When some friends asked us approximately how long we think the average destination requires, I replied that a good average is 3-4 days, but that I just get a feeling when I know it’s time to move on. I now have that feeling, but instead of moving on to the next destination I just know that it’s time for me to go home.

We originally planned to travel for up to 8 months, but it’s hard to judge how a trip is going to go until you are on it. …

By Nick
Our journey overland from Malapascua to Leyte, then on to Samar was meant to take 2 days but instead lasted 3. We seemed to have always just missed that bus or jeepney and much of the time was spent frustratingly waiting around for our transport to fill with passengers. Samar and Leyte have some of the most beautiful countryside we have seen yet in the Philippines but we did not stop to appreciate it for long, we had lots of ground to cover, our travel days lasting at least …