sabang beach

the last time i was in puerto princesa in 2007, i went with my sgv officemates. we mostly stayed in the city with 1 day of honda bay island hopping and another day for the underground tour.

fast forward 2012 and my current officemate A invited me to go with her to puerto princesa because she wanted to see the underground river. this time, we stayed in sheridan beach resort in sabang beach which is the nearest resort (and nicest) to the underground river.

first impressions of the resort.. it reminded me so much of Conrad Bali - from the infinity-like pools to the way they designed the beach huts, pool area and villas. the main differences of course is that Conrad is bigger and Manila has wayyyy better sand.

On the first day we arrived in the afternoon, had late lunch, rested and waited for the sun to go down. we finally came out of our room around 5pm to take a swim at the huge pool. we stayed til the sun went down then we had dinner at the only restaurant in the resort.

the next day, we had a packed schedule. we took the mangrove paddle boat tour in the morning and the famous underground river in the afternoon. nothing much to see in the mangrove boat, but it was fun to take a boat ride and take in the beautiful scenery.

the underground river was quite crowded and we had to wait a bit for our turn. since it was my second time to go there, i became the designated person to hold the flashlight while the guide gave some funny comments and my fellow group tourmates took pics, videos and reveled at the sight of one of the wonders of the world.

the next day, we just had a late brunch. A swam again while i stayed indoors, engrossed with my vacation read. we left in the afternoon and was able to squeeze a few minutes to buy pasalubong back to our family.

really really nice vacation. i should go out of the city once in a while to relax and unwind more often!