Hi, welcome back to my blog, where I will describe what I did from the 25th of November to the 1st of December.
On the 25th ( a Monday), I flew to the city of Puerto Princesa, in the Palawan Island, and I stayed there until the 29th.
Palawan is a very nice island, quite isolated from the other islands in the Philippines. One of its main attractions is probably the Puerto Princesa Underground River (apparently one of the new 7 Natural Wonders of the World), which I visited of course. I took a day trip (which also stopped in a place where I did some caving). The Underground River is exactly what its name suggests: its a river under the ground, in a cave system, filled with geological formations (and bats, loads of bats-we were in fact told not to open our mouth while looking up in the cave, because some drops of liquid might get in our mouths: if the liquid was cold it yould be water, but if it was warm, it probably came from a bat). We had to take a boat to the beach were the cave entrance was, and another to enter the cave. Unfortunately, only a part of the cave is available to tourists.
Puerto Princesa is also the first place where I did scuba diving since I started this trip. It was a nice dive, and I saw a lot of tropical fish.
I also took a city tour, which was also quite interesting. I saw a church, some monuments, I visited some markets (where I got to buy crocodile meat, which they even cooked for me), a crocodile farm (where I saw other animals apart from crocodiles, such as the strange bearcat), Baker's Hill (with many restaurants and statues, a place with many insects and a local tribe. At night I visited Baywalk, which was a place next to the sea with lots of restaurants selling seafood.
On the 29th I returned to Cebu ant to my father's business associate's family. There I saw a movie (Catching Fire), met the business associate's nephews (with whom I played Just Dance and went out) and even went to Church (being an agnostic, it's not something I normally do).
On the 25th ( a Monday), I flew to the city of Puerto Princesa, in the Palawan Island, and I stayed there until the 29th.
Palawan is a very nice island, quite isolated from the other islands in the Philippines. One of its main attractions is probably the Puerto Princesa Underground River (apparently one of the new 7 Natural Wonders of the World), which I visited of course. I took a day trip (which also stopped in a place where I did some caving). The Underground River is exactly what its name suggests: its a river under the ground, in a cave system, filled with geological formations (and bats, loads of bats-we were in fact told not to open our mouth while looking up in the cave, because some drops of liquid might get in our mouths: if the liquid was cold it yould be water, but if it was warm, it probably came from a bat). We had to take a boat to the beach were the cave entrance was, and another to enter the cave. Unfortunately, only a part of the cave is available to tourists.
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| Me, doing some caving |
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| Me, with the entrance to the cave with the river (not the same cave as above) |
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| A geological structure inside the cave |
Puerto Princesa is also the first place where I did scuba diving since I started this trip. It was a nice dive, and I saw a lot of tropical fish.
I also took a city tour, which was also quite interesting. I saw a church, some monuments, I visited some markets (where I got to buy crocodile meat, which they even cooked for me), a crocodile farm (where I saw other animals apart from crocodiles, such as the strange bearcat), Baker's Hill (with many restaurants and statues, a place with many insects and a local tribe. At night I visited Baywalk, which was a place next to the sea with lots of restaurants selling seafood.
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| A church |
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| Crocodile meat |
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| A crocodile at the farm |
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| A bearcat |
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| Statues at Baker's Hill |
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| Millipede on my hand |
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| Native about to remove the snake from me |
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| Fish at Baywalk |
On the 29th I returned to Cebu ant to my father's business associate's family. There I saw a movie (Catching Fire), met the business associate's nephews (with whom I played Just Dance and went out) and even went to Church (being an agnostic, it's not something I normally do).
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