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Puerto Princesa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Puerto Princesa, Philippines
A quick walk around Puerta Princessa
This is a top pick! ... toast over which we tried to hatch a plan for the day. We settled on the idea that we would take a tricycle in to Puerto Princesa to have a look around and get our barings. After a quick downpour of rain, yes the rainy season has begun, through ...
Eurovision / potential natural wonder of the world
This is a top pick! ... tour guide for the day Jackie to take us to Palawan's famous 'Underground River’ or to give it its proper title The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park . The Koreans were on the same trip with us and we were also joined by a few ...
Sorry Mum's we just telling it how it is
This is a top pick! ... to get a little more cash out than we probably should as we had read in the Rough Guide that there were only ATM's in Puerto Princesa on Palawan and ducked in to the supermarket to get some more sun cream, conditioner and razors just in case there was a ...
Snorkeling a El Nido
Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Nous avons fait une route de garnotte pour 7 heures pour se rendre ici a El Nido. Le conducteur roulais plus vite sur la route de gravel que sur les rares parties betunes. Nous sommes arrives plein ...
Arrive a Puerto Princessa
... Nous n'avions pas d'internet a Basang (voir la suite, desole). Donc si nous recapitulons. Nous avons quitte Manille le 8 fevrier pour Puerto Princessa. C'est situe sur une grosse ile qui s'appelle Palawan. Nous avons eu un vol de 50 min et pas trop de ...
Palawan
Hello again, mein zweiter Eintrag fuer heute, bin gleich weiter nach Palawans Hauptstadt, Puerto Princesa geflogen. Der Flieger ging um 8:00, ich konnte zum Glueck schon um 3:00 einchecken, so dass ich meinen Rucksack los war:-) Das domestic Terminal ...
Descubriendo una de las maravillas naturales
... Palawan a la cual llegamos a las 6pm. Afortunadamente habíamos coordinado el traslado con el hostel, entonces nos estaban esperando. Puerto Princesa como ciudad no tiene mucho que ver y agotamos los sights dentro del siguiente día: Fuimos a la ...
A short and uneventful stay in Puerto Princesa
... though, so we found out some information about how to get around Palawan, supposedly the last frontier of the Philippines. After the tourist office we went to Puerto Princesa beach, by far the worst stretch of sand we've been to on this trip or indeed ...
El Nido snorkeling part II
Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Une nuit sans bruit mais l'odeur du nettoyant a ete tenace toute la nuit. On peut bien etre fatigue. Les nuits sont souvent ponctue de multitude de probleme. Enfin on va se repode bientot a la maison. Nous ...
Last day in the Philippines.
Hi, Today I slept in for as long as I could in an effort to try and get rid of my cold. I don't have really anything to write today, other than I stayed in bed, watched TV, went on my computer, and took medicine. It really sucks to have a cold while on ...
Palawan, the last frontier of the Philippines
... Puerto Princessa, the capital of Palawan, a very undeveloped island that sits closer to Borneo that other islands of the Philippines. That characteristic definitely gives Palawan its charm and its reflected in the local people. It was almost ...
PP City Tour!
... room, watching hockey, booking flights, and other things. In the afternoon, we had a city tour of Puerto Princesa. Puerto Princesa is the biggest city in the Philippines in terms of landmass, and one of the biggest in the world! Our first stop on the ...
Paa med arbejdshandskerne
... Rico og bosatte sig her. Efter et gardneri-eventyr gik han ind i hotelbranchen, og har siden udvidet med sin 'Lotus Garden' her i Puerto Princesa - og hans nyeste tiltag er saa der hvor vi kommer ind i billedet. Ideen er at skabe et backpacker-paradis i ...
A spoonful of filipino mix-mix
... I haven't touched the dessert except for poking it hesitantly. In front of me, I have the perfect analogy for the Philippines. A crazy mixture of colors, textures, temperatures. Like the image of a jeepney with luscious rice terraces on the background. I ...
Underground river
Our number was up on the underground river; so we returned from El Nido to spend the day on this fantastic UNESCO world heritage site. About 7KM underground river, but can only tour about 1.5KM; lots of bats; spend about 45 minutes ...
Eco-Adventure-Zip-Line
... get to Port Barton tomorrow even though it's Good Friday. She doesn't seem to think we can, even though we are done with Puerto Princesa we decide that rather than waking up at 6am and risking going miles out to the bus station we will wait another day ...
have bike, will travel-----dangerously
after waking up at a leisurely hour, i had some breakfast and coffee with helen (who was the aussie bird running the place), and then headed downtown with joel to change some cash and hire a motorbike...after securing the 225cc dirtbike that would become ...
Rum and... Latkes?
... Our arrival at Buguias Island coincided with a flyover by a couple of large military helicopters. The increased presence around Puerto Princesa made sense after the bombings and there's also a conflict brewing between the Philippines and China about the ...
Hovedbyen paa Palawan
Hej alle sammen igen! Saa er vi i Filippinerne, verdens naeststoerste oerige (Indonesien er det stoerste) med over 7000 oeer! Vi er her ca. en maaneds tid og skal proeve paa at besoege og se saa mange af dem som vi nu kan! Vi regner realistisk med at se ...
travel saigon to phillipines
... was meant to be). So we have to change up our plans and hotel reservation ( go to el nido first then come back to puerto princessa when we tickets for the main river event. But before we leave, we made dinner reservations for Frank (linda's brother) and ...
Day 4 of 2
... drink anything that would help me feel less shit, a bannana split and a chocolate milkshake apparently. Tomorrow we will finally leave Puerto Princesa. Originally we had wanted to go to Port Barton but cos we have wasted so many days we are now planning ...
Port Barton
Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Nous avons manger un peu en retard pour notre fetee. Nous avons pas vraiment bien compris l'heure. Nous nous sommes regales de son riz au coconut (c'est de couleur presque noir!!!). Super bon. Ensuite nous ...
Getting comfy on Palawan
... of extraordinary natural beauty, extreme sports, rough travel and a few nice beaches. Sounds good for a young doc, eyh? Puerto Princesa Puerto Princessa is a overgrown local town (and the capital of Palawan). The first to strike me is the fact the ...
Rain Rain go away
We really did nothing here, one night of telly in our room before catching our flight the next day. ...
on to puerto princesa
after landing in the jungle clearing that is the airstrip on the beautiful island of palawan, i said goodbye to yet another group of temporary friends; but not before they got the information i needed about the location of my hostel, how much the trike ...
PARTYING IN PARADISE
After Puerto Princessa took a jeepney(1/4 jeep, 3/4 elongated sheet metal and steel beam passenger carrier)to the idyllic town of Port Barton on the west coast of Palawan. Being the off season, the town was lightly touristed. Hooray!! The next ...
In transit, again
Two nights back in Puerto, just long enough to sort out our plane tickets back to Manila on Tuesday, Jan. 23rd. We'll spend the night in Manila, trying not to breathe in the smog and avoiding the late-night karaoke, before I leave at 9 am on the ...
Pocasi na poti domov
... (od tu se gre na Coco Loko, sva hotela kar na coln in do njega:)). Tam sva nato presedla v kombi in se odpeljala v Puerto Princeso. Izbrala sva si hotelcek, o katerem sta nama govorila Nelly in Rod. Ko naju je tricikel pripeljal do njega, nama ...