for the best views)!!

August 17, 2025 by hollyGS

I woke up at 7am and had a bath in the onsen . The onsen was fairly full. There were cupboards to put stuff, but no locks or doors. I deposited my stuff and went in to wash. There were so many bathing stations. The big main indoor bath had jets, which is the first time I have ever seen this. I got in the bath. It was so hot and lovely. I briefly sat in the outdoor bath, but […]

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

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

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

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

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

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

HEADING BACK TO TOKYO(Godzilla Displays in Shinjuku and Sake Tasting!)

Visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial on the 80th Anniversary Of the Atomic Bomb.

Miyajima Island and the ⛩️ Orange Floating Torii Gate!! (Climbing Mount Misen for the best views)!!