The PHILIPPINES was NOT what I expected

I spent two weeks in the Philippines, flying into Cebu, heading down to Moalboal for 3 nights and then heading to Siargo Island for a week.
The Philippines is made up of over 7000 islands, and truly I hadn't really thought too hard about how easy or not it was going to be to get between them. I know this is on me!
There are planes which do fly between most islands, but they can be expensive (I learned this the hard way). You can also get boats between them, which yes, take longer but work out much cheaper. And there are loads of local buses going up and down islands too, as this is how I got from Cebu centre to Moalboal. They aren't beautiful buses, but honestly it's not that deep, it turns out I can deal with a fair amount of basic.

Truly as a solo traveller I just wanted the least exhausting journey by this point.
Siargo Island was the most beautiful place, and honestly when I look back now I will 100% be giving the Philippines another try, but I NOW KNOW that I will HAVE to plan ahead, plan my route and book everything in advance (where possible) so I can get the least tiring, expensive and stress free journey.
I think you can probably tell from this video, it was a real emotional journey for me, but I'm still so thankful and grateful I got to experience this beautiful country. I personally cannot wait to go back more prepared, with a plan in my head of where I'm going and how. I'd love to do all the zip lines and I SUPPPOSE I'd like to visit El Nido and one day, let me tell you I will to go to the floating houses in Palawan/ Coron.

I stayed at The Backyard Inn down in Moalboal costing me 18GBP ($22.61) for 3 nights, the people here were so lovely. There is one big room, with about 12 beds in it. I met some great people here as it was such a chill place to hangout too.
On Siargo Island I head to Pacifico for the first 4 nights, and stayed at LaFinca Hostel, which was not only run by the LOVLIEST ladies but was the BEST hostel I have ever stayed in by far, completely loved it. This was 12GBP($15) a night when I stayed.
I then did a few nights down in General Luna and stayed at Ilakai Hostel (8GPB per night/ $10), the people here were actually lovely, but for me I didn't like this hostel. It was far too warm and the beds were cramped quite a few to the room, with the toilets and showers not being the cleanest. But again, I wasn't too phased, but after coming from LaFinca it was a big change, ha!
If I've remembered correctly the tuktuk from Siargo Airport to Pacifico was 500 pesos(if you're not firm with them they will definitely try to charge more, but 500 seemed the basic rate), from Pacifico down to GL was around 300 pesos, then from GL to the airport you can arrange pick up vans which worked out around 200/300 pesos too.

Just as I've uploaded this I realised why the Philippines got to me a little more. Hardly anywhere took card payment, I'm such a card girl & hate carrying cash anywhere. BUT it's a definite must in this place, I ended up using my card once in the two weeks to pay at a supermarket and that is it.