More Philippines

After seeing more aquatic life than mermaids we decided to see what other land based animals live on these islands. We weren't disappointed. We found one of the cutest,ugliest and most bizarre looking little primates this world has to offer. Known as the worlds smallest monkey the Tarsier can only be found in Philippine Jungles. We went to a Tarsier conservation centre to see these wonderus little beasties and managed to get quite close.
After the beaches, the madness of Manila and bone breaking Jeep rides my birthday was also to be found in the Philippines. Sue managed to find a great hotel to see in my oncoming old age and we arrived somewhat eager to see what it was all about. The Hotel promised that some rooms had private swimming in them and they weren't lying. Our room was normal size room on the face of it but then you pulled open a sliding door to reveal a small pool only a few feet from the bed! The mineral rich water was pumped in from wells heated by nearby volcanoes' and we had a whale(excuse the pun) of a time splashing around this crazy room. We only left to have dinner in the nearby restaurant next to a lake. The food was great but at 9pm exactly a swarm of little black stink beetles descended upon us. Only a few at first but by ten past the hour it got a bit biblical. Smelly bugs started falling in out food, on our table and in our hair. They smelt like rancid aluminium if squashed. Lucky for us we had just finished our meal so it didn't matter that they were doing the backstroke through my curry.
Between the pool and the stink bugs we had a grand old time. A birthday I will not soon forget.
The Philippines held many surprises, I met a old school friend of mine who now lives in Manila and also a friend of Sue's who were both happy to show us the ropes in that great city. "The ropes", I was happy to find out was a lot of good food and beer..Thanks Tommy and Drew!
We said our goodbyes to that crazy group of islands and made our way back to Malaysia.