I actually slept in this morning and then did my neural wake-up call and kicked my own butt doing an hour of the Insanity-inspired bodyweight work out. Afterwards, I had this awesome brunch the girls made us:
Yummy brunch before we caught our 3pm flight: fruits, eggs & Whole Foods sausage
We're in Palawan!
Lara and I dropped off our stuff, had our second dinner and then we went to on
a firefly boat tour at Iwahig River.
Waiting for our turn.
Our souvenir
I couldn't really capture any of the fireflies on my camera (flash photography doesn't work!), but it looked like this.
The boat ride tour itself was pretty incredible - the tour guide would flash a red light at the trees and the fireflies would light up. They light up because they think the red light is a predator, and they light up as a defense mechanism. The stars were shining bright and the guide was very knowledgeable about the constallations and educating us on the fireflies. The tour was a 2km boat ride; it was really enjoyable and relaxing.
Tuesday, February 12th - Caves, Ziplining & Underground River
We were rushed this morning, because we were getting picked up at 8am for our cave tour!
Lara and I decided to get our brekkie to go and eat in our van.
Our view outside our hotel;
these are the taxi cabs in the Philippines.
We did a pit stop and found some toys.
This has become a staple for car rides.
It's time to do some spelunking (exploring caves) and rock climbing.
We got a little introduction to what was ahead of us.
Our awesome tour guide and photographer, Marlin - who looks exactly like one of my best friend's (Precious) father. I was tripping out!
Headgear!
Just hanging around
We made it to the top
Way down - ziplining!
Lara & I left our mark.
It was then lunch time! My meal, x2.
Tamilok, mangrove-boring mollusk, which actually looks like a woodworm.
It's a Filipino delicacy, and doesn't look too appetizing.
It's a Filipino delicacy, and doesn't look too appetizing.
I was not planning on doing this food challenge when Lara told me about it a month ago. I still can't believe I did it. I'll put the video footage up, once it is loaded. It's funnay.
We drenched it in vinegar and it tasted like oysters.
Lara had 2 servings of this worm - because the camera did not work the first time she did it; obviously, it doesn`t count when you don`t have proof.
After lunch, we went to the Puerto Princesa Underground River boat tour.
Joke of the trip when people ask if Lara and I are Tita Pilar`s daughters:
"Jenna`s from husband #1; Lara's from husband #2."
"Jenna`s from husband #1; Lara's from husband #2."
The tour was pretty cool - it was full of bats - 44,000 of them. Most of them were sleeping as it was 3pm, but we did see a few fly around. Our tour guide told us many times not to talk unless we wanted bat shit. Haha! We saw cool limestone structures in the cave - some were shaped of the Virgin Mary, there was another one of Jesus' face; it was pretty amazing.
After we got back from our awesome day, we were exhausted. Lara and I chilled for a bit and decided that we needed to go on a fruit & chocolate scavenger hunt around the town - we were craving! However, we ended up going for a full dinner and dessert:
Our yummy desserts!
Lara and I pinky swearing that we would fast tomorrow, after this cheat day.
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