Underground River in the LA Times!
by Donna Amis Davis / @DonnaAmisDavis
I am stoked to see our beautiful island’s Underground River featured in the LA Times. LA Times calls the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park one of the bizarre and unusual destinations of the world. Here in Puerto Princesa, on the island of Palawan, Philippines, we refer to it simply as The Underground River. LA Times may label this place odd, but I just call it home. Offbeat travelers, come on over!
Offbeat Traveler: Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park – latimes.com.
Getting there is half the fun. Once you are on the launching beach of Sabang, two hours north of the city of Puerto Princesa, you take a twenty-minute pump boat ride up the breathtakingly beautiful western coast of Palawan.
Then your boat lands on a very pretty little beach.
As you hike along the trail toward the mouth of the Underground River, you will pass through a jungley area inhabited by Palawan monkeys and monitor lizards.
When you first arrive on Palawan, on your way to the Underground River, don’t miss exploring Puerto Princesa.
As you buy your snacks, try to time it so you catch the NCCC Grocery Store Dancers! Hey, LA Times, are you calling us odd, unusual and offbeat? You didn’t even know about our synchonised dancing in the grocery store aisles.
This article about Sabang Beach shows the beauty you will find along the way.
A fun and cheap place to eat in Puerto Princesa, Rene’s Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant, or Bona’s Chaolong Noodle House, for Filipino-style Vietnamese beef stew noodles. Or buy some gourmet picnic items, and pack your own lunch from Bruno’s Swiss Food Delicatessen.
Mucho thanks to Ricky and Bethy Cobabe, of Torrance, CA, for the use of their photographs.
I often forget what a unique place you live in, because you’ve been there so long and are so matter of fact about it. Great reminder. And cool pix!
And we’re still waiting for you to visit! We wish we could show you around. Maybe someday? Thank you for your kind words. I have a list of ideas for further places to feature over the next year, too.
Donna, We loved the Underground River when we were in Palawan a few years ago. The day we were there there was a group of nuns that went right before us in the boats and they were having a blast!
That’s hilarious, Corinne. Glad you got to see the Underground. Did you spend any time at Sabang, the beach area staging ground for the Underground River?