Dos Palmas Palawan

The trip to Dos Palmas was truly what my mom enjoyed most throughout our Palawan Trip. 

The sky was already clearer compared to the past days-the storm has subsided. 

The boat ride from Honda Bay to the island where Dos Palmas was located was about 30mins to an hour.

 The water was calmer compared to the ride back to Honda Bay.

The water sparkled.

Scenery during the ride.

When we arrived, we were greeted with cold drinks and a band playing sounds from Hawaii-five-0.. A short introduction was given and we were off to activities offered by the resort.

I went kayaking

My parents and my sister went snorkeling. 

Waiting for my parents and sister from their snorkeling trip.

Sister writing her message on sand.

Parents all lovey dovey..

Im going to miss the sun!

Island Hopping in Palawan

The sky was cloudy and tons of tourists were surprisingly flocking in. Honda Bay was full!! This happened because the coast guard did not permit boats to go to the Underground River therefore all tour guides went to the next tour-- Island Hopping at the Honda Bay.

Family Pic at Honda Bay

We arrived 7AM and we were able to ride our bangka past lunch time. 

Waiting for the high tide.

Pushing the boat ashore..

Floating turtle.

Tourist boat..

Large starfish..

Under the seaaaaaahhh..

Daddy getting a massage..

Tourist Boat

Mommy sure had fun taking pictures..

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PALAWAN escapade: Day 1 and 2

I went on a 10-days trip to Palawan with my family and it was AWESOME! I personally booked our tour through WILD ROCK TRAVEL AND TOURS. Since I'm the one who booked it, if anything goes wrong I might get the blame for it so I was nervous at first and we had some little misunderstanding with my mom but other than that everything went well!

Here's a post from Day 1 to Day 2.

DAY 1 (December 25, 2011): LIVE Christmas Lights


We arrived in Palawan a little bit past lunch time and it was really windy and cloudy due to the typhoon that just left the country and the incoming low pressure.

Of course sir Joseph (the owner of Travel and Tours) met us at the airport and drove us to Fran Pension. A quick rest at our Inn then we headed out to eat at a restaurant called Balinsasayaw.

There were lots of tourists so when our orders came we were so hungry!

(Hello YUMMY seafood!)

We had a seafood bonanza!!!

We had no problem with our transportation because the van from Wild Rock Travel and Tours would fetch us and bring us to our destination.

The stop lights have timers on them. COOL!

After eating we headed to our first activity! FIREFLYWATCHING! (please click link for the complete post!)

Day 2:

Next on our itinerary was the Underground River Tour. It's pretty cool to get to see a Natural Wonder of the World as soon as it was declared as one of the 7 Wonders of the World. Though the weather may not seem to cooperate with us we still had the chance to experience it. We were really lucky because we were the last group to arrive in the island before the coast guards decide to cancel all the boat rides going to the Under Ground River!

Right before we enter the Under Ground River

We saw mushrooms, corns, phoenix, pegasus, religous figures and Snoopy didn't even miss the fun.. Almost each part of the cave has their own name. We passed by the "Kitchen" (because their were vegetable figures), the "Cathedral" (because of the religious figures).
The Stalactites (the ones on top) and Stalagmites (the ones below) take centuries or even decades to form. And once they meet at the center they are now called a COLUMN. You see, God has created so many wonderful things on Earth and it was indeed a great blessing to see it.:)

It was really really pitch black inside!

Family Picture!

This trip can't end without a jumpshot!

Here we are waiting for our bangka to take us to the warf!

Back to the warf! Chibog-an time! (Eating time!)
I forgot to tell you that this was no backpackers kind of trip. I was travelling with my family so most likely we were on tour. So our tour guide from WILD ROCK TRAVEL AND TOURS was so kind and fed us buffet style.
After that awesome lunch we had to try this exotic "delicacy" they had in Palawan. I read in blogs that you didn't go to Palawan if you didn't try this thing they called TAMILOK. There's a lady who sells these and you wouldn't miss her, she's carrying a red (or was it blue or black?) pail. It's P100 per plastic and this TAMILOK, they say, is rich in protein and it's good for arthritis and with no second thoughts my parents finished it.
TAMILOK is really a worm that lives on dead Mangrove trees. Once they are exposed to air, these Tamiloks die.

Tamilok

EVENING


The Undergound River Tour was a blast but as we headed to our inn we could all hear our tummy grumbling. The kind people in Fran's Pension Inn told us to try eating at Badjao Seafront if we want to experience a seafood bonanza part 2!
We hailed a tricycle and this is what we got: (please refer to the picture below) It was one big tricycle! It can fit 5-6 people!

Walang laban ang Tricyle/pedicab ng ibang province!

BADJAO SEAFRONT

Much to our dismay, upon arrival to Badjao Seafront we were so excited and HUNGRY but there were no more seats available. 

Advice: When it's peak season it's better to reserve your seats before going to Badjao Seafront. 

Picture picture nalang.

BILAO AT PALAYOK

We headed to another resto called BILAO AT PALAYOK and my parents find it better than BADJAO. Biased aside (we still ate in BADJAO naman eh).

Seafoods Galore!

**complete set of photos posted in Facebook.