Deep Forest Garden Inn @ Puerto Princesa, Palawan

Palawan is hot peak destination for travelers right now.  Maybe because of the  “Underground River”. It’s my first time to visit Palawan and my happy feet cast me at Puerto Princesa.  Underground river is not my choice because I have fear of caves so sorry for readers that looking forward for some blog about underground river.


Deep Forest Garden Inn

I booked a hotel at Deep Forest Garden inn. I choose this Hotel because it has pool and their rate is affordable (PHP 8,000 for 4 days/3 nights for 4 persons). This Hotel is owned by a foreigner.


The rooms at night

Hotel design – they have beautiful garden, lots of plants and trees everywhere, lights are stunning during night, they have animal statue that kids will love and they have hammock in some areas.


I love this giraffe

View from our room

The pool – the pool is not big but there is a pool bar which I like you can drink and sit there while swimming

Me the pool and  the bar

Additional to our enjoyment is the chess pool

The Rooms – The room is average and clean. It’s not huge, has flat screen, telephone, mini refrigerator & mini bar



The restaurant – their restaurant is stunning at night because of the lights. It’s like a big alfresco secluded by plants and trees. But beware in some plants inside their restaurant because it’s a beehive. So if you don’t want to sting by a bee, watch out for the beehive.

Beware of this tree with beehive.. yikes

restaurant with alfresco design at night
Keisha in the restaurant waiting for the menu

yummy hamburger

The food – A little bit pricey but the servings can be split for two persons).

The Staff- too slow to deliver our orders.

The Hotel is just right for the price. Its great to relax here because of the garden atmosphere. I will come back here soon.

This hotel has partnership with a travel and tour agency and they have travel agency office inside the hotel.

I inquired about how much is their Palawan tour would cost?

Next blog is A Guide to a budgeted Palawan Tour

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Let's explore Mt. Samat

Mt. Samat

Going to Mount Samat is one of my achievement last year, you should check this out and plan a visit.

According to history, Mt. Samat is a historic mountain in the town of Pilar, Province of Bataan, in the Philippines. Located near its summit is the Mount Samat National Shrine, which is dedicated to the  fallen Filipino and American during World War II.

more canyons out there

The best time to visit Mt. Samat is during early in the morning to avoid the sun’s peak. You need to go through many stairs to see the memorial cross. What is so special about this place?

Going to the shrine, the road is very steep so be careful when driving.

When we arrived Mt. Samat, I don’t have any idea what this place and I've never heard of this. My friend just told us to visit there and I forgot to do some research about the place. So here we are see the stairs?


We need to walk upstairs to see the cross

After the stairs you can see this view.

nice view

marmol stone hallway

its a little bit cloudy & chilly

When we reach this top we thought that we can enter inside the memorial cross already. But there's the stairs again ...wew!

More stairs to go ... heading up to the giant cross (MEMORIAL CROSS)

Halfway going up!

And we made it here.. yippee.. bladders called, perspiration called and thirst called. There is a CR here (don't expect too much from their CR). And also there is a store here  so you can buy some drinks, chips and souvenirs.



the shrine

There is an elevator inside and you need to pay PHP 20.00 as I remember. The elevator is so small and it can accommodate 5-6 persons only. This is a must so you can experience the thrill going up inside the cross.

And we reach the heart of the cross.

breathtaking view

The parking area.. I can see our red van over there

The view from the top is breathtaking and its cold up here. I'm a little bit paranoid, what if there's an earthquake while we are here... I can't imagine.

Visiting Mt. Samat is a great experience, so if your planning to visit Bataan, try to visit this Shrine. You will enjoy the view.

Its me!

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