On the Palawan Underground... river

This was the first time for all the team and children to the amazing Underground River at Sabang, one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature.

The river was amazing but the whole place was beautiful. It's a short 20min boat ride to a lovely bay with perfect white sand beaches and vertical cliff faces.

Here there are Monitor lizards and monkeys that thrive on stealing food from the many tourists that go there every day. A short walk though the jungle and you reach the river, then its an another much smaller boat to go into the cave.

The first part of the cave is very narrow and small and unimpressive, but then it opens out into large caverns. There are no pictures of the really big caverns as my camera flash wasn't powerful enough and they just came out as black.

There are lots of fascinating rock formations that have all been named according to what they look like, some are brilliant, there was one that looked just like a face. It's also much cooler in the cave and it was noticeable when we went back out into the bright hot sunshine. It was a fantastic day out for everyone a real treat for all. The caves continue deep under the mountain and we only see a small part but that still took nearly an hour. A beautiful place.
Click on the pic for more photos. And for more info on the Underground River, click here.

Jellyfish stings at Nagtabon Bay

Our team trip to Nagtabon Bay... my first time on the other side of the island and my first time swimming in the south China sea. 

   To get there we followed a small gravel track over the mountains, then dropped quickly to a beautiful hidden bay. The sea was warm... which was good because we arrived there in heavy rain, so it was warmer to be swimming than not!

   We had to put up with loads of small jellyfish, but they weren’t dangerous. Just a little sting every now and then which left a small mark like a mosquito bite. 

   I was doing the whole lifeguard thing, keeping an eye on the children, because lots of Philippinos can't swim at all and I was the best swimmer there.
   Click on the pic to see some more photos.