iLonGgA ♥ LaKwAtSerA: Palawan: A Sweet Escape

... and this is a super late post but, its better late than never. I just wanna share my happy escape in this beautiful place last September 2012. ☺☺☺
My most awaited trip. Awaited because there's so many things happened prior to this trip but I made it through and make it worthwhile and an adventure I couldn't forget. A sweet escape....
... And this is our first local trip together of my friend Joyz.

..and were escaping!! =)

September 5 : Day 1 ✈✈✈

Since, I'm coming from the south, I booked a 6 am flight Davao to Manila and arrived Manila at around 9 am through Airphil Express. Joyz and I just meet up at the airport.

Our Manila to Puerto Princesa flight via Airphil Express is at 12NN and were just happy that were not delayed.
.... After 45 minutes, we arrived at Puerto Princesa airport. We landed smoothly on a cloudy Palawan.

hello!! Palawan

... and our little adventure begins!!

For this trip, I contacted a travel agency to arrange everything for us since we just have 4 days and we want to spend it wisely. Outside the Airport, Ate from the travel agency welcomed us warmly. On our way to the van terminal to El nido she brief us with our travel itinerary and everything.

At almost 2pm, we left Puerto Princesa to El Nido. El Nido is a 6-hour drive from Puerto Princesa. But, every 2 hours the van has a quick stop-overs on eatery for some snacks and CR breaks.

At around 8pm, we safely arrived in the town of El Nido.

The travel agency booked us at Marina Garden Beachfront Resort. (See next post for details about Marina Garden Beachfront Resort)

Hungry as we are, we had our late dinner at Art cafe Boutique.

El nido is a small town so most of the establishments closes at around 10 pm.
... and its time to relax and regain energy for the next day adventure!

September 6: Day 2

Rise and Shine!!! ☼ ☼ ☼

awesome view while having breakfast

Tired as we are, especially me, we missed the sunrise.And there's no electricity already. Electricity in El Nido only operates at 2pm-6am and the rest of the day the resort just uses generators.

Breakfast is served on their restaurant right in front of the beach. just an awesome view. ❤ ❤ ❤

..and were so tan!!!

At around 9am, we went for Island hopping. We booked for Tour A. (I'll discuss our island hopping adventures on the next post)

... And the tour ended at around 5pm.

As fast as we can, we showered and fixed our things and checked-out 'coz were gonna catch the 6pm roro bus to Puerto prinsesa...

At 12 midnight we arrived Puerto Prinsesa and went directly to Purple Courtyard Inn... Thank god kuya driver is friendly enough to find the place...

... And its another goodnight sleep!

September 7: Day 3

Brand new day here in Puerto Princesa...