Month plus trip
All-inclusive ten day return trip from Manila to Palawan for 10,000pesos ($200)
Do you live in Manila and have always dreamed of spending a week in beautiful Palawan but could not afford the expensive booking packages? I’ll show you some ways how you can do it very cheaply. First of all, as explained in my travel itinerary suggestions for the Palawan area, if you have a limited time and budget, I would suggest you skip Puerto Princesa entirely. It is not a very appealing town, and the only reason to even go down that far, the Underground River Tour, really isn’t that spectacular. You’ll lose an entire day waiting in line and be herded about with the massive crowd of other tourists.…
Opening a bank account and atm cash withdrawal for foreigners
After struggling with this issue for half a year, I finally found an excellent solution. Background history I’m a digital nomad, deriving my income from my various online jobs and businesses, a luxury which has enabled me to travel around the world for the past 15 years. The problem with this is big brother is growing and about a year ago the banks where I held accounts started asking me to prove that I still live in the country where my account is located. A few years before that my PayPal US account would no longer issue debit cards. One by one I was losing my cards. As a seasoned…
Dentist
While traveling through the Philippines, why not get a technical cleaning, or more serious work? You will get a great job and save tons of money. At the bottom of this page you will find contact details to a good dentist in Coron, a popular tourist destination, but before that, might as well make a good story out of it! Growing up in Ottawa, Canada, I remember loving milk, drinking lots of it, and one dentist remarked I have such perfect and strong teeth because of the minerals in Ottawa’s water. Most of my life dentists were always amazed whenever they peered their stethoscope into my oral cavity. Fast forward…
Kayaking in Palawan, Philippines
It was an exciting day yesterday when my first kayaking guests showed up, starting the 2000km stretch around Palawan island from Coron and back. The waves might be too rough in the open ocean north of Coron, so it may be better to just take the overnight sleeper 2Go ferry from Manila. Lots of storage space there. We are located about half way between Coron and El Nido, so make sure you drop by on your way. But be weary about the southern tip of Palawan, as it has a reputation of pirates, who even invade Malaysian waters off the island of Borneo to the south. You can check out…
Enjoy nature and the natural beauty of the Philippines
After traveling for the past 10 years (thanks to my online job) and spending 2.5 years on the lovely Thai island of Koh Phangan, I must say that the Philippines, with its 7,107 islands and referred to as the Pearl of the Orient Seas, absolutely KICKS ASS. That is, if you like trekking through the jungle, countless deserted beaches, paradise islands and hospitable people. Before the invasion of the Catholic Spaniards, this country was comprised of many tribes who lived together harmoniously and whose deity was nature. This respect for the environment remains today as every morning I see Filipinos sweeping the streets clean of garbage, unlike the unsightly mess I’ve…
Private Boats, Public Ferries and Flights between El Nido, Linapacan and Coron
Ferries, private tours and flight information on this page: Table of contents Introduction to Linapacan, 52 islands between Coron and El Nido Ferries Private Tours Flights Getting to Borneo Cuyo Introduction to Linapacan, 52 islands between Coron and El Nido Linapacan is a beautiful area off the beaten path and about half way between El Nido and Coron, as shown in these beautiful videos. The easiest and least expensive way to get here is by Jessabel and Bunso ferries (details below). Big safe banca boats with capacity for 80 people, but they do not make a regular stop in our harbour, so you need to contact the new manager at…
Suggested itinerary and travel plans for Palawan
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 beaches and off-the-beaten-path places, I would suggest to fly instead to El Nido and skip the south, since you tend to lose way too much time in a crammed van going from place to place. The underwater river tour is not so spectacular to make it an absolute must see and you will spend most of…
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 try cannabis oil, which a friend of mine has been using to heal people of cancer and all sorts of other horrible diseases all over the world. In ten days flat it got rid of most of my wart and I was able to walk comfortably again, but it was buried deep, right down to the bone,…
