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My Palawan Vacation!
« on: Aug 25^th, 2003, 8:35pm »

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Hello guys!..

I was out of the boards for a few days to give way to our Palawan Getaway!... yippee!!! Cool

Thank God He gave us a very good weather and great time there even though 3 typhoons passed through the northern tip of our country... Let me just share my trip with you guys... Cheesy

Day 1 (Thurs):
   8:30 AM we took our flight from the Manila Domestic Airport to Puerto Princesa Airport. Upon arrival, we checked-in at Airport Village Hotel where stayed during our vacation. After settling down, we went to the city proper to buy some chips, foods and drinks. Then after lunch, we visited our companions lot there to have it measured.. She bought a lot there at a very low price...hmmm... Then after that, we visited the Crocodile Farm and Nature Park where endemic Philippine animals can be found like the Bearcat,Palawan fresh crocs and others.. Then, we moved to another spot, the Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm. It is a prison without bars where the inmates are free to roam around the farm, they toil the soil, take care of farm animals.. After that, we visited the Butterfly Garden, a small garden filled with colorful butterflies... Then, back to the hotel.
Day 2 (Fri):
  8 AM we prepare ourselves for a long drive for some adventure. We took a 2 hour long drive to Sabang crossing several mountains where we log ourselves for a permit to visit the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) with a 15 minute boatride. It is an 8.4 Km underground river, the longest in the world. It included a guided boat tour inside the cave.. After wards, we took a short trek in the Karst Mountains, where monkeys and monitor lizards freely roam the grounds, then back again to our boat to visit another part of the park, the Mangrove Paddle Boat Tour to view the lush Mangrove forest of the park along Sabang River. Then, they let us plant a Mangrove within the park which is part of the conservation program of the city. It was a tiring but enjoyable trip and so we went back to the hotel. At dinner, we ate at a cozy restaurant, the Chicken Inato which serve delicious food with a beautiful ambiance... then of course stayed up late to watch the TAR4 finale... I'm so glad we have a cable channel here!
Day 3 (Sat):
  After that tiring trip the day before, we were now headed for the enjoying part. We went to Honda Bay for our island hopping. On the bay port, we logged again for registration and rented snorkeling gears. We rented a boat for island hopping which included 3 islands, the Starfish Island, an island where starfishes are all around the beach, the Snake Island, an island with long sandbars that looked like a snake from above, and Pandan Island, an island where they use pandan leaves for weaving. We snorkelled in Snake Island where there are many different species of fishes.. I even met face-to-face to Nemo.. hehehe Grin

(a clown fish). Also we passed through other island but didn't docked. These are the Bat Island, Luli Island (an island that sink at high tide), and Arreceffi Island where the now very famous Dos Palmas Resort is to be found. Dos Palmas was the resort invaded by the Abu Sayyaf in 2000 and kidnapped tourists including Gracia Burnham and was brought to Basilan, a southern island... After that tiring island tour, we visited the Viet Village, a village where Vietnamese refugees settled in the 70's I think. we visited their buddhist temple and ate at the Viet Ville Restaurant that serves delicious Viet cuisine... yummy!
Day 4 (Sun):
Ohh... well now.. we went for less straneous activities. We went to church at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral then visited the marketplace to buy our 'pasalubong' (something to bring home for family and friends which is part of our culture). We bought cashew nuts and dried fish which are specialties of the province. At lunch we ate at a beautiful restaurant, the Badjao Seafront Restaurant. It is restaurant situated at the banks of Sulu Sea with mangroves on its sides and facing the sea. Sea wind blew through the restaurant and it offered a great scenery to entice your eating.. Grin

wow! After that back to the hotel and went out again at night to eat in a Pizzeria and take a walk in their park in front of the Provincial Capitol.
Day 5 (Mon):
Well.. it's back to Manila, back to the real world!... Grin

We're back in Manila before lunch.

... and now... i'm tanner again... and back to work!

Grin

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Re: My Palawan Vacation!
« Reply #1 on: Aug 25^th, 2003, 9:12pm »

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« Reply #2 on: Aug 25^th, 2003, 10:05pm »

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« Reply #3 on: Aug 26^th, 2003, 12:59am »

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i would love to see pics of your holiday pau! i am so glad that you had a great time and got the chance to work on your tan. Cool

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« Reply #4 on: Aug 26^th, 2003, 2:21am »

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wow..how awesome for you!! That sounds like the perfect vacation though you probably need a vacation now to rest..... Grin

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« Reply #5 on: Aug 26^th, 2003, 11:03am »

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sounds awesome pau, hope your time away was spectacular

glad you are back safely though

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« Reply #6 on: Aug 26^th, 2003, 12:09pm »

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What a wonderful vacation. thank you for sharing it with us. I would love to visit those places. Glad you got to have a holiday.

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« Reply #7 on: Aug 26^th, 2003, 7:28pm »

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indeed.. it was a grand vacation for me... expensive but worthwhile Cheesy

maybe later... i'll post some pics of the places we went to... Cheesy

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« Reply #8 on: Aug 26^th, 2003, 8:00pm »

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I like the part where you met Nemo while snorkeling.

The Butterfly Garden :butterfly:

sounds beautiful.

Thanks for sharing your vacation with us and please post some pictures.

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Re: My Palawan Vacation!
« Reply #9 on: Aug 27^th, 2003, 7:37pm »

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Hello guys... now here's some pictures I took of the places we went to... they're quite hazy coz i just took it using my nokia phone's camera... Grin

the beach

here's the mangrove forest that we went into.. luckily that time, snakes are not around.. (i don't like snakes.. heheheh)

this is the Dos Palmas Resort which was invaded by the Abu Sayyaf in 2000, this is a very expensive resort, so our boat just passed in front of it... Cheesy

the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the longest underground river in the world.

here we are as we come out of the underground river... it was a 1.5 km tour on boat...

and of course, this is me by the beach... Grin

Thanks rhune for uploading my pix... Grin

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« Reply #10 on: Aug 27^th, 2003, 7:40pm »

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You're welcome! It looks like you had a great time and visited some beautiful places!

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« Reply #11 on: Aug 27^th, 2003, 7:50pm »

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yup i did... Grin

its worth spending my money for that i've worked hard for... Grin

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« Reply #12 on: Aug 27^th, 2003, 8:04pm »

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wow Great pictures Pau!! You are one handsome dude!!!

Thanks so much for sharing!!!

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thanks dar.. Cheesy

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« Reply #14 on: Aug 27^th, 2003, 10:07pm »

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pau,

your phone takes great pictures! what an amazing adventure you had. i am so glad that you were able to share it with us. the beach looks so inviting! i hope you were able to run wildly through the sand. i am so glad that you missed the typhoons. (although i hope that others were not hurt either!)

when is the next adventure?

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