its going to be our first to time travel - with each other alone. a good mom and son bonding. i don't want to treat this trip something special so we did not ask kuya jhing or kuya jenn to fetch us to the airport. we asked alan to bring us to bus terminal in tanza. then, we took a cab from coastal mall to terminal 3. it's still early but we decided to check in. we saw ethel booba.
while waiting for our plane, our tour agency called up and informed us that there was a change of schedule. instead of having the underground river tour - on a saturday, we need to have it on friday. so, meaning, as soon as we arrive palawan, we'll have to go directly to sabang which is more than an hour ride from airport. grabedad. =) .
from airport, the van was like a roller coaster ride for us. it's so fast. and the road is like zigzag going to sabang. we took one stop near ulugan bay. tour guide said that this is the gateway of the vietnamese to palawan. after 10 mins, we hit the road going to sabang beach and took our lunch from there. it's buffet. yay!
honestly, i don't know how to get to the river. i never thought that going there, we need to take a 20 minute banca ride. the waves are...oh my! i can feel my mom's heart beat. when i asked her if she's fine, she replied "eh, andito na tayo eh.". lol! the waves are kinda friendly though. i know that because our ilo-ilo to guimaras banca trip few years back with my sisters was not so good. anyhow, we survived the trip and was so proud of my mom because she was able to do it! yey!
our tour guide informed us that there were monkeys and monitor lizards all over the place. exciting! monkeys are cute but warning - naughty monkeys out on the go. monitor lizards are friendly. yes. normally, they will go out to wilderness. and those were the biggest bayawak that i've ever seen. grabe! going to the mouth of the river, we need to take a short walk with the trail. from there we saw gladys reyes. i told my mom to take photo with her - she just shrugged. lol!
my mom, eagerly waiting for our plane.
inside the plane going to puerto princesa
- of course she got the window seat.
behind me is ulugan bay.
you can only see her smile but have no idea how nervous she was.
behind me is the mouth of the world famous puerto princesa underground river.
my mom waiting for our turn inside the subterranean river.
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