My Puerto Princesa Adventure
Oct
18-22,2013
One
of the things in my bucket list was a trip to palawan. Then a
co-worker mentioned that she with other staff will be going there. It
felt like a drop from heaven, but I was hesitant at first, what if
UPS calls and wants me to go to diliman. But I decided to take a
risk, Thanks to my co-workers from library, they arranged my ticket
and accomodation. On top of that, 2 other co-workers decided to join
us, so originally there was supposed to be eight of us for this
trip.
On
Friday, Oct 18 was the day of departure, 1:00 pm, 3 of us only since
there was no promo fare on the 19th. I went to office, signed some
papers 'till 11:00 am, then off I go to the MIA. There wasnt really
much going on, the plane departed on time. When we arrived at the
PPA, we had to look out for our sundo, the Trip@PAL tour service.
After about 2-3 minutes of looking, I found them, then off we go to
Payuyu pension, Manalo st. extension
Day
1. Self tour since the tour starts on Saturday.
We
had a late lunch at Chao long for some beef stew with noodles. I'm
not so sure of the name, I keep forgetting about it. Then the three
of us went to LRC Tiangge and did some shopping. I spent P1,200 for
accessories, food and bags. Then dinner at baywalk with Ms. Portia
and Annabelle. We ate fresh fish sinigang, inihaw and barbecue.
Yummy. Then the lights went out, ughhh brown out. Good thing it was
the full moon. Then we went to Remari pension house to look at the
place and get Portia's hopia. Payuyu pension afterwards, lights
didnt come back till about 3 hours later.
Day
2. City tour. Tour starts at 1:30 pm.
Four
a.m. I woke up for my jogging. I didnt bring my rubber shoes so I
just used my flat closed shoes with socks. The bantay at the pension
house was asleep so I had to wake him up. I was able to get out at
about 5 am, I was in a hurry because i wanted to see the sunrise. I
was a bit scared coz there wasnt much people around, just some
tricycles passing by. It was the longest 2k run in my entire life, my
right shoe kept coming off. When I arrived at baywalk, there were
already lots of people walking /jogging, so i felt relieved. I
walked, jogged, took some pics. The sea breeze was so cool, the sea
looks great. Perfect stress reliever. The I went back home, but I had
to drop by landbank to get my salary. AFter taking a bath, we did
some sightseeing at Provincial capitol, did some picture taking. Then
early lunch at Nocinoks. There wasnt much food there when we arrived
so I just ordered halo-halo and burger. My other companions ordered
veggies and rice. So after we were full, we went back to the pension
house to rest. I went downstairs to use the wifi and upload pics from
my baywalk jogging. 4 of our co-workers arrived, 1 had to beg off
becoz her dad was in the hospital.
It
was about 1:30 when Trip @pal crew arrived then we started our tour
after picking up a couple from another hotel. It was a quick tour,
here are the places we went, as far as I can remember. there was a
lot of picture taking but I got too tired when we went to bakers
hill.
Tiangge
Baywalk
( it was hot so we just passed by)
Immaculate
concepcion church
Crocodile
farm
Iwahig
Prison
Bakers
Hill and House of former senator Mitra
Then
we had dinner at Baywalk again, same place. We tried to have some
pictures taken but the power went off again.
Day
2. Palawan underground river
This
place was my target to go so i was excited for this trip. It was
about 2 hour drive with some stopovers plus 30 minutes travel by
boat. There wasnt any swimming because of the big waves. Reminders,
wear shorts and slippers. Prepare to get wet. There was more pictures
taken while waiting for the boat, then the arrival. We were warned
not to carry plastic becoz the monkeys are attracted to them. The
underground river is a different kind of experience. You cant help
but to sit down, not move, stay silent and observe the wonders of
nature. Its hard to describe, you just got to see it. After the trip
we had a nice lunch, everything was tasty. At that point, I felt
that I was done, I'm contented already...boy was I wrong. After the
trip, we went back to tiangge, then went to church at 4:00 am. Dinner
was at Razons, last night with one of our companions, since her trip
to Manila was 7:30 pm.
Day
3: Honday bay ( Pandan island and Luli island)
Early
morning after some snacks and coffee, our sundo arrived, we had a
slight detour to pick up a couple from Turkey, then off we go to
Honda Bay. We had less than an hour land trip, stopover for snorkling
gear and bread, then another boat trip with life vests on. When we
arrived, we tested our snorkling gears. Boy was I excited. I couldnt
believe it, I was able to use the snorkling gear. The water was so
deep, there were a lot of fishes in the sea. Once you give the bread,
lots of fishes just come to attack the food. Not good for picture
taking, lemme tell you. So i just gave some of my bread to my
companions. I was just happy enjoying the view under the sea. Then
lunch was ready, we had ordered sinigang, taho and some shells on top
of the lunch provided by the tour. My tummy was so full with all
these goodies, I particularly love the talong. Then we did some magic
photoshots with the talented bangkero. It was hot but the experience
was great. After that, we were off to Luli island. It was drizzling
that time, the waters wasnt so clear so the fishes were barely
visible. We had a great time do some picture taking, did jumpshots
for the nth time, snorkling and fish viewing. There was a diving
board where some of my friends did some jumps. After a bit of
convincing, I also jumped. My ears were ringing after the jump, but
I'm okey. I'm glad I jumped and have pictures to prove it. There was
no bathroom in Luli island so we went back to the van wet. After
taking a bath and rest, we went back to tiangge again. i think I went
to that place about 5 times. Then dinner at chowking, we were
supposed to go to Kalui but you need reservations to go there. We
actually walked from Kalui to chowking. Mode of transportation in
Puerto Princess is by tricycle, P8-10 rate. I keep running out of
loose change because of the tricycle rides and we had lots. Did the
backride btw.
One of the magic tricks in picture taking, No Photoshop needed. Just a bottle, camera and lots of imagination.
Day
4. Go home
Woke
up at dawn to pack my bags. The other group went out to tiangge and
NCC Mall to shop for some stuff. We had lunch at chao long again and
i bought sandwich for baon. Then our sundo arrived to take us to the
airport.
Thats
it, that all i can remember, I hope the sequence is correct. I had
the best time ever. The timing was perfect after the big quake in
cebu last Oct 15. We escaped aftershocks for 4 days.
Will
I got to puerto princesa again? Maybe but I'd like to go to El Nido
next time. Thanks to Jonilyn Abrenica and Trip@PAL
tours for the experience.
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