Back to the big smoke(s)Manila, Philippines Manila, Philippines Green Verde has an amazing young chef and we ate there every night we were in Sabang. I had the lemongrass chicken almost every night, which was an amazing combination of flavours and just thinking about it makes my mouth water! Christine also found her favourite and stuck with it – pineapple chicken I think it was. As an ex-luxury lodge manager I can safely say that the staff members at Green…
Finally! The Underground River! Sabang, Philippines Sabang, Philippines When we started researching the Philippines, the first thing that caught my eye was the Puerto Princesa Underground River on Palawan Island. Because of this, I started looking more into Palawan and what was on offer there and then discovered that it is the less travelled and less touristy island. This, of course, is very much my cup of tea and Christine was keen too so we decided to make it the…
The world from the top of a Filipino jeepneySabang, Philippines Sabang, Philippines Once again we were up bright and early and ready to hit the road. We caught a tricycle to the bus stop in El Nido where there was, again, an overfull van waiting for us. We jammed in our luggage, some went on the roof and off we headed to Sabang. The van, we were told, was going back to Puerto Princesa and not to Sabang, so we…
An Island Paradise – El Nido El Nido, Philippines El Nido, Philippines On Monday morning, bright and early (as in 4:30am!) we were wondering why on earth we had booked such an early flight to Palawan. Needless to say, we got up, got packed and walked out into the humidity and along the street to where the taxis, jeepneys and tricycles wait for passengers. We found a taxi and he agreed to use the meter (they often try and sell…