Puerto Princesa

Almost done with January!

So, since Rachelle has not had the opportunity to see the Philippines without her huge family in tow and many botched plans, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I whisked her away to Palawan for an island getaway. It's the stuff you wish you could win in a raffle.

We only had a couple days but we made the most of it. The first day was laid back. We got there early enough to do stuff, but we didn't know where to go. We tried to go to the beach near our resort, but it was a little less than paradise.


kind of sad and lonely, but neat at the same time. Mostly mangroves with loads of hermit crabs to play with.
It stormed later that day and we were exhausted so we slept through most of it.

The next day we signed up for an island hopping tour, including snorkeling and a fantastic buffet lunch. We joined up with some people, mostly couples, and visited three islands. The first was Pandan. I really liked the coral and fish combination. There we saw a ton of neat things including


Nemo


and a COOL LIONFISH


this baby


yay underwater!

Now, we went crazy with photographs and luckily Rachelle was kind enough to post most of the pictures so I don't have to: http://picasaweb.google.com/rachelle.glorioso/WeekendGetawayPalawan

Trust me, you want to click that link.