Ardent Suites Hotel and Spa Inc. Puerto Princesa

Easy 90-minute flight from Cebu City on Cebu Pacific to Puerto Princesa, provincial capitol of Palawan. Puerto is called the "cleanest city of the Philippines" but that is like saying the "tallest mountain in Iowa".

Palawan was a major (and very positive) surprise. It is stunningly beautiful, lush green, mountainous but with long, white sandy beaches. The House of Rose is minutes from the airport yet still very peaceful and quiet and a short walk from the beach ...

Arrived in Puerto princesa witch as far as i know is the biggest city in Palawan. The first night we didn't do much, had dinner at the restaurant hotel and went out to check the town. We went to a shabby club called Cookie's but no guest were there, so instead we ended up in a small bar closer to downtown and watched a fire show.

There we also med a guy who worked at our hotel called Brian and he became our guide in the philippine nightlife. After ...

... and asked us if we would like some of the lunch they had prepared. Umm...yes! We sat down and took an exhausted moment to familiarize ourselves with our new location. It was really great. The "clubhouse" is made entirely of natural bamboo and is connected to the intimate dining area containing three tables, also made of bamboo. From the dining area was an absolutely amazing view of a beautiful mountain partially covered by rain induced fog and the rice paddies below. A full ...

... Finish dudes, then met up with Rowan who had got an earlier flight than me but it was delayed so much I got there before him! He was with 2 German girls and the 4 of us went out for a nice dinner and walk around Puerto Princesa. Rowan is a crazy Ossie dude who the locals love - he lived in SE asia for a while and really knows how the people tick - so any time spent with him is action packed and the German girls found it all a bit intimidating! Not that it ...

Bonjour a tous, jeudi 19 fevrier J'ai change mon fusil d'epaule, sur la gauche je porte mieux. Une illumination devant ma banana pancake sur la plage au petit dej. Et si, plutot que de remonter doucement sur Manille via Puerto Gallera dans le Mindoro, j'allais sur l'ile de Pelawan dont tout le monde parle. J'ai suffisemment bulle et il me reste un peu de temps. Sitot pense sitot fait, je me renseigne, il y a justement un vol ...

Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. 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 brassage malgre le typhon de la veille. Nous avons prit un bus qui nous a amene a Basang. Un charmant village sur le bord de la mer. Des ...

... see him. In total, my adventure cost ~800P, including lunch at a resto overlooking the beach! Woot wooot! I felt quite proud of myself for navigating the bumpy roads, and standing up to the bus driver who attempted to rip me off (he claimed that the return route was 600P/person, to which I responded that he had to be crazy and just handed him 110P like I had paid for the morning trip!) In the future, if I ever return to Puerto, I definitely want to make a point ...

... V Sabangu sva zaradi lepe plaze in mirnega vzdusja osala kar tri dni. Danes pa sva zopet v Puerto Princesi, od koder jutri poletiva na otok Cebu ter potem cez dober dan naprej proti Boracayu - najbolj turisticnem kraju Filipinov. Zavedava se, da bo tam najverjetneje precej ljudi, vendar naju matra firbec, kako zelo lepa je bela plaza, ki se uvrsca skorajda na vse sezname najlepsih plaz. Danes pa naju caka le se izvrstna morska vecerja ... Lep pozdrav in uzivajte v soncnih dneh! Tomo&Irena

... a half hours ontop of a bus i must say i've never been offroading in the jungle before until now and especially not on a bus. The views were great but by the time we made it to Sabang my butt had been asleep for an hour!!! Sabang was beautiful big wide brown sandy beaches surrounded by mountians and huge waves. The waves were very fun just body surfing on them, definately is getting me stoked for surfing. There were wild monkeys close to the ...

... and began my adventure... not wanting to venture off on an empty stomach however, i headed to a recommended seafood restaurant, to fill my belly...i ordered the most expensive and best platter on the menu (hey, im on holiday!!!), and a fresh coconut to drink...my meal consisted of a quite tasty seaweed appetizer, followed by some sort of creamy vegetable soup, and then 3 jumbo prawns, a whole fish, vegetables mixed with chopped whole crab, and followed up ...