Hunting Cheese: Philippines - Palawan

Welcome to Palawan!

Well, first we had to get there... Not sure if anyone saw my Facebook post about enjoying the luxuries of Business Class on the way to Manila. Matt booked that portion of the trip with his status and points. This was my plane view. Even a little icing on the cake with Daniel Craig.

Now this is Matt's view on our way to Palawan... I planned this portion of the trip. Sorry Matt!

Luckily, there were some fun games on the plane and Matt even won this awesome Cebu Airlines pouch! I think that made up for it...

After the great flight, we arrived into Puerto Princesa on Tues afternoon.

Our B&B picked us up at the airport and we started on the quick journey through the town and then back into the jungle/neighborhoods where or B&B was located. To be honest we were a little sketched out by the journey and thought we might be in for a scam in the back alleys of the Philippines, but then out of nowhere appeared this cute little spot in the woods! The Palo Alto.

Without anything planned for that day we just lounged by the pool. This turned out to be a great plan because we made some fun new friends! One couple, Sarah and Anders actually also live in Shanghai (oddly enough) and Ben and Kelly were from Cambridge. Both really fun couples. After pool time we headed out to dinner which turned into bar hopping which turned into clubbing. We made our way to Tiki Bar which had the most interesting band playing a good amount of Celine Dion, then some Whitney Houston and even a little Michael Bolton. What a treat!

is that the kind of music you would expect to come out of this band?

As we were celebrating Anders & Sarah's birthdays, Kelly & I requested "My Heart Will Go On" in dedication to their love. It was a real crowd pleaser. Sarah paid us back by getting every couple a flaming waterfall shot.

After that things went a little down hill... For example, during the band's intermission, they played mainly HipHop / Top 40 music so when the "Wobble" came on, I promptly pulled Kelly up on stage and we performed. I was positive some of our new Filipino friends would come up and join us but no such luck. Just Kelly & I. Good thing the crowd kept cheering us on!

After too much fun we hopped on our first "tricycle" ride back to the hotel. What an adventure! There wasn't enough room in the buggy and to balance the weight I had to sit on back of the motorcycle side with our driver. He was quite friendly.