Thursday February 11 5:00 a.m. Domestic Terminal – Manila Airport I am sitting inside a coffee shop in the airport waiting for my cappuccino. There is a menu right at the front that lists all ...

12:30 p.m Puerto Princesa, Palawan Here I am back in Puerto Princesa. It’s interesting how familiar the place feels. Then again, I did spend a month on Palawan, and I was in Puerto Princesa for ...

Friday February 12 8:05 a.m. Restaurant at the Puerto Pension in Puerto Princesa It’s pretty late for a guy on the road to be having breakfast, but it’s always that way the first day. But ...

Saturday February 13, 2010 Nagtabon, Palawan To set the stage, I’m sitting on the front verandah of my perfect little bungalow on my perfect beach. Coconut trees towering overhead. Beautiful white sand. Waves crashing on ...

Sunday February 14, 2010 3:30 p.m. San Vicente, Palawan Being 3:30 in the afternoon, it’s a bit late for my morning coffee, but I’ll take it when and where I can get it – comfortable ...

Getting out Nagtabon was a challenge. The road was very steep and I had to gun the engine in first gear like some kind of motocross racer. My rear wheel was bouncing all over the ...

Just a few minutes in San Vicente and I could feel my mood rising and rising. It was exactly the sort of place that I like to come across. At first, I was a bit ...

Monday February 15, 2010 8:30 a.m. I arranged to have breakfast at the canteen at 8:30. The woman has just run off to get fresh eggs and will come back to scramble them. Perhaps I ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...