Day trip to Scenic World Blue Mountains

Just a 2 hour drive from Sydney is this wonderful blue mountains. 

Driving there is easy, you can take A32 if you don't have e-tags like us or M2 to get there by 1h 39 mins. Be careful driving as it can be foggy in the morning.

If you want to get around blue mountains easily and more fun, go to Scenic World and try Skyway, Cableway, Railway and Walkway. We had so much fun trying all the rides and walking around the rainforest.

We started our day with a brekki at their cafe, after that we tried our first ride - Skyway! It's a little scary floating in the air but it's so much fun!

We walked 20 minutes going back to Scenic World. What's lovely about walking is you get to different view points and enjoy the wonderful scenery!

We get across small waterfalls!

We got so hungry after walking 20 minutes - lol, soooo we had an early lunch at their restaurant. They have a meal deal which would cost you $19.95 on site but only $16.95 if you buy online. The food is OK, not great but will do :)

After lunch, we tried the world's steepest railway! There's hundreds of people and we qeued for almost 20 minutes. The ride was fun though, it's like you're almost standing and not sitting while on the train - scary but super fun!

From the Railway, we walked for about 30 minutes in the rainforest.

Such a nice walk as the weather is so cool. We took the Cableway going back to Scenic World building.

We called it a day at 1 pm an headed back to Sydney! We will surely go back and see other sides of the blue mountain, maybe go to Genolan caves? :)

Adventures in the Philippines: The Mystical Siquijor (2 day itinerary and travel guide)

June 2014

Me and two of my friens flew from Manila to Dumaguete. From Dumaguete we hired a tricycle going to the port where we took a ferry to Siquijor. After checking in at the hotel, we went sight seeing straight away. We stayed at the beautiful Villa Marmarine.

We only have half day for sight seeing that day. We started by going to this view point where you can see the beautiful Siquijor island.

Top view of Siquijor, excuse my selfie hehe:

We went to a tourism office where we hired guides for Cantabon Caves. The cave was pretty challenging too but not as much as Sagada’s. Here are some photos:

What’s really cool about this cave is there are pools inside.

There’s even a shower too!

As far as I remember we spent 3-4 hours inside the cave. I’ve torn my leggings but meh, I love this cave!

Next morning, we went to the beach just in front of the Villa Marmarine.

After having breakfast, we went to sight seeing again! First on our list is the century old house:

After that we went to a mangrove sanctuary called Guiwanon Spring park:

 We spent couple of minutes at mangove sanctuary and after, we went to Salagddoong beach:

 I really enjoyed Salagdoong specially the small fishes you can see just in the shore. You can also jump on top of the cliff – if you know how to swim. I have never seen a lifeguard there though.

After chilling at Salagdoong and playing with the fishes, we went to St. Isidore Labradore Parish Church and Convent.

And the highlight of the day is…Cambugahay Falls. I love the color of this waterfalls, it is so blue!

The last stop is this balete tree with free foot spa! I mean fish foot spa :)

We checked in at another hotel called Coco Grove Hotel where we received a free room upgrade, yey! The whole resort is so big, you can get lost going to your room. Anyway, the only thing I hate here is that there is no wifi and not even a good mobile signal at the rooms. You have to walk and  connect to their wifi in the reception, which is such a hassle.

The next morning, we headed back to Dumaguete. It was a lovely trip which includes caving, beach bumming, and sight seeing! Truly a wonderful experience and another must see in the Philippines!