Port Barton

After Balabac and one night in a nice room in Puerto Princesa, we took the bus to go to Port Barton - a small fishing village in western Palawan. While we were there a purple flag at the main beach gave warnings to swim in the water. It was jellyfish season and apparently there were box jellyfish as well, especially in shallow water 🪼

So, we still spent our days visiting different beaches, enjoyed a pool day with cocktails at a hotel and kayaked to Coconut Beach, where pigs were strolling around 🐷 There was one terror pig that went through all the backpacks in order to find food. One time, he found sunscreen, opened the bottle and licked the cream 😂 The other pigs were very cute though, they sunbathed and enjoyed being petted 😍

At some point we missed being on a boat so we decided to join a boat tour for a day. It was a super nice day during which we explored an island, did some snorkeling 🐢🪸 and visited a sandbar. We also had free pineapple rum and with four young Spanish girls on board, the boat trip turned into a mini Spanish party 💃

The time in Port Barton was super relaxing and nice. With only one main road and a couple of restaurants and canteens, life was easy and slow. There are a lot of stray dogs in Port Barton, but we grew fond of one in particular: Rodrigo. He was always close by and even after a day of exploring, he came to find us (or explored a portion with us). We were sad to leave him, he was the cutest dog 🥲Read more