mySpot | Coron Palawan 2011 Trip

I thought it was only just a dream. After visiting the beautiful place of Coron, Palawan, now I wanted to go back there again.

In just 4 days, we enjoyed the breathtaking views of Coron and wonderful islands during our trip.

I've been in Puerto Princesa too and although both are in Palawan, there's a very big difference between the two. PPS is more like commercialized than Coron, which makes me like Coron more...

For nature lovers, you can have your best times to be spent here... Watch the sunset at the top of Mt. Tapyas... Relax in Maquinit hot spring... Eat fresh sea foods and enjoy the place... You can also do diving at the shipwrecks and enjoy the view underwater.. Don't forget the camera so you won't miss anything...









Now I really don't know what to write here.. I can't describe it in words.. You just have to see it for yourself and enjoy.. I already have plans of getting back in here... Maybe that time, i'll try diving... and more other stuffs we missed during our 4-day adventure in Coron...

More pics can be found on my facebook albums... just sharing some here...

mySpot | Palawan Trip [2011] + Birthday Celebration

I've been here before... Same place, same spots, same hotel, same food but the only difference is the people I was with. This is my second time to visit Palawan (Puerto Princesa to be specific) and things just became more exciting.

This time i brought an underwater camera (thank you Loren Lloyd).. and i really enjoyed taking photos of fishes, corals and other stuffs down there... It was pretty awesome... And also, how can i forget how i panicked under water when I saw a small jelly fish.. (but still i got a photo of that jelly fish).. and freaked out after seeing a triggerfish (which i thought was a stonefish)... t'was fun though...

And speaking of picture taking, This time was my first time to travel on a long trip capturing less than 1000 shots for the whole trip... I don't know. The last time I was here I took 1000+ shots per day. Maybe I just enjoyed too much that I forgot to take more photos... (or maybe because i have no extra battery and i'm trying to avoid to use flash too much)

This is also my first time to celebrate my birthday far away from home.. Yeah you heard it right... First time... In 24 years... Lolz... And I was like celebrating my birthday by taking pictures under the sea... :p

mySpot | The Ultimate Palawan Getaway

Before the year ends, one of my travel highlights is my trip to Palawan with some of my friends.

We took a 4days 3n trip to Puerto Princesa and enjoyed our visit while we where there. We went to different places and tried some of the best exotic foods.

Tamilok (aka wood worm) is one of the well-known exotic foods in the place. My friends tried the breaded tamilok (urgh!) when we had our dinner at Kinabuchs...

On our second day, we went to the underground river (puerto princesa subterranean river national park). But before that, we climbed first at Ugong Rock (a 75-foot something limestone formation in Brgy. Tagabinet in Palawan). We entered inside the dark caves and climbed up on the creepy rocks... They said it was a 45-minutes climbed but it took us about an hour due to stops for photoshoots :) It's actually a perfect exercise 'coz you'll be sweating so much. And when you reach to the top, it's perfect. It was so nice to see the view and you can take pictures near the edge of the rocks.. creepy but fun!

After that, we went for the mangrove paddleboat tour where we saw so many mangroves, monkeys, snakes, and creepy things...

Then, we had our trip in the underground river. Our day ends after our dinner in Ugong Rock restaurant in the city.

On the third day, we had the water activities when we had our tour in Honda Bay (according to our tourguide tita con, it should be Hunda Bay with silent 'h')

We went island hopping to starfish island (where there are lot's of starfish ... as the name implies) and to snake island (but there was no snake there). We did some fish feeding, snorkling and enjoyed the underwater tour where i saw spongebob, nemo, mr. krabs :p and a lot of other things.

More pics here...