If you remember the fast show, Scorchio is about right.
Sabang - Puerto Galera - the island of Mindoro. Take a boat from Batangas for an hour and arrive at one of the many beaches. There are lots of them. A tour snorkelling over coral and diving down to get a closer look at some Giant Clams. Don't touch if you value your fingers. Also a ox cart ride out to a waterwall and pool for some swimming and a lunch of mangos, fresh cooked fish and chicken and all the beer you want. Throw in some friendly aussies for company and its a good time over there. The furthest south I have ever gone.
Up at the northern end of the Philippines I recommend Sabang as a quiet peaceful hideout. Hikes galore, caves to explore, accidental rhymes and the eighth wonder of the world (comes in joint 8th with a lot of other hopefuls but it is good).. the famous rice terraces.
The caves involve a lot of wading through water, barefoot clambering over rocks, optional swimming pool and listening to bats chattering overhead.
The walk to Bomod-ok falls is as good as the destination. Starting from the top of a hill of rice terraces and walking down betweem them, getting deeper and deeper into the valley. A local family with a tour guide might even be around to go along with you, everyones so friendly here.
In Sagada, you will be alright with a group of strangers (as long as you met them when at the tourist information office looking for a guide to the falls as well) and in Sabang their whole economy is based on tourism, so they tend to be treated well. In Manila you want to watch yourself, lock your taxi doors when you get in at night and let the security guard check your bag everytime you go into the shopping centre.
Jeepney - think of it as a routemaster bus for the whole of the Philippines, paint and decoration are customised according to the owner
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