Sri Lanka- Hikkaduwa

On our way south, we stopped in a small village, Hikkaduwa. Apart from diving there was not much to do there, except walking along the beach. As the sea was quite rough and the weather not so bright we decided to move on quickly.

Sri Lanka- Colombo

After spending almost 3 months in the Philippines we started heading westwards. Sri Lanka had been on our to-go list for a long time already, so we were quite excited to discover this tear-shaped island. After spending a night in KL we hopped over to this new destination. Colombo- the capital- was our first stop.

We visited a quite disappointing national museum and gazed around this new city.

We used our stay here to arrange for the visa for our next destination: Iran. Fortunately, this was totally effortless.

Philippines- Siquijor

After MacMac and Philipp had left us, we were all alone again. We headed to Siquijor- supposedly an island known for whichcraft. We rented a bike there and went on a discovering daytrip. 

The first stop was the old enchanted Balete tree. The tree offered welcomed shade on a very sunny and hot day. We also dipped our feet in a pool filled with hungry fish who gave us a nice massage. Then we went to Kagusuan Beach. The beach and the landscape were really beautiful and only few people were there. Our final stop were the Cambugahay Falls. After descending 138 steps, we finally reached this haven of freshness. Indeed we didn’t hesitate to jump in the water and cool off. 

Philippines- Dauin

Our next destination was Dauin. We went with Philipp (a german guy we spend a month with on Apo) and MacMac ( aka Big Mac or Mark Mendez; our apo-DM-friend) to muck dive. After seeing amazing coral gardens and fish we were ready for some sand and weird creatures. So we spend 3 days staring into dark sand hoping to find the unexpected- and yes, we did! :-)