We spent 7 days in Palawan, spent Christmas in an island; sleep, eat, snorkel, lounge and read and basically do nothing.
I need another vacation.
Cebu Pacific – always late. (PEK>MNL, MNL>USU, USU>MNL, MNL>PEK)
Little boy jumped and clung on to Peter’s luggage.
Rented a motorcycle and went around Busuanga.
He’s not a fan of the kick starter
And then we saw a “waterfall” and went for a dip.
Siete Pecados. That tiny boat is tiny, and when both of us sat on that boat, it started sinking! The local kids were very amused and shouted “AY! Titanic Titanic! hahahaha!”. So we switched to a bigger boat, which the local kids, again, were shouting at us “Your boat facing the wrong way!”. They were quite happy seeing foreigners struggle with I’m sure something that is very basic to them.
Snorkeling in Siete Pecados. We had to get out of the water because a tiny fish bit Peter’s mole and it actually bled.
Big happy fish giving me thumbs up.
San Miguel Pale Pilsen, good stuff.
Kilawin – Peter’s food discovery and favorite.
Arurusip (sea grapes), tomatoes, and onions.
Babababarracuda. In Popototan island.
It’s Gil!!!
The hydrophobic fish
We stayed at:
1. Busuanga Sea Dive Resort – right in town, market, great diving place (according to Peter because I don’t dive), nice restaurants around. But if you wish to just lounge in a”vast, white sand” type of beach, this is not the place because there’s no sea shore at all. But nevertheless, it’s nice to just walk around and check out the local scene.
You can also rent a motorbike from Boyet (0928 292 9884), west of Sea Dive, 15 minute walk. He’s quite friendly, Php 600 a day’s rent, plus pay for 2 liters of gas.
2. Next resort we went to was Coral Bay, 30 minutes by van then 1 hour by boat. It’s in the middle of nowhere; actually in an island, so bring chips and snacks or like Tanduay Rum and order Coke then you get Rum and Coke (yeah yeah, the Asian cheapo)!
All photos are taken with the Olympus st6010. It’s so-so, not happy with the quality, but quite okay with underwater photos. But then, as my brother would say, might as well enjoy the water and the fishies than being busy taking photos.
