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Chris and Charly's Passage through SE Asia

a travel blog by chrischarly


This passage will be our longest one and it will be during our time in SE Asia visiting Malaysia, The Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, proabaly in this order before flying to Australia towards the end of September. Unfortunately we've run out of time to go to Burma and Vietnam... maybe next time!
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A nice day finally to enjoy the beach :)

Santa Ana, Philippines


This morning Trev decided to treat us to Dim Sum- a Chinese brunch at a casino close by, and it really was delicious! We couldn't take any photos there unfortunately but it really was a fantastic! It did however look quite out of place here in The Philippines where everywhere else surrounding it was a great deal poorer.

Then, in the afternoon as the sun was finally shining for the day, we did a little work before hitting the beach for a couple of hours,

Chris doing a little fishing whilst I pretended to watch by reading a book...

He did manage to catch 2 fish though!

That was however until the sky started to change colour and we wathched the rain coming in again...



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Happy Valentine's Day xx

Santa Ana, Philippines


Chris today taught the kitchen staff with me as his assistant how to make his delicious freshly baked bed and then made his legendary pizzas! I then re-wrote the specails board introducing them to the local Filipino guests and remarkably they went down a storm that we even sold out! :)



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A trip into Appari

Aparri, Philippines


Today Trev took us out to Appari town about 90 kilometres away, which is the nearest town to buy supplies!

We really are out in the sticks here!

We both had a great day just walking around picking up a few supplies and seeing some funny sights!

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Santa Ana, Philippines


Today we spent the day around the resort doing bits and pieces, Chris pretty much spent the time in the kitchen in between spending hours untying his fishing line before we went for a walk late afternoon.



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Anguib Island

Santa Ana, Philippines


Trev today took us to Anguib island on his Speed boat.

We took some staff with us as well as some were off duty and we all had the most amazing time.

Fantastic white sand and the most perfect clear blue sea,

the photos still don't do the pretty little island justice though!

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A visit to Saint Anthony's College

Santa Ana, Philippines


This morning Trevor took us to Saint Anthony's College which is ran by the Order of Franciscan Sisters and today a group of voluntary army doctors and dentists came here to give free medicaton to the poor people of Santa Ana who cannot afford any medical treatment elsewhere in the town. This is because all the doctors and dentists in The Philippines are private so many people come here to seek medical assistance.

It was a great morning and we were treated as V.I.P guests and the Sisters gave us free food and a tour of the museum as Trev is quite a celebrity here!

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Work...

Santa Ana, Philippines


Today we spent most of our day at the resort, Chris as usual in the kithen whilst I did some training out front...



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A Voyage to the Lighthouse Island

Santa Ana, Philippines


Last night we met a friendly couple Melissa and Jordy with tiny 5 month baby Jill who said we could join them on a fishing boat to another nearby island to visit a lighthouse with some breathtaking views.

We had a lovely day after some climbing we went snorkelling again, but unfortunately I looked down and I was surrounded by loads of jellyfish! They really hurt! I don't think I have swam so fast in my life to get away from them!




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A walk along the river with Max

Santa Ana, Philippines




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Arranging for free clothes in Santa Ana

Santa Ana, Philippines


Trev's sister sent a huge box of clothing for the poor people that live in Santa Ana. So today after arranging all of the clothes and sorting through them we went down to the children's clinic and then walked around half of the town giving out tickets to the small children and their families so they can attend on Sunday to Jotay and pick out some clothes.

It was quite faninating and upsetting at the same time to see so many of the children here living in poverty but we can imagine it will be pretty chaotic on Sunday! Still many more tickets to give out though as we had over 380 items of clothing sent from the U.K, which cost over £150 just in postage!

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