no, its not a spelling mistake ...

and its pronounced - maz-bat-ey

anyway, as the days just getting better we headed of for malapuscua with high hopes - and it was just as we expected - stunning

we got there quite late, and the tide was out, and the sun was going down - it took us a while to get a room, so first impressions where just average

but the next day we got up hired a small banka (boat) and managed to paddle around the whole island (about 7k) it was brilliant

some of the seas where quite rough and scary, so when we got back we celebrated by paddling out to the floating bar in the bay and kicking in a few san miguels - lovely! best day in a long while i think

so where in cebu now, and getting a few things before we head south to bohol and then pamiliacan where justine hopefully has some voluntry work, and maybe someone will pay me to serve drinks, build huts, do whatever! fingers crossed

and we also managed to extend are visa today - we have to May 3rd here! result