From Cebu we flew to the island of Palawan where we were
hoping to see the underground river near Sabang. Straight from the airport we
got a taxi to the bus terminal on the other side of town, realising Sabang had
no ATM and we had no cash we then spent 20 minutes going back into town before
heading back to the bus terminal. We waited for 2 hours for the bus to fill up
and then sat cramped on the bus for 6 hours until we finally reached Sabang. It
was only then that we found out that actually we couldn’t go to the underground
river because although you access it from Sabang, you have to buy your permit
from Puerto Princessa from where we had just come!!!I guess that’s what happens
when your lonely planet is…6 months old! With the count down on for our
remaining days in the Philippines we decided instead of trying to retrace our
steps and getting a permit we would save the couple of days and head north to
El Nido. Another wonder of the world slipped unseen through our fingers…
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Sabang beach was deserted as everyone
was at the underground river! |
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| Another long Journey |
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| El Nido |
El Nido is a very picturesque little town surrounded by
beautiful islands. We spent a day island hopping, snorkeling in various
different lagoons and relaxing on amazing island beaches. Unfortunately after
the day of island hopping Mikes leg went a bit ‘gammy’ and much to his
frustration we decided it was probably best to keep it out of the water a
little longer. Subsequently the following days were spent relaxing in beach
bars, playing chess and drinking fruit shakes. We had dinner one evening with
an American guy we’d met on the island tour and his very young Filipino
girlfriend! (middle aged white guys with young Filipino girls seemed to be a
bit of a running theme around the Philippines!) We had a fun evening though, in
a little local bar listening to a live band and eating pizza.
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| Island hopping with tubigrip on leg - Kind of works |
Next stop coron....
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