Wolfgang

The first six were retouched by him and sent back to me, the rest being ones that I liked and quickly touched up myself. Carsten Only three pics by another visitor, so decided to add them to this page, but ones of evening lightning with fancy camera and pretty cool stuff. Happens fairly frequently with … Read more

Boat Operator – Thomas

This boatman is no longer be available. His primary source of income by profession, Thomas also runs a regular schedule to Coron on Fridays, 2 days, with a one day trip back leaving on Sundays. Every operator has their own contacts or relatives who have islands you can explore or people to meet and stay … Read more

Suggested itinerary and travel plans for Palawan

Map illustrating travel routes in the Philippines: a blue path for flights from Manila to Coron, a dotted white path continuing for island hopping adventures in Palawan, and a yellow path highlighting ferry and boat tours from Manila to Puerto Princesa via San Vicente and El Nido.

Synopsis The Palawan area of the Philippines is the nicest, most natural, safe and devoid-of-typhoons area in the country. And the Puerto Princesa > El Nido > Coron to Manila corridor is rapidly growing as a favourite tourist route. If you are short of time, such as 12 days or less, and you like pristine … Read more

Volunteer program

This project is no longer active, but if you like you can apply to our new project on Guimaras Island. If you would like free accommodation in tent and half price off renting any equipment (if not used by guest), please apply through the usual websites such as workaway or helpx. Below is an old … Read more

Party in Manila, Ozzie brings 2 kiteboards

Back in Palawan when I was researching things to do in Manila for my website, I came across one blogger who wrote about visiting the slums. Horrid pictures of children wading up to their lips in black muck scrounging the city’s garbage in exchange for a bite to eat that day. Thought it could make … Read more

Eli Cave

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About a five minute boat ride from San Miguel, you can hire a boat for about 1,500p to explore these caves and then two other islands for some fantastic snorkeling. A local Japanese Filipino can give you a guided tour of the caves. To get here you can join or book one of our private custom Palawan … Read more

Pros and Cons

This page was originally written for a camp I used to run, but it can apply if you’d like to camp on a deserted island or tent on a beach as part of our island hopping boat tours between El Nido and Coron. If you would like to camp with your loved one or family … Read more

Colloidal Silver

The reason I wanted to give this substance a try is because I had been struggling with a wart on my foot for almost two years. For half a year I had tried everything possible, including big pharma, as you can see from the pictures on this facebook album. Until I got desperate enough to … Read more

Second shopping spree – main hut on its way

Some important improvements during this period. One massive drag of the mountain internet café was that it took half an hour before I would cool down enough and sweat stopped dripping down my arms so that I could begin working on the computer. There was almost no wind, flies would tickle their way relentlessly along … Read more