"Puerto Princesa Palawan"
Puerto Princesa Domestic Airport
Touchdown! 1hr and 15min air travel is totally worth it.
Locals in the area says that Palawan is 100% crime free rate, maybe because this province has a lot of islands so if you're thinking of violating the law, better think twice coz I don't think you can get out that easy.
Pilar's Pension House Inn
This is where we stayed for 5 days. Staff are accommodating, nice and friendly. When you first meet nice people when you are in other part of the Philippines , it gives you peace of mind and for me, first impression may not always last but it will give a big impact on your stay.
They also offered us tour packages.
On our first day, we've got Underground River tour with buffet lunch for 1.5k / person.
They are the ones who fix everything like government permit, food, transportation, boat ride, etc.. all we have to do on the next day is to wake up ON TIME which we even fail to do.
waaaah! LATE! the van is waiting and we're still not ready. NAY for the start of our morning.
Well, we have no choice but to move on and of course, enjoy!
arrival to Sabang Port (underground river jump off point).
If you did not book a tour before hand, this is where you have to register.
(make sure you have an environmental entry permit or else you cannot enter, they are very strict with this.)
If you did not book a tour before hand, this is where you have to register.
(make sure you have an environmental entry permit or else you cannot enter, they are very strict with this.)
Welcome to Underground River.
I am and will always be in love with BIG beach rocks.
then we have to walk along this forest to get to the river.
the actual subterranean river before we ride our bangka.
This is it! one word.. FABULOUS! a river in the heart of Puerto Princesa.
Therapeutic view it is!
we're about to enter the river
another group of tourists that we saw inside
the darkness and silence will neither calm you or freaks you out.
The subterranean river is over 8km in length but standard tour will only take about 1.5km into the river(roundtrip of 45mins).
This park features a spectacular limestone karst landscape with an underground river.
This park features a spectacular limestone karst landscape with an underground river.
one of a thousand limestones inside the underground river.
STALACTITES and STALAGMITES inside.
STALACTITE
This is a calcium carbonate deposit like an icicle formed in caves by chemical precipitation from drips or thin films of water.
Stalactites (from the ceiling) are built up from many successive growth layers and almost always have pointed tips. Now, exactly why these deposits are left behind is sort of tricky.
Follow closely. As the drop of water hangs from the ceiling, it loses some of its carbon dioxide. This makes it less acidic. That means that it can't hold all of the dissolved minerals that it had picked up, on its way through the cracks above. The drop leaves a few crystals of the mineral calcite behind, and a stalactite begins to grow. Drop after drop, over hundreds and thousands of years, can end up leaving some big stuff! Our new cave is filling back in with rock from above, and tiny cracks up there are growing into more new cave!
STALAGMITES
When water containing dissolved limestone falls to the floor of a cave some of the calcite precipitates out. This build up of deposits forms a mound growing up from the floor. (StalaGmites are on the Ground.) Stalagmites take on a variety of forms, from tall, spindly "broomsticks" to broad, flat disks to ornate, multi-tiered towers . Shape is determined largely by drip rate, ceiling height, cave atmosphere conditions, and the carbonate chemistry of the drip water solution.
(credits to http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/limestone/underground/underground_print.html)
STALACTITES and STALAGMITES inside.
STALACTITE
This is a calcium carbonate deposit like an icicle formed in caves by chemical precipitation from drips or thin films of water.
Stalactites (from the ceiling) are built up from many successive growth layers and almost always have pointed tips. Now, exactly why these deposits are left behind is sort of tricky.
Follow closely. As the drop of water hangs from the ceiling, it loses some of its carbon dioxide. This makes it less acidic. That means that it can't hold all of the dissolved minerals that it had picked up, on its way through the cracks above. The drop leaves a few crystals of the mineral calcite behind, and a stalactite begins to grow. Drop after drop, over hundreds and thousands of years, can end up leaving some big stuff! Our new cave is filling back in with rock from above, and tiny cracks up there are growing into more new cave!
STALAGMITES
When water containing dissolved limestone falls to the floor of a cave some of the calcite precipitates out. This build up of deposits forms a mound growing up from the floor. (StalaGmites are on the Ground.) Stalagmites take on a variety of forms, from tall, spindly "broomsticks" to broad, flat disks to ornate, multi-tiered towers . Shape is determined largely by drip rate, ceiling height, cave atmosphere conditions, and the carbonate chemistry of the drip water solution.
(credits to http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/limestone/underground/underground_print.html)
Along the way, our guide with the help of his spotlight, points out various features of the caves and what they call it.
end of our dark tour.
We are all hungry and waiting for the buffet lunch..
After lunch, we are offered to try their wood worm or "tamilok" for 100php. We took the challenge.
After lunch, we are offered to try their wood worm or "tamilok" for 100php. We took the challenge.
Yes it looks creepy and it taste disgusting. I just ate one then I gave up, it is really slimy and can't take another one.
Well, at least I tried. haha
"tamilok"
Gen is trying to swallow it all. Omy after eating one of those, I can still feel it in my system for long hours.
We've booked for a Honda Bay tour for the next day for 1.5k / person.
Our tour guide fetch us and we headed to the Honda Bay port.
view of Pandan Island from our bangka
touchdown Isla Pandan.
PANDAN ISLAND.
This is the first island we took place. We stayed here for 5 hours, just beach bummin'
and this is where we ate our buffet lunch.
You'll enjoy the island's fine white sand and your PP visit will not be complete without a HONDA BAY beach hopping tour.
Meet our family for one day. They are with us all through out the day, same van, same tour guide, same boat, same lunch.
We are a combination of different races.
We are a combination of different races.
We consists of korean couple, russian couple, japanese couple and us filipino couple.
They are Russian and our favorite amongst them all.
Maybe because they are the only one who dares to speak English and they are the ones who are more clingy than the others. love 'em!
After Pandan Island, we have to hop to another island called Starfish Island.
Yes you can see a lot of starfishes in this island , you can hold 'em, touch and play with 'em, take pictures with 'em but leave 'em. Please do not take 'em home.
And you have to make sure that you have enough sunblock especially if you'll be hopping down on this less shade white sand island and so you can walk to see it's true beauty.
However, is that in the shore, there are bits and pieces of shells that would wound you, it is still it's finest but better put your slippers on.
The water is so calm and the everything is just picture perfect.. so take your best shot!
It doesn't matter where you came from, doesn't matter what you believe into,
doesn't matter if your wealthy..
What matters is how you all can appreciate one beauty,
our NATURE.
I so love this picture.
It's just the sand, the beach,the sky and clouds, me and my shadow, and the little green plant in front of me. Where did it came from? that I can't tell.
This is the right time to communicate with nature, time to Recharge.
Time to leave all the bad energy inside you that came all the way from Manila. Right time to internalize, think what you want to do in life. Think of how you can do those things and think how you'll live not only to survive. There are a lot of things that only yourself and nature can understand and might give you solution and soon made you think of the answers, sort of a YOGA I can say.
DEFINE,FIND SOLUTION, ACT.
Snorkeling is what we did in Pambato reef. In the middle of the reef, a floating raft marks the location where tourists get off. You are free to snorke within the area. You'll enjoy the beauty of living coral reefs, school of fish and shells underwater.
You'll enjoy more if you'll take off your life vests and go under. Just be careful of the corals that you might step onto, you might ruin our natural resources and it will wound you as well. The guides are very meticulous on that part.
End of our Honda Bay beach hopping.
We end up so tired BUT we've decided to watch the sunset at the Baywalk park and to have our dinner as well.
To get there, just ride a tricycle for P8 per person and they'll take you to the park.
You'll not find any resto within the area, what we found are cheap trills (turo-turo) .
You also have to try this before leaving Palawan.. delicioso!
We woke up late the next day (as usual). As we are browsing on where to go on our last night in PP,
thanks to the pension house's dependable wifi connection, we found Kinabuchs bar and resto near our inn.
We hoped in a tricycab, ask the driver to take us there.. then it's just an easy 5-10min ride.
I highly recommend this place! The food, the place, the ambiance ..perfecto!
We're not able to take pictures of the whole place coz we are focused on what to order, we're just so hungry that time.. so late for lunch and early for dinner..
>.<
After dinner, we finally ordered a drink (booze) and this resto got a billiards den that we can't resist to try. We ended up staying for hours to play billiards and booze around.
FUN night before we leave PP on the next day.
It leaves me positive energy while travelling back to Manila
Why you so crowded?
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