I hope you include the Philippines in your Asia travel someday while you are in that area. We have been to Palawan twice and went to Bohol in December. Its beaches rival some of the best in the world (there are some 8k islands) and the people are so friendly.

We were going to go to Thailand but ran out of time to use our Groupon voucher. And had a fun day layover in Japan on our way home from the Philippines. Can’t wait to see how your trips go.