I went to Puerto Princesa, Palawan and documented our adventures on Facebook sans pictures. This is a copy of what I wrote in my FB page with photos.

DAY ONE - PUERTO PRINCESA, PALAWAN

i liked what the Poor Traveler said that there are no missed adventures just misadventures. 

well, you could say that to our trip here in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. so far, we've gone to a lot of places without any tour guide, banking on that spirit of "wherever our feet will lead us next."

on our first day, we went to the City Coliseum to process our permits to enter one of the world's nature wonders, the PP Underground River, which, suffice to say, is still wishful thinking at the moment. (not sure if this was brought about by my inner struggle.) across the coliseum is a newly-opened commercial establishment where we had our first meal for the day. the staff at Cafeliza Resto were so kind to help us with our planned city tour.

there are no taxicabs in PP, so our options for traveling are riding the jeepney or tricycle. it's been awhile since i rode both so i found it exhilarating but the fumes coming out of the tricycles are really not welcoming!

we went to Mitra's Ranch and Baker's Hill. Mitra's Ranch, the ranch of then former senator Mitra is open to the public for horseback riding. it also has a trampoline for rent and a zipline. we just went there to look at the view. then, off we went to Baker's Hill and hoarded a lot of their famous delicacies like hopia and pianono. we also went around their garden that has been meticulously arranged by a landscape artist. 

we stopped by mercado de san miguel where we marveled at the pearls both freshwater and south sea and other interesting souvenir items. we found an interesting-looking resto within the area, gypsy lair, and it was such a quaint, artsy-fartsy place that so reminded me of my bathroom (because of its sandalwood scent - the scent of my lulur body scrub!). the food didn't fail to impress us! we had pancit buko, pin-thai (their take on pad thai), asian spare ribs, and binakol. their guyabano shake was a hit but so were my lemongrass slush and banana ice cream. i loved the resto's vibe. they even have palm reading services offered on weekends! :)

we took a respite at the hotel and then went to a tiangge to look at other souvenir items like shirts, dried fish, cashew butter, and other indigenous items. we had dinner at kinabuchs grill and bar and had the usual pinoy fare - sinigang, lechon kawali, sinuglaw, pinakbet, fruit shake. good ambiance!

day 2 unfolds and as i am doing some additional research for our "suntok sa bwan" itinerary, i just thought i'd document what we had done so far lest my already failing memory fails me.

here's to a new day and to a new adventure!