Palawan: Puerto Princesa / City Tour / Day 5

Palawan: Day 1
Palawan: Day 2
Palawan: Day 3
Palawan: Day 4

We woke up late, had our breakfast at Anicietos kitchen, pick our seat at the penthouse, and ate our piyaya and coffee.

Honda Bay: over looking view from the penthouse

our chosen seats

wooden tables and chair

I texted the tricycle driver, agreed to pay him 500.00 for our city tour, after packing our things, we did an early check out and leave our things in Anicietos.

Now lets have a quick tour......

butterfly sanctuary

After the tour the driver dropped us at Tiange, bought a lot of pasalubongs using credit card, after an hour, yes, we did shoppings for one hour then we headed to Badjao for our lunch. We asked our driver to join us for lunch and he gladly accepted it.

After lunch we went back to Anicietos paid P500.00 as agreed and additional 200.00 for the tip , freshen up, packed our things, say goodbye to anicietos, hailed tricycle going to airport, paid P10.00, check inn at the Airport, paid P40.00 for Terminal Fee and waited for our flight.

 While waiting at the Airport, and because of the delayed flight, we ate our hopia pasalubong and egg pies for snacks.  ^_^

All flights from PPS - Metro Manila was been delayed that day due to air traffic in Manila, ours was 40 minutes I think. Arrived in Metro Manila  past 7:00pm, hopped a taxi paid P100.00, I dropped my siblings at Five Star Pasay Terminal, while I took a walk from the Pasay Terminal  going to LRT EDSA.

As of writing, I already booked for 9 person for next year holy week next year, a total of 6 days and we'll be spending our time in El Nido again.



Father God thank you for the favor, for controling the weather and taking care of our lives. To you all the Glory Jesus.. 

Palawan: Budget Summary for 5days and 4 nights

Our Actual Expenses for 5 days Palawan Trip.
Excluding Airfare and Pasalubong
Budget is based on three persons sharing.

Total of P6,191.83 per head
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Day 1 Clark Main Gate - Diosdado Macapagal Aiport           250.00          62.50 Terminal Fee       150.00 Lunch at Chowking Rizal Ave          319.00       106.33 Personal Groceries at NCCC Mall       120.00 NCCC Mall - San Jose Terminal - Tricycle          100.00         33.33 S.J.T - EL Nido - Aircon - RORO Bus       483.00 C.R Fee at SJT           2.00 Dinner at Taytay Stop Over         60.00 EL Nido to Marina Garden Resort - Tricycle            50.0          16.67          719.00    1,033.83 ===================================================================== Day 2 Accommodation: 880 x 3n      2,640.00       880.00 Breakfast in Marina Garden Resort       120.00 Echo Tourism Devt Fee (valid for 10 days)       200.00 Tour A - Discounted Prize       600.00 Bread from Midtown Bakery         50.00 Dinner at Squidos                 -        2,640.00       970.00 ===================================================================== Day 3 Marina - Roro Bus Terminal          10.00 Breakfast       120.00 Tour C w/ discount       800.00 Bread from Midtown Bakery          50.00 Dinner - bread and coffee          75.00    1,055.00 ===================================================================== Day 4 Marina to Roro Bus         10.00 El Nido - San Jose - Aircon roro bus       483.00 Lunch at Taytay stop over         80.00 San Jose to Anicietos - Tricycle          100.00         33.33 Accommodation: 750.00 x 1Nigh fan room          750.00       250.00 Pensione House - Kinabuch         10.00 Dinner at Kinabuch      1,160.00       386.67 Kinabuch to Baywalk            40.00         13.33 Baywalk to Pensione House          10.00      2,050.00    1,276.33 ===================================================================== Day 5 Breakfast at Pensione house - cofee          30.00 Crocodile farm Entrance          60.00 Butterfly Entrances          100.00          33.33 Lunch at Badjao Seafront          980.00        326.67 City Tour rented tricycle          500.00        166.67 Tip           200.00          66.67 Anicietos - Airport          10.00 Terminal fee          40.00 Terminal 4 - Pasay Terminal          100.00          33.33      1,880.00       766.67

Palawan: EL NIDO - Puerto Princesa / Day 4

Palawan: Day 1
Palawan: Day 2
Palawan: Day 3

December 2, 2013

Due to some misunderstanding of our pick up time schedule for underground river tour, this activity did not took place, I cancelled the tour and the agency paid us back the full refund of our payment except the Underground River Permit (P175.00), and so we stayed another night in El Nido and decided to take the 10:00am bus ride next day.

Because of the mishap, i wasn't able to call the roro bus to cancel our reservation that night and the man insist that the 500.00 is already forfeited, that the time I asked help from marina about our reservation. I know the Roro bus has the right to do this, and I thank Marina Garden Resort for their help to solved this.

kami na ang magulo

Thought my stress level wont come down, again thank you to the staff of marina garden for helping us. Made a little tour around the poblacion, visit midtown bakery again and decided to buy souvenirs in art cafe, i think they are the only establishment who accepts credit cards

displays

displays

After Art Cafe, we proceeded to Sea Slug to try other breakfast meal, then grabbed bread from Midtown bakery for our snacks along the way.  With the 6 hours bumpy and dirty road ride will definitely make you hungry.

Sea Slug: 10 years abago i served ang food

Ready to Go

Checked out at Marina Garden at 9:30am, Tricycle for P10.00 each, at exactly 10:00am the Bus left EL Nido.

Bus ride back to PPS 

Arrived In San Jose Terminal at 4:00pm (a total of 6 hours travel), hailed tricycle going to our Inn, Anicietos Pension House, Paid P100.00 for this special trip

Our Room: P750.00 / Night / 3 pax / fan room in Anicietos Pension House
Contact Number: Ms. Tess Lacao: 0927-205-9782

Anicietos Penthouse
This was taken next day of our stay

Anicietos Pension House is located near Bay-Bay or Baywalk, you can take a walk from this place and explore the baywalk even at night. The Pensione House offers a free used of their kitchen with free condiments, they are giving free towel, tissue, soap, they also sell water, softdrinks and other refreshment downstair, just approach the reception and they will gladly assists you. Ms tess is a very nice and fine lady, she is easy to talk with, and willing to assist you all the way, and shes not asking any reservation fee or advance payment, all you have to do is call her and inquire.

I booked for an overnight stayed with them coz our flight would be next day evening. 

After a little nap, freshen up, hailed taxi going to Kinabuch for our Dinner, I will not definitely miss this dinner, I read a lot of postive reviews about this restaurant. According to the staff of Anicietos, Kinabuch opened around 5:30pm and the place get easily full, so we hurried, took our seats, I think after a few minutes of stay, the place jumpedpack with customers. Good decisions on our part..

Hot Chocolate: yummy

Sinigang

Seafood Sisig

Afte Kinaubuch, ride tricycle going to baywalk and paid P40.00 special trip, and look what we found, a  Giant Christmas Tree, the baywalk is so alive

Giant Christmas Tree

Baywalk

We strolled the place, you can rent a bicycle, you will see a lot of eatery, definitely you wont be hungry in this place, the food price is quiete okey, there are also vendors who sell customized key chains and we bought few for pasalubong, when suddenly the rain poured out, we hurried back to pensione house, paid P10.00 each for tricycle.

Freshen up then rest, pack our things for our City tour next day and early check out then prayed giving thanks to our Almighty God for all the favor..

Palawan: El Nido: Island Hoping Tour C -

For Day 2 please click HERE

December  1, 2012

Woke up early, after bath, Hail tricycle going to El Nido Market where the Roro Bus located, paid P10.00 for this ride, I made a reservation and the man asked me to pay him P500.00 as a reservation fee, I paid the said amount even I have questions in my mind, beside he gave me a piece of paper where the P500.00 was written on the paper, I didnt bother to ask some questions coz I'm a bit in hurry, I was also being tempted to just take a walk (malapit lang naman kasi) and feed my eyes to the beautiful cliffstones, thinking about my sisters waiting for me made me decide to ride a tricycle again going to Servant Tours.

My sisters waited for me at Midtown Bakery, got their piyaya and mine is egg pies, drop by at Servant Tours paid our Tour C (got discount again), and pay a little visit at art Cafe, back to hotel change our clothes.

Ordered our breakfast in marina (they serve fast), when I told them that we need to hurry for the Island hoping.. Marian staff are very considerate, they always give smiles. 

It was past 9:00pm when James pick us up for the tour C.

Our First Stop for Tour C 

Our First Stop

Going to Matinloc 

Matinloc Island

Matinloc Island

This a picturesque area in Matinloc ang tawag ko dito.. "Buwis Buhay na paglalarawan" the spots can carry only 6-8 persons that is according to the guide I chatted up there. He asked some other tourists to wait downstairs, and  after we took some few shots we went down to give space to the waiting guest. :)

ang buwis buhay na pagpapalarawan

Angela a tourist from taipei joined us on this crazy jump shot, we really had fun doing this things (niyaya ko na, kasi nakatingin sya sa amin) we keep on laughing while doing this under the heat of the sun, she even asked james to take a lot of shots from her camera too. sorry guys, this is the best group jump shot that i can post. After us, there are some few tourist who did the Jump Shot.. Ganun talaga, gaya gaya lang yan, walang personalan..  ^_^

Jumps Shot at Matinloc

Next Stop after matinloc, sorry I really had a bad memory remembering each island. We docked in this island and our guides prepare our food while the foreign tourists took their time exploring the underwater world, my sibblings choose to rest and busied themselves building their castle, while I choose to chat with our guide, James and asked his life story, and I found out that he really has a good testimony in life, I was shocked to hear his story, and amazed how God lift him up from his downfall in life.

my sibblings castle.. 

We kept Angela's things with us while shes enjoying her snorkeling, and you know what kind of impact it did to her, positive, she kepts on saying "thank you for taking care of my things" and I kept saying "welcome"..

another sumptous lunch

Dead Island or peacock island?

Our last stop.. Helicopter Island - Again, we choose to sit on the fine sand, feel the air, play the sand in our palms, we took this chance for another photo opts. :)  the wave was so strong that time, so I didnt dare to snork.. better to be safe than sorry.

Helicopter Island
Thats Ms. Taipei - she did a little nap

5:30pm end of Tour C and Ms. Taipei waited for us at the shore and again she gave her "thank you" word, and nice meeting you guys. " Well, maybe if we werent in hurry that night for our 10:00pm bus ride back to PPS, maybe then we could had a nice dinner with her my fault is that I didnt asked any information from her.

I learned from this that as a local tourist, we need to make a positive impact to foreign tourists so that they will come back here and bring their friends with them and recommend our country to a "must see visit country" on their list. Hindi naman porket turista ka, magpapaka arte ka na diba? be nice to them, besides this is our beloved country whatever negative impressions they could get it will reflect to all of us.

Beachfront of marina garden at night

I cancelled our Underground River for the next day because of some mis-understanding on our schedules
of the tour agency, but I think that is a lesson to learn. I dont blame anybody for that, The Agency gave the full refund of our UR Tour Payment and asked for any inconvenienced.

Marina Garden: Aircon Room

my sibblings w/ james dadule

 *** Hammock ***

Marina Garden Cafeteria

We packed our things for our 9:00am check out next day, and while packing we suddenly miss el nido already, ganun ang impact sa amin ng beauty nya.