After a whole day of island-hopping, we decided to have dinner at the famed Badjao Seafront Restaurant. It’s quite a distance from the main road, so we had to ride tricycles and arrange for them to pick us up after dinner. The ambience was great, and we imagine it would be better in daytime when [...]
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palawan, part two
Posted in trips, tagged Badjao Seafront Restaurant, Mutya ng Pilipinas, Palawan, Subterranean River, Underground River on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
palawan, part one
Posted in photos, trips, tagged Kalui, Palawan, Pambato Reef, Puerto Princesa, Snake Island, snorkeling on December 16, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I’ve recently spent five days in Puerto Princesa with several ex-officemates. I suppose I should chronicle the key events before the details fade into memory.
(Halfway into the post I realized it would be too long, so I decided to break it up into parts.)
We checked-in at the Liberty Park Pension inn late in the afternoon, [...]
5 minute post
Posted in literature, random updates, rants, raves, trips, tagged Eclipse, gloomy, Palawan, Stephanie Meyer, surgery, tonsils, Twilight on November 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This week has been gloomy so far, like everything is in shades of blue.
Best case scenario, I’m going to have my tonsils removed on January. Worst case, the tonsils hamper my breathing or food intake and would have to be removed by emergency. Meanwhile, I’m losing weight due to loss of appetite.
I’m going to Palawan [...]
Bohol, day 2
Posted in photos, raves, trips, tagged Blood Compact Shrine, Bohol, Bohol Bee Farm, Chocolate Hills, Loboc river cruise, tarsier, travel on June 27, 2008 | 9 Comments »
The Countryside Tour
The rest of day one was just driving to the Bohol Bee Farm, having a sumptuous organic dinner, deciding on the next day’s activities (dolphin watching and going to the beach were scrapped thanks to the typhoon causing scary waves at sea) and then getting some rest.
The next morning we were picked up [...]
Bohol, day 1
Posted in rants, trips, tagged Bohol Bee Farm, Cebu Pacific, delayed flight, Mactan, NAIA, PAL, Philippine Air Lines, typhoon Frank on June 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Third Time’s A Charm
It was a bleak saturday morning, the PAL domestic airport was foggy and the sky promised of rain yet to come thanks to the typhoon Frank. We arrived early to get good window seats since it would be my first time to board a plane. It would be my first time [...]