Puerto Princesa Experience Day One

Finally, the boys have invaded Palawan.

After pushed back from November 2009 to January 2010, there's no stopping the boys from conquering Palawan. Staying for 3 days and 2 nights, i can say that Palawan is one of the most beautiful and relaxing tourist destinations of the Philippines. Their beach was simply awesome and their Underground river, which is being considered as one of the seven wonders of the world, lived up to its hype.

Here's our iterinary during our 3 days stay:

Day one: City Tour

After arriving in Puerto Princesa almost noon, we decided to have City Tour as our first adventure. Here, we went to Binuatan Creations, Crocodile Farm, Mitra's Ranch and Ihawig Prison. Binuatan Creations shows you how natives creates a beautiful hand made bag from scratch. See how these people run their creativity and see their finished products.

Next stop, Crocodile Farm. Here, we witness live crocodiles and see how their place looks like. It's fascinating to see crocodiles since I never saw one except in movies. Also, have your pictures taken while holding a baby crocodile, with a small fee of course. But what the heck? Pay the man and have the pictures taken. It's not everyday you get a chance to hold a crocodile and have your pictures taken, right? The tour also includes Nature farm, a small type Manila-zoo like that includes all wildlife such as birds, ostrich, etc.

Next was Ihawig Prison. This part for me was boring since it was only a place where inmates creates stuff and sells them. This is part of their fund raiser for the inmates since the place was nothing spectacular.

Lastly, my favorite time, snack time. We had our snack at Mitra's Ranch. Here, we discovered Baker's Hill where based from our tourist guide, creates the best hopia. I didn't buy one since I grew up in Binondo and I've been eating Hopia my entire life. :) Bakers Field is the best place to have your pictures taken because it has beautiful landscapes. Also, have your pictures taken with Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, etc.

After the city tour, the boys went to spend their night spot at Kinabuch, a Gerry's-grill type like bar in Palawan. Kinabuch was one of the most famous night spot at Palawan. The food are similar with Gerry's. Filipino food but their way of cooking is not that satisfying. But if there's one thing that each tourist must try here at Kinabuch, try their Smokers Delight. A shot that surely you'll ask for more.