Philippines!

From jungles to volcanoes to beaches and surf the Philippines really does have it all...Starting in Cebu and traveling through the Visayas to Siargao, down to Mindanoa and all the way north to Luzon, two months was hardly enough time to do more than whet the appetite for island adventure. Despite the extreme unemployment and poverty that plagues Filipinos, the locals are beautiful and engaging. The local cuisine is a little lackluster (with the exception of the agressively purple ube ice cream) but the beers are cold and deicious. Photos below include white beach island and waterfall on Camiguin; Chocolate Hills on Bicol, rice terraces near Sagada on Luzon, view deck at cloud 9 on Siargao, local villagers outside of Surigao City; sunset on Bantayan