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Palawan Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Palawan, Philippines
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 ...
Up a River
... on the way to Palawan. First stop Caladagan Island. Sorry - don't remember much about Caladagan. THURSDAY, APRIL 12 Maraguit Island, Palawan Maraguit Island was next up. The island centered around one tiny fishing village on the flat patch of land between ...
Arrive a Puerto Princessa
... 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 brassage malgre le typhon de la veille. Nous avons prit un ...
I Prefer His Other 'Work'
When I was about to start writing this entry earlier I realised that there was so little to write about that I could in theory just have written. Woke up. Ate. Went to bed. That however would have been a lie, I remembered something did happen today. ...
Bye bye Malapascua, Hello Palawan!
... that to be so beautiful and priceless. We also made some other friends (aka cockroaches) that we had not yet encountered in the Philippines. It's true what they say about the roaches in the tropics - they are ginormous! Today we flew into an island of ...
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 ...
Silver Linings: Palawan
... Juliet (everyone must read!) which is all about her life and struggle from growing up selling fruit on the beaches of the Philippines, to having a successful and fulfilling life in Canada. So, I had the privilege of meeting all her family, seeing ...
Descubriendo una de las maravillas naturales
... , con muy poca gente y exquisito paisaje…por fin mejora y mucho Filipinas!. Les cuento que la principal atracción en Palawan es el Río Subterráneo, eso porque ganaron un lugar dentro de la elección de las nuevas siete maravillas naturales del ...
La real maravilla de Filipinas, El Nido
Cuando llegamos a Filipinas, una de las primeras cosas que nos dijeron era que el pueblito de El Nido era de lo mejor…pues resulta que El Nido estaba a 6 horas desde Pto Princesa, así que agarramos una Van y nos fuimos directo hacia ...
Wreck Diving Part Two
We hadn't really wanted to dive again, although it was me who originally suggested the idea I had gone off it a little when I thought about my ear and any possible further complications. My ear was my only concern for once, when we got to the dive shop ...
A short and uneventful stay in Puerto Princesa
... a fairly useful tourist information office 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 ...
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 ...
Asia Grand View
... on the roads, very unusual given the amount of dogs. I've never seen anyone cleaning it up either, this applies to the whole of the Philippines and maybe the rest of SEA. We had a fruit juice in the pool and then I went upstairs to see if I could book ...
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
... 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 like stepping back ...
PP City Tour!
... 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 city tour was the bay walk and ...
Paa med arbejdshandskerne
Lidt usikkert, men taalmodigt, havde vi forsoegt os at faa fingerene i frivilligt arbejde gennem den kontakt vi havde faaet fra den flinke Rasmus i Dumaguete. Ejeren af et af de dyrere hoteller i Puerto Princesa var efter sigende igang med ...
The End of the Line
... day, while Cornel and I just relaxed with books and movies for a few days until it was time for me to head to Puerto Princessa, Palawan to meet up with Karen. We had a fantastic reunion, splurging on great food at Kinibuchs, a local hangout that was ...
Too crowded
Cafe morning we got into a bigger bangka for our 9hour ride from Busuanga to Palawan Island. It was a long long ride with beautiful scenario of rock islands all along but for such long time the scenario doesn't count anymore and you just want to get to ...
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 ...
Wreck Diving Pics
Check out the pics of when we went wreck diving in Coron. The Wrecks are Japanese WW2 ships that were sunken by the Americans. There's a picture of a human skull found in one of the ...
Bacalau Archipelago and El Nino
Hello everyone, bin wie angekuendigt von Puerto Princesa nach El Nido gefahren, welches im Norden von Palawan liegt und das Gateway zum Bacalau Archipelago ist. Das Dorf, obwohl recht abseits gelegen, ist ziemlich touristisch und es gibt hier auch ...
Backpackers
I have written a blog entry for every single day that we have been away. I'm amazed that I've managed to keep it up, I'm glad I have and will be far more glad when I will forever have these memories not only in pictures but in word form. However only ...
Palawan set fra taget af en bus
... 'eren Sharon i Puerto Princesa - denne gang delt med tyskeren Felix og et par fra Oestrig - drog vi ud paa opdagelse paa Palawan. Det tog os seks timers tid paa taget af en propfyldt skrammelbus - og dermed en krebseroed solskoldning - at komme til ...
Palawan - Coron
The highlight of our trip to Coron was definitely the 3 day, 2 night boat trip we did with our friends Mike and Charmaine. We set sail one morning on a boat with a captain and 2 crew members and just sailed around the mainly deserted islands, stopping ...
Island Hopping Photos
This entry is just so we can show you a few more photos from our island hopping ...
