Outrigger Ride to the Cave

Getting from the beach to the cave was another adventure. I’ve included a couple short videos to show how from a distance the outriggers look like crabs walking on water.

My favorite part was when the captain cut the noisy engine. He did this just as we turned the corner. With just the rudder to steer us, we surfed into the beach cove. It was fun!

Since we were the last passengers of the day, our outrigger served as a water taxi for other boat pilots who had moored their boats. To hitch a ride, they bobbed in the water, then climbed onto our boat as we drove by.

I’ve included a photo of a sweet pooch I saw as we waited our turn. There were a lot of stray dogs on Palawan and they all seemed to be this same breed. On the ride home we saw so many dogs sleeping in the road that we began calling the right lane “the dog lane.”Read more