Foot and Fire

Roses *** yellow flower *** pink bougainvillea *** fiery orange Fire Tree *** Pink bells *** carnation pink flower *** pretty flower *** potted roses *** bougainvillea *** bougainvillea *** A photo of me by the bougainvillea outside our Coron Reef room. ***

I ate Tamilok, also known as shipworm, but technically, this is not a worm. It is an elongated mollusk that grows inside the dead trunks of mangrove trees. *** Meditated on top of a Karst in Matinloc Shrine in El Nido! *** I zorbed! I crawled inside a water-filled big ball and allowed myself to be rolled down the hill together with the ball. The experience was actually exciting and fun but also anxiety-filled because one can actually land in the hole as one rolls up and down together with the rolling big ball. *** I ate lato and liked it! This grape-like shaped seaweed has some bumpy crunch in the mouth that goes well with vinegar. A great and instant appetizer as it will just be washed with fresh water and then serve immediately. ***  I flirted with Chao Long but the love affair didn't work out. The Chao Long I tasted must not be an enough representative of the popular Vietnamese-inspired noodle soup in Puerto Princesa City. The sto...

I enjoyed the pastoral view of the Rancho Zipline Adventure. It was nice to stay for more minutes but we started our tour late, so we hurried up as we still have more places to go and we also have to do pasalubong shopping within the day. *** Playing like they're no senior citizens at all. *** Joining the crowd. Who's the senior citizen here? *** A nice view with me on it. *** The Ranch... Exhilarating. Like fishes in the waters of Coron and El Nido, these are cows and horses in the mountains of Puerto Princesa. The zipline. *** The clubhouse of the Rancho. *** A photo of me at the garden of the Baker's Hill, famous for its hopia. *** My heart is full. *** He is in love? *** The Hopia for pasalubong. Tried their crinkles and they're highly recommended too.  The Pianono of Baker's Hill quenched my longing for this childhood bread. Mina...

These are such cuties for crocs! I can't resist but have a photo of me with these crocodile stuffed toys which welcome the guests to the Crocodile Farming Institute in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan which houses the real thing. *** This was the longest crocodile in captivity before Lolong...  *** *** *** Just before meeting the real thing. *** The baby crocs. *** Adult crocs. *** Crocodile, up close. *** Some fyi. *** Further fyi. *** Valentino. *** Holding the real thing. *** Yes, this is the real thing. *** Not this one. *** Waa, not so real to me. *** The bearcat. *** A bird. ***