Blogs from Palawan, Philippines, Asia - page 32

hepsan folkens saa er det ved at vaere enden paa vores rejse! kun smaa tre uger tilbage til vi kommer hjem og skal laane penge... I maa glaede jer maa I! Naa men siden sidst er vi kommet til Filippinernnnnn hvor vi startede ud med et par dage i million-byen (11millioner) Manila. Puha det var saa en rimeligt raadden by saa vi endte med at drikke os lidt snaldrede i en liter Jim Beam paa hotelvaerelset hvorefter vi vaagede os ud i byen for at finde os en stille og rolig stripbar;-) det ku sa ik lade sig goere?! daarligere by! naa men vi fandt da nogle Geishaer at synge karaoke med;-) Saa floej vi til Puerto Princesa paa oeen Palawan SydVest i landet. Meget rarere by men heller ik det vilde at gi sig til ... read more

Efforts to explain gravity have been carried out by various civilizations since at least the eighth century BC in India. Since then the Greeks, the Arabs and the Persians along with various others have all had a shot at explaining why fruits falling from trees go down rather than up. In 1687 Isaac Newton hypothesized the inverse-square law of universal gravitation which was later slightly updated by Einstein's law of general relativity. Anyway, enough of that. We all know that everything, everywhere exerts a gravitational pull on everything else, the biggest pull being exerted by the planet itself, hence why anything you drop falls down instead of up. Every molecule, every atom everywhere must obey these rules. But not, apparently, in the Bacuit Archipelago. Our boat sails past a mountain of twisted, jagged limestone structures protruding ... read more

If you hate white sandy beaches and clear blue-green seas don't come here Palawan is the most westward island in The Philippines and it definitely does have a frontier feel about it - its ruggedly beautiful, a long fairly skinny rainforested ridge with beaches dotted all up and down the coast on either side and hundreds of little islands scattered around. The roads are mostly shite and the electricity supply is pretty limited and sporadic, but as a result it has a much more "authentic" feel than Bohol. So, we flew into Puerto Princesa and did a day trip up to Sapang to visit the Underground River, which is 8km long, but you only go in about 2km. The entire trip is brilliant. 2 hours on a crappy road and you get to this amazing beach ... read more

It's October holidays in China. The all country closes for the full week, so we are off to paradise. This was nearly a perfect week...if the markets didn't crash and sent me straight to my computer hoping everything would calm out pretty fast...tuff times in the world are waiting ahead of us, hope we'll manage! Last year October holidays were a great family ones with my parents and Leslie in the Maldives...this year, it's should be one of our last chinese october holidays as we may move closer to better weather ( and better diving) sooner than later... But first of all, it's our first holiday week with Ma'ri and Leslie...a week of joy, cuddles, bubbles, diving and mainly love! Leslie and Ma'ri took the flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong on their own Friday ... read more

My usual question, unanswered by these -- by most -- travel books, is: How did you get there? Even without the suggestion of a motive, a prologue is welcome, since the going is often as fascinating as the arrival. -Paul Theroux, To the Ends of the Earth And, in our decision to try and save a few pesos, this was truely the case in getting to **** Island. There were 2 options to get to the remote island from Sabang. 1: We could take a 2,5 hr boat ride for P1000 if there were more than 2 of us, or we could hire the boat for P4000. 2: We could take a jeepney to Salbation, and then catch the Jeepney from Salbation to Port Barton, and from Port Barton, so the boatmen in Sabang said, it ... read more