Palawan New Years 2013: Day 4 - The Gypsy's Lair Art Cafe

After the Underground River Tour, we went to the TripAdvisor number one (out of 48)  rated restaurant in Puerto Princesa: The Gypsy's Lair Art Cafe. (La Terrasse was #2.)

The Gypsy's Lair Art Cafe.

Palawan New Years 2013: Day 4 - Underground River!

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as well as one of the New7Wonders of Nature. So we thought maybe we should check it out. As I mentioned in an earlier post, our original tour was cancelled by the coast guard because of bad weather. We spent the whole day not knowing if we would be able to visit this National Park or not. Long story short, yes, we got to go!!!

The boats waiting for their turn.

Palawan New Years 2013: Day 3 - Pristine Beach

Pristine Beach. It might not be what you would expect, given the name. But it was a short walk from our hotel so we thought we'd just go take a look.

Pristine Beach

Palawan New Years 2013: Day 3 - El Cielo Mansion

Our third day on Palawan was supposed to be our Underground River tour but we found out at breakfast that the coast guard cancelled it due to bad weather. We were disappointed but our hotel told us that they would contact the tour company and try to get us in the next day. Because this happened to be New Years Day, the permit office was closed so we wouldn't know until the next morning if we could actually go. (It is a protected area so you need to get a permit to visit the river.) Oh, the suspense!!!

I'll take this time to talk a little about our accommodations.

El Cielo Mansion

Palawan New Years 2013: Day 2 - La Terrasse

After getting cleaned up from our Honda Bay adventures, we headed out to La Terrasse for dinner.

Welcome to La Terrasse!

Palawan New Years 2013: Day 2 - Honda Bay Tour ~ Part 3

Our final stop on the Honda Bay Tour was Pandan Island.

Pandan Island also had mangroves.

Palawan New Years 2013: Day 2 - Honda Bay Tour ~ Part 2

Here is more from Honda Bay...

Our second stop was Starfish Island.

Palawan New Years 2013: Day 2 - Honda Bay Tour ~ Part 1

Our second day on Palawan we took an island hopping boat tour of the near-by Honda Bay. This was super fun! If you're staying in Puerto Princesa, I highly recommend it.

The boats waiting for their passengers.

Palawan New Years 2013: Day 1 - Puerto Princesa City Tour

After our lunch in the mangroves, we got picked up for a tour of the city.

Freakiest landing pattern I've ever experience. That's Honda Bay in the distance. More on that later.

Palawan New Years 2013: Day 1 - Badjao Seafront

Our NGO is closed for two weeks over Christmas and New Years. We weren't sure if we would have company over that time or not. It turns out that we didn't so we decided to go to Palawan!

Cebu Pacific has a daily direct flight from Davao City to Puerto Princesa for a very reasonable price. There was even a promo! We got in just after 10am and once we checked into our hotel, we headed out for an early lunch.

The entrance to Badjao Seafront Restaurant.