Puerto Pension Puerto Princesa

... of the rural regions around Puerto but the farther I got the worst the roads got. I made is as far as Honda Bay to the north (very worthwhile trip!) and a little beyond. On anorther journey to the south, I made it about halfway to Aborlan before the roads became too difficult to navigate. 6"-deep mud is no fun on a motorbike.

In all, I wish I had more time to explore Palawan. On my next trip I plan to spend more time here, especially around Busuanga and Coron.

... we went to one more island and had a challenge on making sandcastles. Mum and I versus Dad and Michelle. I and Mum make a flag with a pole and a leaf then we made a sandcastle with a swimming pool and bridge decorated with shells. Dad and Michelle made a big castle with a fortress. It looked like a wedding cake. Then we went back to Honda Bay. Then went back to Kawaynan Resort. We would leave to Manila on Sunday.

... us down!
Rubber flip flops were the only shoes we brought on this trip because we had planned on a week-long beach vacation. Flip flops mixed with rain makes for more slippery accidents than I care to remember. So, very slowly we made our descent down the windy man-made rock staircase and up over the bridge to the main road. As we reached the road, the rain decided to stop for a while and were were able to snap a few great photos. The beach is about a ten minute walk ...

... penser au monde, reflechir a nous, pions parmi les pions, privilegies, du moins le croit-on, je passe d'une histoire a l'autre et ca rebondit. Le privilege que j'ai vraiment est ce temps qui m'est offert, sans souci particulier, me laisser faire par le temps, mais sans parresse des neurones... Retour sur White Beach, ses touristes en enfilades, les musiques qui s'entrechoquent, Hotel california, Edgard Funkel - :-) - Bob ...

... une fois par le snokeling. Magnifique, c'est incroyable tout ce que nous avons vue. Nous avons du passer dans de l'eau un peu trop grouillante pour moi mais c'etait quand meme bien puisque nous avons vue une raie manta geante. (on a aussi vue un calmar, etoile de mer rouge feu, poisson trompette, bebe dampsey bleu azur qui se ...

Had to go back to Puerto Princesa for a night to get the ferry to Coron. There are boats from El Nido, but as they are "tourist" boats at twice the price I refuse to take them and so prefer to take twice as long to get there for half the money. To get there we spent ...

... day the following day. They must have been very eager as they started the drumming at 5 am the next morning! In the evening the locals wander around the town catching up with friends, or trying to catch fish (as the boys in the photo are doing). One afternoon we walked through the 'jungle' (very overgrown but not anything like Taman Negara in Malaysia) to the waterfall. There weren't really signs and apparently some ...

... for the moment. In the heat, Ruben has me walking and walking and walking to find a cheap hostel. After at least an hour we find one at 140 Pesos (3$) a night, its even clean! What a deal. I'm starting to realize that this part of my trip will be on a very tight budget (this is the only proper way to travel so I'm quite happy about it). We spend a night in Puerto, largely uneventful. Sabang Another dirt early morning ...

... i guess i wasnt gonna keep my shoes and socks clean on this trip...after about 15 minutes on the trail, i came to a washed out part, where a foot bridge had been built, but no way to get the bike across the river...it was impossble to tell if the water was 6 inches deep or 3 feet deep, and it was too late in the day, and too far off the main road for me to find out...maybe had i got there in the morning i woulda tried to drive the bike thru it, but at this ...