Blogs from Palawan, Philippines, Asia - page 10

El Nido was a great place. We stayed in a small hotel owned by a French guy named David and a Swedish guy called Tommy. The restaurant/bar had amazing view over the beach. Our first night we sat at the bar chatting with Tommy and David when we found out they make there own rum shots... And unfortunately for us we had to try them. They tasted good but didn't feel to good the next day. We also met a great Philippine couple that night that ware also on holiday and it was really interesting to talk and see how our life's are different when growing up in the European countries or here in the Philippines. Our room in El Nido did not have an air condition and as I am no fan of them and ... read more

We finally left Hong Kong yesterday and I say finally as we're not big fans. Nice to have seen it but not somewhere we have to go again. We tried to go over from Hong Kong Island to The main island on Tuesday but when we ware about to go over with the ferry it started pouring rain. Instead we walked through tunnels and shopping malls around the city to avoid the rain. Katrin managed to lose her jacket she is going to through away after the trip the day before so when the rain stopped we went to the bar we thought she forgot it at. And guess what it was still there and the staff was waiting for us to come back to get it. So we had a few coronas before going back ... read more

After the banca boat and the bus ride back into the Manila airport we waited to catch our flight to Puerto Princessa to start the second leg of the journey. We were all really looking forward to this part of the trip because we were going to rent motorbikes and head up the coast to El Nido, so we had some adventure planned and read that El Nido was absolutely gorgeous. The flight was just short of 1 hour to Puerto Princessa in the middle of the island of Palawan on the far west side of the Philippines. We walked out of the airport to the waiting drivers and tuk tuk's (modified motorcycles with a carriage to carry 3-6 people). Hopped in and told the driver where we were going and our plan of action for ... read more

So meine Lieben, hier also endlich mal ein Lebenszeichen von mir. Vorher war mein Internetzugang leider nie gut genug bzw. ich hatte nur mein Smartphone zum Schreiben. Die Woche in Indien war suuuper interessant, noch mal ein dickes Danke an Tina ohne, die ich hoffnungslos verloren gewesen waere in Mumbai. Die Stadt ist riiiiiessig, ihr koennt es euch gar nicht vorstellen und laut und soooo viel Verkehr. Es dauert ewig von einer Ecke zur anderen, sodass man schlecht planen kann, wann man wo ankommt. Das essen ist seeeehr wuerzig, aber auch sehr lecker. Bei allen Unterschieden wie kein Trinken in der Oeffentlichkeit gibt es aber auch viele Gemeinsamkeiten gerade was Wuensche fuer die Zukunft usw. angeht. Woher ich das weiss? Ich hatte das grosse Glueck ueber Tina einige ihrer indischen Freunde und Kollegen kennzulernen. Wir waren ... read more

It took me a night bus from Chiang Mai, 12 hours waiting at Bangkok airport, a 3 hour flight to Clark, a two hour bus ride to Manila, another 10 hours of waiting in Manila and a short one hour domestic flight to arrive in my final destination, the gateway to Palwan: Puerto Princesa. I spent about 3 days in this crowded and (despite its reputation) dirty city. The main reason was to meet up with my travelbuddy and extend my tourist visa, as I would be spending more than 21 days in the Philippines. I stayed in a small hostel called Chilli Backpackers, unfortunately a 30-50 bus tricycle ride from the city proper. The visa extension was quick and painless, we were in and out of the immigration office within about an hour. There is ... read more