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Palawan Motorbike Trip 009
Wednesday February 17, 2010 8:45 a.m.
San Vicente, Palawan
You haven’t lived until you’ve delivered bread in the Philippines by pumpboat.
I was a little bit worried about my day on the pumpboat delivering bread. For one thing, I’m overdue for a bout of stomach sickness. I haven’t been sick at all since I got here and I thought it would be terrible to be sick and stuck …
Palawan Motorbike Trip 010
Our first stop was an unusual one. It consisted of a very small collection of huts on a tiny beach. No one on the boat spoke English, so I spent most of the day just guessing what we were doing and why we were doing it. This place didn’t seem large enough to need any bread deliveries. And Jack-Jack said something about this being where …
Palawan Motorbike Trip 011
Thursday February 18, 2010 8:30 a.m.
San Vicente, Palawan
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a wide tropical beach covered in thousands of giant red jellyfish.
Wednesday was something of a special day in San Vicente. When I went across the street to the covered market for lunch, I found the place very busy. My regular canteen was filled to bursting. Every table was occupied and a crowd …
Palawan Motorbike Trip 012
Friday February 19, 2009 8:05 a.m.
San Vicente, Palawan
Much better this morning. I had three bottles of beer with Jason last night instead of five (or was it six?). And I slept well and I have no hangover at all this morning. It wasn’t even Jason who got me to drink. I showed up at his place last night with a knapsack of beer. He doesn’t …
Palawan Motorbike Trip 013
Saturday February 20 2010 7:20 a.m.
I can feel my trip winding town. Today, I turn the front wheel of my motorcycle back toward Roxas. Craig was successful on his mission, and he reserved a cottage for me at Coco-Loco island Resort. It isn’t one of the nice cottages on the beach, but that’s okay. I’m only going to be there for two nights, and the …
Palawan Motorbike Trip 014
Sunday February 21, 2010 9:00 a.m.
Coco-Loco Island Resort, Palawan
It had to finally arrive, my last full day on Palawan. Tomorrow night I’ll be sleeping in my bed back in Taipei. Though this really isn’t my last day in Palawan when you think about it. I take the boat back to the main island tomorrow morning at 8:00. So I’ll be waking up here in paradise. …
Palawan Motorbike Trip 015
1:45 p.m.
Puerto Princesa, Palawan
So far, knock on wood, things have been going according to plan. The boat left from Coco-Loco at 8 a.m. like it was supposed to. We got to Roxas no problem where my trusty motorcycle was waiting for me with a full tank of gas. The three Canadians had taken the same boat and they got on a mini-van to Puerto.
I thought …