Thanks guys Yes I do enjoy my travels, and my attitude now is if I can afford it, I'm going There's no point waiting until I retire to see the world, I might not make it that long

The truth is, my trip for Dec/Jan has cost £400 to get to the Phil's and £60 for me and Elaine to get to Coron, that's not what I would call expensive OK, I've still got to pay for somewhere to stay in Manila and Coron, plus food and other expenses, but plenty of people spend more than that for a couple of weeks on the Costa del Chav