snap shots from puerto princesa, palawan

here’s the last installment for the palawan post series…

snorkling site

peacock at baker's hill

taken at butterfly farm

taken from badjao restaurant

iwahig prison

souvenirs

beautiful palawan - aerial view

do visit puerto princesa soon.

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nice thing yesterday (kasi i just woke up and pasimula palang ang araw ko today…) : dinner at dampa (near mall of asia) last night with officemates. our treat to our admin assistants

only 11 people shared this much food...

the underground river at puerto princesa, palawan

the underground river - philippines’ bet for the new 7 wonders of the world. vote for it now – just click HERE.

hindi na ko mag kwento about the underground river on how it was discovered and what it is… you will read about it the link i gave. baka kasi mali ang mga sabihin ko. just read something about it HERE.

the cave from afar

view from inside the cave - kakapasok palang

while we were inside, syempre kaming lahat atat mag take ng pictures!!! hay…. nakakapagsisi. bakit? considering na bago ang camera ko at hindi pa kami close, i was most of the time stressed on how to use it, i think i missed the higlights while i fumbled on how to use it and hide it kasi madaming tumutulo na tubig. i was not able to enjoy the beauty of it as i should have… the moment na sabihin ng boatman/tourguide na to your left you will see the, blah blah… click! click! click! na agad maririnig mo. then… i realized i’m not enjoying the tour and i’m missing the experience. i restarined myself from using my camera and just listened and allowed myself to be awed by it (pero me photos pa rin ako na konti, hehehe ).

rocks in a formation of mushroom

half face of Jesus (???)

at the end of the river tour, most of us wanted to go back in, take the tour again and just watch and enjoy it, without taking any pictures… pero importante i believe is we didn’t miss its beauty and the fact that the underground river truly is a wonder of the world!!!

unsolicited advise : if you will go there and take the tour. suggest you first enjoy the experience, set your camera aside and take few and quality ones only.

beach outside the forrest park

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nice thing today : working from home …. sarap! honestly i feel i am more productive when i do this.

 

photos from puerto princesa, palawan

sharing the puerto princesa experience! i will not bore you guys with the dragging pero masayang kwento namin sa palawan.

sweet and short version nalang… which goes — we booked the flight 2 months prior to may 1 and booked the hotel only 2 weeks before. april 29 it started to rain and we left manila with hopes na hindi totoo ang prediction and forecast na umuulan sa palawan. believe it or not… tumama ang forecast ni pagasa, umuulan dun. but still the weather took pity on us and during the times we were at the beach and the underground river, it ceased to rain and we enjoyed some sun kahit papano.

photos of the beaches we enjoyed….

snake island

snake island pa din - notice how they kept it clean

boat and waves at starfish island

sabang beach - on this spot is where water from forest marries those at sea

sabang beach

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nice thing today : coming home for mother’s day

for mama

sneak peek

i’m a little busy editing photos i took. i took a lot of crap but i took a lot of nice ones too! meantime, enjoy this…

taken at snake island, puerto princesa

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nice thing today : back in the battlefield with my good friends. loved the laughs and loved the brain and wit battles

sydney stories

it was my first time to fly this long… and sydney is the farthest i have been. the flight was overnight and i arrived in sydney at noon. i feel so filthy from the long flight, im bladder is bursting and my body aches. as in! soon as i landed, retrieved my luggage and passed through immigration, takbo na ko sa wash room, to reduce body liquid. binalak ko pa mag toothbrush but was too tamad to do so. so, i went out had my money changed for the local currency and met a lovely filipina who happens to be the bank cashier

the first impression i got during the ride from airport to hotel is that sydney is a lovely place… the buildings are a combination of both modern and old architecture (but i think mostly the old), and me being an old soul loved the old buildings more. soon as i arrive in the hotel, i ate and hit the shower.

a friend/co-league was too kind to show me around. he showed me around the city, the tourist destinations like the botanical garden and bondi beach. what i appreciated most is that he took me to different sydney residential neighborhoods where one can easily access the beach!

a few meters walk from the houses or wher you park your car, and surprise! this is what you see…

lovely small beach... yes, this is for free access

then we went to watson bay. we had some ice cream, i was amazed to see kids as young as 3 roam the streets in their swimming trunks with bare foot while their mom line up for ice cream with us. accross the street from the ice cream shop, we saw “the gap”, a cliff where two big bodies of water meet (not sure lang what – i think the sea and a river). he says the some peole jump from there and commit suicide… i said — but why?! he said — well, this is a nice place to die… hmmmm, true.

enjoying the view and the ice cream

here are other snapshots of my day 1 in sydney…

lovely cathedral

andres

view from speedo's cafe

more post about sydney next time

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nice thing today : my brother’s birthday, growing up with 2 older sisters must have been tough for him but he have grown to be a fine gentleman. my heart still swells whenever i remember him tell other people when he was still young that i am his favorite sister. i’m sure he loves ate and me equally

years and years ago