Palawan This the story of a diving trip to Palawan, to see the wrecks of Coron and to experience the amazing Philippines in our own way at our own pace.

Cebu City to Camotes Islands

PHILIPPINES | Tuesday, 10 Mar 2009 | Views [2665]

My intention was to meet Rhea, a friend from Taipei and accompany her to meet her family where they lived at Kanipaan Brgy, Cagcagan on the Camotes Islands so I checked into a sketchy downtown hotel called the Cebu Century hotel to meet Rhea. Her plane ... Read more >

Damuagette to Dipolog and Dakak resort

PHILIPPINES | Tuesday, 10 Mar 2009 | Views [1986]

After Ken and Rabbit split, I flew alone to Damuagette, a nice little university town where I checked into The Check Inn hotel. This newish hotel was great value and very centrally located in downtown, between the sea and the market. Having been here ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, diving

Gallery: Palawan

PHILIPPINES | Tuesday, 10 Mar 2009 | Photo Gallery

Angeles go go bars, Classic aircraft and Jimmy Boyd

PHILIPPINES | Friday, 27 Feb 2009 | Views [4579] | Comments [1]

After an uneventful flight, we met Armel, a Manila taxi driver, recommended by Maria in Taipei who used to live in Manila, and we headed north up to Angeles where we checked into the Clarkton Hotel which was nice, had a good pool and caberet room complete ... Read more >

Tags: classic aircraft, go-go bars, vietnam vet

Coron-Wreck diving at its best

PHILIPPINES | Friday, 27 Feb 2009 | Views [1872] | Comments [2]

We arrived in Coron Town after the 9 hour banca ride quite refreshed so after a short tricycle ride to Discovery Divers Bar, we waited for another boat to take us the 10 minutes to a small island where Discovery Divers have their diving resort. Not having ... Read more >

Tags: scuba diving coron

El Nido-banca ride from hell

PHILIPPINES | Friday, 27 Feb 2009 | Views [2146] | Comments [1]

We were up early next morning for a 6 am departure to El Nido by a local banca that Larry had arranged. We waded out to the boat floating in a millpond sea, shrouded by mist and overlooked by the mountainous jungle, it was totally a magic moment. But ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, islands, on the road

Port Barton-worth the drive

PHILIPPINES | Friday, 27 Feb 2009 | Views [2033] | Comments [1]

Port Barton, I had heard it was nice there but this is really nice, a little paradise well off the beaten track but well worth the effort of getting there. We were picked up early by Oon who I had arranged to drive us to Port Barton in his 4WD mini ... Read more >

Tags: beaches

Puerto Princesa-Puerto to the locals

PHILIPPINES | Friday, 27 Feb 2009 | Views [701]

We had an early flight to Puerto arriving 09:30, the airport was hilarious with an full military band playing as we walked from the aircraft to the open air baggage and arrival area. The airport is small and typically tropical of impoverished parts of ... Read more >

Tags: on the road

Manila-what a city

PHILIPPINES | Tuesday, 10 Feb 2009 | Views [582]

As soon as I stepped off the aircraft I could feel and smell Manila! The humidity hit me like a wall, and that unique tropical smell permeated past the struggling airport aircon. Ah, home again!! I had left Taipei at 2 pm on Wednesday, landing at the ... Read more >

Tags: on the road again