To Infinity And Beyond.♡: A Thousand Epitome of Palawan.♔

*Partial content for my exam(Pre-Finals) on MIS:

4. Experiences

Palawan is known to be the last frontier which houses One of the Seven Wonders of Nature namely; The Underground River. It was such a privilege to be one of those people who have visited the place. Hence, I had the courage to experience the said adventure and prove to my fellowmen that Palawan is indeed a Natural Wonder and worth admiring for. I may not elaborate all that I have experienced but I will make sure that A ~~thousand words~~ would make it count.

I left my hometown for almost a week with a lot of apprehensions, expectations, anxiousness and queries on my mind, hoping that these would be fulfilled after our trip. Fortunately, our “Lakbay Aral” in Palawan was very productive and progressive that I ought to explore all my thoughts in mind. Moving on to the highlight.. The moment our plane landed to Palawan. My heart felt pure and light because all I can see was the good points that Palawan possesses. It was quite different from other places except the fact that there are not much establishments. Until I knew that they are uniting in the campaign of an eco-tourism place. I can say that they really did well. Even their simple bases and rules have contributed well. Like the Zero Waste Disposal and the Zero Litter on every space. Because all we can see were green and healthy nature and civilized citizens and ambassadors of the Frontier.

As our itinerary goes by, I tend to enhance my knowledge upon learning on the certain fields that we explore which made me realize that Palawan earned me more access on understanding and appreciating a place. We have travelled through land, air and sea. All I have seen was the beautiful creations that God has given us. Well, that me decide that I must and will be an ambassadress of protecting nature. But before that, I should be knowledgeable about nature. So I listened well to our tourist guide and I am hopeful that I would be positive on my act.

Honda Bay is really an epitome of natural beauty. I have enjoyed our island hopping even though we have only gone into a couple if islands due to ~~water difficulties~~. As much as we want to, the waves of the sea kept on scorning us to depart. But looking on the bright side, those Islands that we went through are somehow worth the effort even though we we’re looking forward to some more eligible islands. To be honest, snorkeling wasn’t that fun for me at that time because the water was too wavy that it can even carry me to move, I was quite scared and anxious as well. So after snorkeling, we rode again the boat to shift to another island where we waited for our lunch. The service wasn’t that fast so we decided to explore the island while waiting. We took pictures of ourselves and the sceneries, converse some of the views that we loved while walking, enjoyed the water, searched for some sea creatures, meet new people of different nationalities and a lot more.

It’s quite ~~childish~~ of me to search for something that a mature woman would find. But I felt really close to the sea when I found some starfish. I don’t know, I just feel blithesome whenever I see varieties of starfish. After exploring the island, we had our lunch eaten and left the island instantly to proceed to our City tour. But before we left, I have seen groups of sea urchins clearly within the water. Well, that was again another manifestation that the biodiversity in Palawan was good and outstanding.

Upon our tour in Puerto Princesa City, I salute Hon. Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn for his very creative insights on the campaign for tourism in his land. It was way better than the others because he managed to advertise the place’s tourist destinations as well as the campaign for an ecological and economical province. So I guess, his move was really effective.

When people say Palawan, the first thing that comes to mind is St. Paul’s Subterranean River. So I told to myself: “If ever I would go to Palawan, I must and should visit the Underground River”. And I did, it did happen with God’s grace because we almost got ~~cancelled~~ upon our Underground River visit due to the weather and the sea’s condition. As soon as we heard the news that we are going to pursue to the river, ourselves simply leaped for joy. On our way to St. Paul’s National Park, I keep on wondering what it really looks like personally despite the waves that keep on bugging our boat. So as we arrived and stepped into the water, I said to myself “Yes, I made it”. I have seen the jungle and some of the animals like the cute little monkeys, bayawak, squirrel, bats, etc. Well, it was again another manifestation of the Rich Nature that Palawan have. And now, we are headed to the river which is only a few meters away from the shore, I felt the cold water that probably dropped from the stalactites and the salt/fresh water. I have also smelled what they call the “bat shit”, it was really ~~awful~~ but considerable. I can’t hide my excitement and fear of deep water but I have positively endured it. I did ride the boat calmly without showing my friends my fear because they might just ~~bully~~ me. Upon entering, it was getting dark and the stronger smell the bats produce. I was though fund of our boat driver because of the manner he converse with us. His language was very cool and fun to hear as well as his knowledge. I was astonished by the view and mostly of the natural rock formations. How I wish, I would go back to that paradise as soon as I could. So after that, our Palawan experience has ended.

We went in Palawan with full of expectations and fortunately fulfilled such. We will surely take home good memories and treasure precious experiences. Generally, I have nothing ~~negative~~ to say about Palawan because all was infinitely impressive and surprising. And now, we are ready to be Ambassadors of Nature. So we left Palawan nothing but footprints and memories to keep.=) KUDOS PALAWAN! YES TO NATURE!!♥☺