Letting My Feet Decide: 2011 Trips (Part 3)

Just some, er, "prologue" notes: I am so happy! This is my first blog entry for the month of August and I have created five (FIVE!) last July. Yay! I have a very very small number of lessons this month which is a blessing and a curse. This makes me feel so torn. Haha! Anyway, this is the second to last part of the Letting My Feet Decide: 2011 Trips, um, saga (Wow, saga). Thank you to my loving friends who were kind enough to read my blog! Love love love! :)

Other places (con't)


Honda Bay

One simply does not go to Palawan without visiting the beach. That's just absurd.  And so, my sister and I went island hopping a day after I visited UR.

Crossing this bridge is quite scary.
You must have faith that you won't topple over.

Highlights: They said that the "best of Honda bay is underwater." They weren't kidding. On your way to the island (or islands) that you'll visit, pass by Pambato Reef where you can swim and pose with schools and schools and schools of fish you'll feel like a teacher (laaaaame joooke)! Ask a friend (or bully your sister, hehe) to feed the fish so that you can, er, attract them even more. (Don't worry, there are no sharks here. I think. Haha!) You can buy bread there for around P15-20. You can also rent the snorkeling gear there but I forgot how much that costs.

See? Lots and lots and lots of fishies! :)

My sister enjoyed feeding the fish
(I did not bully her to do it, I swear!)

Ready to go snorkeling!

Are you taking my picture?

Oh, wait. You are?? *poses*

Okay, wait. Career mode.

Snorkeling is really, REALLY fun! :D

Snake Island is a sandbar where visitors usually have lunch. We had lunch there, too. (The food was great, as usual.) Snake island was just a-ma-zing. Think pristine white sand and the cleanest, clearest water. See for yourself:

Shrimps in Palawan. One word: HEAVEN.

This picture was taken by our boatman. I forgot his name but thanks, kuya! :)

One of my favorite shots

Isla Pandan (or Pandan Island) is just as beautiful as Snake Island. The best part of Isla Pandan? The starfishes. They're everywhere. 

Before Palawan, I have never seen a starfish before. (Note, though, that I first went here when I was 9. I have seen a starfish before this 2011 trip.) For the longest time, I thought starfishes can only be found in Palawan. So just think of my reaction when I first read The Star Thrower. I was inspired. I was horrified. My whole childhood was a liiiieeee! :O

My sister, enjoying her "golden halo-halo."

Lowlights: The food on Isla Pandan was very, very, very expensive. I think I paid P100 for halo-halo. Or maybe it was P70. Either way, that's too expensive for food from Palawan. Speaking of food, I think that's another downer: not having enough food. Lunch was provided by the travel agency, though. Maybe they'll consider giving snacks, too. Hey, swimming can be really, really tiring.


To be continued...