ADVENTURE PHILIPPINES: 2012

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The Philippines has more than 7,000 islands, and each and everyone of those islands has some beauty to offer to a traveler or a long-time resident. It is therefore natural that different public transportations are available to go around these many islands.> There are a lot of different public transportation modes in the Philippines, and here are fifteen of them. According to Wikipedia, public transportation means “passenger transportation that is available for the general public”. These will therefore exclude private jets, hired vans that require a negotiation and a contract on the rates, and similar other rides, though those are available in the Philippines, too. With these in mind, here are more than a dozen public transportation modes in the Philippines. Some are usual, some are quite interesting.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

THE UNDERGROUND TRAVEL

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is located about 50 kilometres (30 mi) north of the city centre of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. The river is also called Puerto Princesa Underground River. The national park is located in the Saint Paul Mountain Range on the northern coast of the island. It is bordered by St. Paul Bay to the north and the Babuyan River to the east. The City Government of Puerto Princesa has managed the National Park since 1992. The park is also known as St. Paul's Subterranean River National Park, or St. Paul Underground River. The entrance to the Subterranean River is a short hike from the town of Sabang. In 2010, a group of environmentalists and geologists discovered that the underground river has a second floor, which means that there are small waterfalls inside the cave. They also found a huge cave dome, measuring 300 meters above the underground river, incredible rock formations, large bats, a deep water hole in the river, more river channels, another deep cave, marine creatures, and more. And because it's very dark inside and very hard to get oxygen, it's dangerous for humans, so they didn't uncover all of the mysteries of this deep underground river.