Sunday, May 22, 2011

A Stranger in Palawan

True to the mission of not being a stranger in your own land, my wife and I booked a trip to Puerto Princesa, Palawan, a long narrow strip of land southwest of Manila. Home to the 7th wonder of the world nominee, the Subterranean River.

This would be our first time to travel outside the mainland Luzon. The weather is favorable, and I have graduated from a point and shoot digicam and had newly acquired an entry-level Canon 1000D. With too much excitement, I forgot to unplug the memory card from the PC so the first thing we did upon reaching Puerto Princesa is find a store that sells memory card. I only got a 1gb card from a phone store so every time the camera reaches its limit, I upload pics on Facebook.



The NAIA Terminal 3 waiting area. You don't have to worry about food. WiFi accessible.


The Puerto Princesa Airport

A proud billboard welcomes the guests of what to expect.



Yeah, it's me.



And my wife. Note to self: Buy a tripod.


Puerto Princesa has fascinations on gigantic Christmas trees. They are everywhere.


A blurry shot of another tree along Baywalk.


Honda Bay, starting point of the island hopping. A must do in Palawan.



A beautiful lifeguard in Pandan Island.





Grilled fish and pork, salted egg and eggplant salad, green mango, bananas and cucumber.











Yeah, Life's beach!


Snorkeling, next buy: underwater camera


Ka Lui, quaint restaurant serving seafood. Nice place.






The food is good but not that impressive.





Next time, this is where I want to go: Kinabuch. This is where they serve the tamilok.


Stopover along the way to the Underground River.






The cave entrance.


Unfortunately I did not see any monkey aside from the ones with us on the boat. :P


Stalactites. Or is is stalagmites?



The cave is pitch black, boatmen carries battery powered floodlights.


From where we enter we exit.


Vietnamese rice noodle fare at Bona's. Too sweet, the toast is good.



To be continued



External links:
Palawan Philippines Underground River
Vote for the Subterranean River for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, click this link
New7Wonders

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