Cagayan Island / Cagayancillo

The Cagayan-Island  (also called Cagayancillo) are located 120km to the west of Negros. In the midle of the Sulu Sea.

based on google maps

The reef around Cagayan-Island of the world. It's a UNESCO-world cultural heritage and one of the top-10 divespots in the world. There you have the possibility to see big sea fans, blanket fish (Manta  birostris), different sharks e.g. whale sharks, Dolphins and a lot more.
 Following pictures are from www.sipalay.com

whale shark

sunset

cagayan island

manta

Regards
Marco

Amanpulo Island Resort

Hello to all

For this post, i'll excuse me already know. Most readers of this blog aren't in a position to pay just 2 nights in a hotel like that. But, like the Blog-URL say's, it would be a dream there.

map based on google maps

Unfortunately you can't find a lot of information about this island. Because of that, i need to copy paste the text of the Resorts website.

Amanpulo is situated in one of the world’s most idyllic island locations on the staggeringly beautiful Pamalican Island in the Philippines. It is a private island, gifted with nature’s paradisiacal treats: powder white beaches, clear turquoise-azure-indigo seas, cirrus-streaked cerulean skies, and a polychromatic coral reef only 300m from the shore.

Amanpulo is an escape from the markings of mankind and is a dive into island life where nature has been unashamedly boastful. The island is secluded, being private, and offers a variety of sea, sand and tropical island-retreat–pleasures, in exclusive comfort and in traditionally styled accommodation. Amanpulo or, ‘peaceful island’, honours its island host, respecting the natural elements with a profoundly ‘South Seas’ interpretation. The 40 Beach, Hillside and Treetop Casitas are modelled on authentic bahay kubo dwellings, each with its own golf cart for island exploration.

This romantically remote island caters for those who wish to ‘hammock’ and beach comb their days in paradise, and for those who seek an active agenda, involving a myriad of maritime adventures as well as tennis, a high-tec air-conditioned gym, and taking languid lengths in the resort’s 30m serene pool. The open-air Garden and Beach Salas are discreetly secluded for pleasurable holistic body treatments.

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Marco

Apo Island

Apo Island is a volcanic island covering 12 hectares  in land area, 7 kilometers off the southeastern tip of Negros Island.

based on google maps

The marine habitat around the island is a marine reserve, protected by the National Integrated Protected Area Act and under the jurisdiction of the Protected Area Management Board. It has become a popular dive site and snorkeling destination with tourists. There are two resorts on Apo Island, both of which have their own dive centers: Apo Island Beach Resort and Liberty's Lodge.
In 2007 the Island had a populution of 745.

Apo Island is one of the world's best known community-organized marine sanctuaries, and as such it has been well documented by the global science community. The project was started when Dr. Angel Alcala, a marine scientist from the Silliman University Marine Laboratory explained to the local fishermen the importance of creating a marine sanctuary in the area. Initially, there was hesitation on the part of the locals; but after a 3-year dialogue, Dr. Alcala was able to convince the island community to establish the sanctuary. Assisted by the staff of the SU Marine Laboratory in 1982, the local fishermen selected an area along 450 meters of shoreline and extending 500 meters from shore as the sanctuary site. Since then, the project initiated on the island led to the creation of hundreds of other marine sanctuaries in the Philippines.

Apo Island is mainly interesting for Divers. You can reach a lot of great divespots directly from the beach, or within 10 minutes with a boat. Because of that, i can't show you a lot of beach pictures from there.

Regards
Marco

Pandan Island

Pandan Island is a private resort island located on the east of Palawan in the Honda Bay.

Based on google maps

Facing the South China Sea, halfway on the coastal road between Mamburao and San Jose, lays the small fishing town of Sablayan. Off its coast, only a twenty minutes boat ride away, is Pandan Island, a 12 ha big tropical island. Having been uninhabited for many years, this paradise was "discovered" by a French adventurer, who established Pandan Island Resort in 1986.
Most of Pandan Island is still covered by primeval  forest abundant with all different kinds of birds and butterflies. Two secluded beaches, Wild Lagoon and Spanish Nose, invite to spend an afternoon away from it all and feel a little  bit like Robinson.
If you like to be more active you may go scuba diving, join a kajak trip to one of the jungle rivers nearby, play volleyball, pool or darts  and of course petanque.

The resort consists of sixteen clean and simple bungalows, a restaurant, a beach bar and a dive center. The bungalows are all built from native materials and care has been taken to create a simple yet comfortable atmosphere, with a lot of privacy and nature around each cottage.  There is no generator on the island, all electricity needed to run the lights is produced by a solar system (12V), installed in each cottage. 220 V are available for charging the   batteries of your video camera or flash.
There is a internet point on the island as well as a WiFi connection if you bring your own device.

Pandan Island

Pandan Island

 Regards
Marco

Blond Island

Well, sorry for that entry here, but its a post worth!

A Lithuanian company plans to create a paradise vacation island in the Maldives staffed solely by blonds.

If the exclusive spa resort gets the go-ahead, it will have a no-brunette policy and hopes to attract tourists from around the world and also dispel stereotypes about blonds being dumb.

Blonde

The company behind the blond ambition, Olialia, officially unveiled its plans this weekend and hopes to offer direct flights and a yacht service to the island, also staffed and operated entirely by blonds.

"Blonds are a great power that should not be underestimated," the Olialia group's Giedre Pukiene told the Maldives Traveller. "We are smart, beautiful, reckless and purposeful."

The company, which already has a blond-only policy, has a diverse array of business interests from a limo and bus service to ice cream and Lithuanian nightclubs.

The resort is due to open in 2015 but the proposal could run into trouble as laws in the Maldives state that islands should hire 50% locals, who are nonwhite and nonblond.

The idea has sparked widespread criticism from groups branding the idea racist.

In its defense, the company says it does not discriminate but that brunettes often find themselves reaching for a bottle of hair bleach after spending time around so many blonds.

"We find that when women with dark hair work here, they are surrounded by all these beautiful blonds, so eventually they end up going blond too," Pukiene said.

The Maldives are a group of more than 1,000 islands in the Indian Ocean. About 200 are inhabited.