Philippines

Divehappy.com Relaunched

Travelhappy's sister website, Divehappy.com, which is "a personal guide to scuba diving in South East Asia", has recently been relaunched with a new look and fresh Asian scuba info (more...)

Cebu Pacific Visa Card Problems - A Couple Of Solutions

I'm off to the Philippines again tonight - and booking tickets with budget airline Cebu Pacific through their website is still a nightmare. I've found a couple of workarounds though. (more...)

The Kindness Of Strangers

The best thing about travelling is the people you meet - and the kindness that new friends can show when you're a stranger in their country is something that should be reciprocated (more...)

Cebu Pacific Having Visa Credit Card Processing Problems

Cebu Pacific are the Philippines' budget air carrier with a normally easy to use website - but for the last few days they have been unable to process Visa credit cards, causing big frustration for customers (more...)

Whale Sharks In The Philippines - Part 2

Two more videos of whale sharks, the biggest fish in the world, as seen at Sogod Bay in the Philippines (more...)

In The Water With The Biggest Fish In The World

The whale shark is the biggest fish in the world, growing up to a staggering 12 metres long. Here's video footage of the whale shark I snorkelled with at Sogod Bay in the Philippines (more...)

Coming Face To Face With A Deadly Sea Snake

While scuba diving in the Philippines recently, I spotted a beautiful but deadly black and white banded sea snake. I started taking photos and then I realised the sea snake had started taking an interest in me... (more...)

Cheap Flights From Bangkok to the Philippines

Cebu Pacific are a major budget airline based in the Philippines who offer cheap flights from Manila to Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei and Jakarta (more...)

Scuba Diving In The Philippines - Tubbahata Reef and Sogod Bay

The Philippines has some of the world's best scuba diving - and Tubbataha Reef and Sogod Bay are two of the Philippines' most awesome places to dive, promising face to face encounters with some of the biggest pelagics of the ocean (more...)