pikayaker

Saying that "southern Mindanao" is all bad is off point... Davao, Saranggani, GenSan, Lake Sebu are all in the south and all ok. South and...

Has anyone actually flown on this Sky Pasada flight... or even seen one? I get the impression that despite frequent announcements, they...

At least there's an ok place to stay now, few years ago there was just a single very grotty guest house on the main intersection. Are...

The problem isn't the runway. The airport is not equipped for insrument landings and is in clouds much of the time, so commercial flights...

He's got 2 weeks, "as much as he can" isn't much. If he wants diving and beaches, that's reasonable. I'd skip Boracay and PG and...

Boracay is anything but a remote tropical island. Agree with the above on better destinations.

For weather you want to get south and east. Could do Bohol, Moalboal, Dumaguete/Apo... plenty of diving, some hiking near Moalboal and...

Not guaranteed, but probable would be gusty wind and choppy waves out of the SW (blowing onto the beaches at Sabang and El Nido) and patchy...

Palawan is great but August isn't the best time to go. I'd say Bohol, Camiguin, or moving around the Moalboal.Dumaguete/Apo...

The rivermouth break is still known as "Charlie's Point". Last time I was there I saw I guy wearing a "Bin Laden Don't Surf" t-shirt,...

Yup, east...whoops! Not a big deal, except that when you put "south" and "Mindanao" together people get anxious!

Beaches at Baler are IMO much nicer than those in La Union. Weather should be ok in June too, as long as no early typhoon happens by....

When are you traveling? Weather can matter. Another good beach option more or less between Banaue and Manila would be Baler.

Surigao del Sur is the east coast, not south. Beautiful coastline, all kinds of nice spots, seldom visited.

In July you want to get south and east, south of the typhoon belt and far enough east to be out of the SW monsoon effects....