Palawan

Palawan, located at the west of the Philippines, has the most magnificent islands and marine life. The warm waters attract divers from all over the world. It's just a pity that most resorts are priced for foreigners and cannot be afforded by all Filipinos. I have a feeling some aren't even aware of or fail to appreciate how blessed we are.
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We flew Cebu Pacific Airlines and arrived in an hour. From the new airport, we rode the resort jeepney to a dock point where the banka (boat) awaited. At once, we saw the vast plains and rolling hills of Palawan. Most of us being riders could imagine the joy of galloping through the fields of grass. The boat ride was another 45 minutes and it took us through the river surrounded by mangroves.


For our summer vacation, my family chose Club Paradise Resort located in the Calamianes group of islands off the shore of Busuanga. The island itself is called Dimakya and it's across Coron which is at the northern tip of Palawan.

When we arrived on the resort, we were worried the weather would spoil our vacation as light showers blocked the sun out. June is quite a late time to go but for the rest of the trip we were pretty lucky with the weather. Apparently since Palawan is surrounded by mountains and coves fishermen can still go out to sea even if there's a typhoon. Since the winds were quite strong during the time we went, the clouds would pass by quickly and so we had good weather most of the time.
Club Paradise had pretty decent rooms. We stayed beach front so each cottage came with a duyan. For every meal, we had a lot to choose from the buffet. The food wasn't anything great but it kept us full. The service was friendly and the place was well maintained (considering our family last visited 13 years ago).


The highlight of our trip: Seeing the Pawikan (sea turtle)
It's rare to spot them and we saw not only one but two!!!
It was pretty tiring following them cause they were going deeper and the current was pretty strong. I was hassled with my leaking mask but seeing the pawikan made it worth it.