Puerto Princessa

Day 154 - 155.

After saying goodbye to Cebu it was time for a quick internal flight over to Palawan with our good old friends Air-asia, who in recent months we have grown to truly despise. Fortunately it was a smooth and short flight over the Sulu sea, a sea swamped with small castaway like islands, so many in fact we quickly lost count.

We arrived into Puerto princessa, the biggest town across Palawan to a city wide drought, which meant no running water whatsoever, given it was 35° on arrival this wasn't the best news. Bucket showers would become the norm for the next few days.

Having done little to no research as to what our next 3 week's might include we settled down and maximised the use of the free coffee available to build a rough itinery. Limbster was in full swing today and rattled through Lonely planet, rough guides and multiple blogs in quick succession whilst I wrestled with booking.com relentlessly, sadly to little avail.

With the blend of Vietnamese culture in Puerto Princessa we were able to source some great new food, an genuinely local vegetarian resturant being our best find - we could hardly believe our eyes. Pho, Spring rolls, Tofu and a few more spring rolls - by far our cheapest meal here yet too!

On a seperate note starting to become slightly concerned 're our intake of soy sauce, not enough to reduce it just yet but it can't be good near on drinking the stuff each evening.

As a result of our productive planning it was time to leave this town and head onwards to Port Barton, a quiet beach side island hopping destination!Read more