we are departing empire suites hotel in a little bit and say goodbye to puerto princesa city. but, not without an account of what we did yesterday, day 3 of our trip here.
yes, we went to one of the world's seven wonders of nature, the puerto princesa underground river. and, proudly, and with a sheepish smile on my face, i came, i saw, and i conquered! it was not as scary as i thought it was and in fact, God must have looked kindly on me that day that He paved the way for a smooth-sailing trip from sabang wharf to the park, it was low-tide so it was more roomy inside the cave, we were the second group to enter the cave on that day so there was no stress in queueing, and it was so airy inside despite the darkness. i thank God that i mustered enough courage to marvel at one of nature's wonders. i am so blessed.
we capped our PPUR trip with a buffet lunch at sabang beach at penao resto. afterwhich, we proceeded to lawiswis organics to get some organic products. i got some unique finds like charcoal toothpaste, their ultima soap made of herbs and spices and minerals, their mosquito repellent, and a healing balm for mosquito bites. the owner of the place is an ilonggo.
(photos soon!)
while the rest went on to shop some more, i opted to explore mercado san miguel again and discovered isla de casoy coffee shop where i had their blueberry cheesecake. i was hoping to find a kasoy-laden cake but they ran out of their sans rival. the cheesecake was good, though! i also bought some kasoy for hubby.
we heard mass at the immaculate conception cathedral and had dinner at jollibee (yeah, i know. hehehe) instead of going to a vietnamese resto because everybody was tired already. but, before calling it a night, i wanted to end my memory with something local so we dropped by itoy's coffee shop for some hot choco and chocolate cake.
all in all, it was a great experience. puerto princesa is such a clean place with friendly people. the food is great (and not that expensive!) and the tourism industry is very organized. we were billeted at empire suites along rizal avenue and it was such an ideal place to be in, within walking distance of commercial establishments.
God is good.
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