Palawan Revisited

We were fortunate enough to join my aunt when she traveled to Puerto Princesa, Palawan last month.  I booked our flight from Manila via Cebu Pacific and the return flight via PAL Express and I found a nice hotel listed on Agoda at a discounted rate (to be reviewed in a succeeding blogpost).  I also managed to get the services of La Tiara Tours again for our Underground River, Honda Bay island hopping, and city tour.

We arrived at Puerto Princesa airport past 12 noon. I noticed there were more promotional posters and tarps here than in 2011 and with the small size of the arrival area, it's not helping that there are tour operators/representatives hawking their services inside the arrival area while you wait for your luggages. The local government should put up a regulated information booth inside the airport and visitors can book tours/hotels there instead of being touted at the very small arrival area.

After getting our luggage at the carousel, we headed for the exit and were met by one of the hotel staff who picked us up at the airport. I'm surprised they gave each of us a shell & capiz necklace and a brochure about Palawan.  I'm not sure if they give it to all visitors to Puerto Princesa though (since they didn't give us any when we visited in 2011).

The trip from the airport to the hotel took less than 20 minutes via the hotel's airconditioned shuttle van.