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Seventh Wonder of the World - really?
I don't know how long ago the Lonely Planet visited Sabang, it must have been before its Underground River was awarded the Natural Wonder of the World title, but my first opinion is… Rubbish. Not shy though, I leave Deb at a café of sorts and head off to find accommodation. The place is so busy with day trippers from the main city Porta …
Sabang Underground River
We left El Nido by mini-van which was slightly more expensive than the big Roro-bus we had taken to get to El Nido but was also about twice as fast. About five hours later we arrived in the little town of Sabang.
Besides two luxury hotels there were plenty of simple bamboo huts along the lovely beach and so we settled for the night. The …
One of the seven wonders of nature
... where we walked through jungle, scrambled over rocks, waded through water at low tide and found our own private paradise beach. Just the two of us on a perfect sandy beach with a turquoise sea, karst rocks and jungle around us! Wow!
Two days later the coast guard gave the green light for boats to go out and the tour to the subterranean river reopened. So, we took a local boat to another stunning beach 5 km up the coast. From ...
Day 16-22: Puerto Princesa and El Nido
... lunch that they grilled on the beach, some chicken and rice ofcourse :) went snorkeling in awesome coral and enjoyed the hot, sunny weather. Got a little sunburned spending like 7 hours in the ocean. Saw many lagoons inside the rocky islands, had to swim and climb inside some of them.
The 2 of us went downtown after we ate dinner at the hotel. Were going to see a football match at one of the bars. Met a French couple that had been in Banaue Rice Terraces so talked to ...
Ouch! The jellyfish like me too.
... my upper and lower arm. Using a towel as a sling I walked outside. As I was playing badminton with my good arm with Noah, 2 kids, a boy and a girl started watching us. I asked if the wanted to play. They did. As we were playing they said their names were Cheska and Aaron, and that Cheska was 11 and Aaron 6. They were brother and sister and they lived here. We played together for the rest of the ...