Topper on Bantayan Island

[BLD]

I sure enjoy swirling the frostys on floating bars There's a small one called bamboozler on baloy Beach that I suggested skidmark should check out . But apparently it wouldn't suit his sense of humour and as he's 40 now? He's unlikely to develop one now . Crack on with your excellent thread Topper. Damn. It's more fun in the Philippines. Whoever thought up that tourism marketing strategy sure got it right. Or they might of overheard me saying that in a Bar? Or on a floating bar

[Joe 90]

@bettyboo - why me?! Shouldn't you go with your wife and your cute lil shih tzu? Besides, if I'm your tour guide, I'll make you hike a 9/9 difficulty mountain with "knife edges" and "kiss the wall" parts.

Ive heard Bettyboo enjoys a bit of sado masochism

[Bonecollector]

[helge]

Or on a floating bar

Was a floating bar in Sabang mid late 80ies run by an english fellow. Phil, Bill or something.

He was from Guildford, which gave me an opportunity to ..float my sympathies for the IRA.

He was a nice guy btw.

Remember that one, BLD ?

(got pics if you need them )

[BLD]

I haven't been back to Puerto galera since my first trip to the Philippines when I was 19. There wasn't a floating bar then.

[Topper]

Late afternoon excursion ....this place has become our favorite, Ozzie owner. Most of the bars here are owned by foreigners or their wives. We met a few yesterday.





Rover getting his exercise, he swam around for probably 30 minutes.



Cool homemade BBQ they were grilling pork chops on


Some fooking spicy kinilaw that was superb.

[DrWilly]

Wow!

That water is amazing. What is the temperature like? Refreshing or too warm?

Look at the state of that BBQ. Could you do me a favour, tell that Aussie to hand in his Aussie licence. Just needs a little love and care.

[Joe 90]

Nice clear seas, perfect!

Nice swing chair, that's a Lulu's wet dream

[Bettyboo]

^^^ That looks very nice indeedy.

@bettyboo - why me?! Shouldn't you go with your wife and your cute lil shih tzu? Besides, if I'm your tour guide, I'll make you hike a 9/9 difficulty mountain with "knife edges" and "kiss the wall" parts.

Katie, I'm very disappointed with that answer!

Wife = no, she doesn't enjoy holidays with me.

Chokdee = no, I can't trust your people not to eat him.

The walks = no, no, no - I was thinking about driving to some nice tourist destinations, sitting on the beach, nice food and cultural explanations by your good self.

I will now go and crawl under a rock due to your total dismissal of my excellent original idea. Occasionally, I'll pop out to look at Topper's pics (not pictures of Topper, I hasten to add).

[Bettyboo]

Was a floating bar in Sabang mid late 80ies run by an english fellow. Phil, Bill or something.

He was from Guildford, which gave me an opportunity to ..float my sympathies for the IRA.

He was a nice guy btw.

Remember that one, BLD ?

(got pics if you need them )

I haven't been back to Puerto galera since my first trip to the Philippines when I was 19. There wasn't a floating bar then.

There was one when I went to Sabang a few years ago. I don't know how to find old threads on this board any more, but there was a photothread that included a picture of it.

On that same trip, I had a wonderful tour guide in Manilla - no dangerous hikes involved...

[Topper]

^ I won't be posting pictures of myself, there's too much fat shaming on here.

From last night, taken with permission, well some of them anyways. A ladyboy for the fans...




Bantayan Island is a great place to be on...



Junk shop



Supposed to be the best gelato/ice cream on the island

[Topper]

Breakfast at one of the resorts...not bad for 330P.

The view from the table.....



The beach this morning...


The breakfast....

[cyrille]

Is that a wall on the beach?

Hate that.

[DrWilly]

Are those boats for regular travel or tourist trips? Can you hire one? Is there any decent fishing?

[cyrille]

I went on a snorkeling trip there.

Was as cheap as chips back then.

Really enjoyed it.

[Topper]

Is that a wall on the beach?

Hate that.

We did as well, but it does keep the storm surge from a typhoon from doing too much harm. Now that I think about it, the resorts all had walls or were built back off the beach.

Are those boats for regular travel or tourist trips? Can you hire one? Is there any decent fishing?

There's tons of the pump boats around to go island hopping. The water temp is like warm bath water, looks great but not really cool enough to be refreshing. There also must be fish around, there's plenty of boats out between here and Cebu. It won't show on the camera, but the northern tip of Cebu can be seen from the beach.

[malmomike77]

^

So the Phils have a local version of the "The League of Gentlemen"

The hols looks like a nice relaxing break, aside from the sneeking suspicion i have that you are working

[Topper]

The hols looks like a nice relaxing break, aside from the sneeking suspicion i have that you are working

Nope, not working at all. My company is closed for SK, no classes worldwide till Wednesday.

[Molle]

It won't show on the camera, but the northern tip of Cebu can be seen from the beach.

Can you see Edmonds villa?

[Edmond]

The net is good, why aren't you gonna move to live there?

[katie23]

There was one when I went to Sabang a few years ago. I don't know how to find old threads on this board any more, but there was a photothread that included a picture of it.

On that same trip, I had a wonderful tour guide in Manilla - no dangerous hikes involved...

You can go to the "Philippines" thread main page,and scroll down. Your thread is still there.

Well, you only had 1 day in Manila. If you had 2 days, I would've suggested a dangerous hike near Manila. You prolly would've seen many millenials and their hiking tour groups.

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@topper - how are the number of tourists there, now that it's a weekend? A lot or just minimal?

For the P330 price of the breakfast, I would've expected 4 slices of toast, not 2.

[BLD]

That kinilaw looked fantastic, love the stuff

[Topper]

Today we visited a Thai resto that's Aussie owned...

Thai-Phoon!!!

Larb Gai....very refreshing



Mango and sticky rice



My island fashion...

[Topper]

The waitress at Thai-Phoon is another reason to visit...smoking hot and she spent probably 30 minutes describing what it was like to live there.

[Mendip]

^ Any pajama shots from behind?