Blogs from Palawan, Philippines, Asia - page 38

Finally, I had been in Palawan - said to be the last frontier of the Philippines. Last Aug 10 -13, Me and Lorenz , my travel buddy headed to Puerto Princesa, Palawan. We were so lucky that on that day, Aug 10, the sun was already shining after a week’s typhoon. The adventure starts.. On the day we arrived , just outside at the airport, I saw the stand post of Puerto pension where my name was written. This is our sundo who will bring us to the hotel. Al, the driver accompanied us to the Van and we waited for few minutes for the other guest of the hotel. We were full in the van. Hmmm, I was thinking the hotel must be good that many of the tourists chose it. It took us 10 ... read more

Ein Traum wird war - wir sind auf den Philippinen. Knapp 6 Wochen haben wir Zeit dieses Land, bestehend aus unzaehligen Inseln, zu entdecken, zu erforschen und zu geniessen. Der Entschluss gegen eine weitere Grossstadt und fuer die unzaehligen Inseln und Orte war schnell getroffen. Nach nur 2 Tagen Manila sind wir direkt weiter nach Puerto Princessa auf der Insel Palawan im Suedwesten der Philippinen geflogen. Eine nette kleine Stadt, die aber hauptsaechlich nur als Sprungbrett fuer die Weiterreise fungiert. Nichtsdestotrotz haben wir dort ein paar Tage in einem super schoenen Guesthouse (Banwan Guesthouse) verbracht (Der Travelblog Vietnam lag uns im Nacken ;o), das mit einer sehr gemuetlichen Terrasse aufwartet, auf der man tagsueber und nachts gut abhaengen kann. Abends haben wir ein nettes franzoesisches Leherpaaerchen, einen weiteren franzoesischen Leher und einen jungen E... read more

Last week after three months of long wait, me and my best friend Gie, my high school and college barkada headed for Puerto Princesa, Palawan via Cebu Pacific Air. We planned our trip since March and now that it's time to enjoy, here we are Palawan. July is a rainy month and there's typhoon passing by at Tuesday, so i was kinda worried that our flight on Saturday 14th of July will be cancelled and our vacation be postposed due to increment weather. But, thank Heavens, comes Saturday and the weather is quite cloudy in Manila, no more typhoon. God heard our prayers. We took the morning flight to Palawan, arriving there at 9:50am. A little rain shower welcomes us at the airport. After claiming our luggages we took a tricycle to Puerto Pension Inn, ... read more

We got to Cebu and it rained. And rained. We’ve been lucky with the weather so far but the rainy season is making its grand entrance. In the taxi to our accommodation -picked by the close your eyes and point a finger at the page method (it turned out to be a bit scummy but you get what you pay for..) a road had flooded and the local kids, in partial and total undress were running and splashing alongside the jeepneys and taxis, clearly having the time of their lives. Cebu City was fairly disappointing on the whole, not that we had any great expectations. It was grubby, stinking hot and just another big city. We enjoyed navigating around by jeepney, it was fairly easy although we spent the majority of our time sheltering inside ... read more

Not a Matt blog this time - rather a blog from Matt’s parents who are visiting a South East Asia country for the first time to see where Matt is living and to take a holiday with him in some parts of the Philippines he has not yet seen. Bit of a travelogue really, so bear with us and hear about our trip, warts and all. Matt met us when we landed in Cebu and as usual a bit of local knowledge goes a long way - instead of taking an ‘expensive’ airport taxi from the rank at the exit, we walked out of Arrivals and found a regular metered taxi to get our ride to the hotel. My impression next morning looking out onto the dilapidation, undisciplined traffic, dust, noise, dogs, goats mixing it with ... read more