Underground River

The past days in the Philippines could have been spent more effectively, if it wouldn't be for my bad condition. With a couple of days left on Palawan and in the Philippines, we had to visit one of the most important and protected area here - The Subterranean River National Park or also called the Underground River. The river with a length of 4.3km, has been discovered to be the worlds longest underground river. Hundreds of boats takes visitors to the cave everyday to experience the rock formations and to witness the HUGE amount of bats. 

This river is not only very beautiful, the worlds longest and definitely worth seeing, it has even been listed on UNESCO World Heritage Sites as one of the seven Official Wonders of Nature. Four of these wonders are located in Asia.This list includes Jeju Island, located in South Korea, Komodo in Indonesia, South Americas Amazon, Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, The Table Mountain in South Africa and the Igazu Falls in Argentina/Brazil. Since Indonesia is one of my destinations during this vacation, I could pay Komodo National Park a visit. 

Traveling with a chinese couple, two young europeans, one filipino and my mother, we enjoyed lunch together, waited for a few hours before getting into the boat. The rock formations around the Philippines, reminds me of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. While sailing through the currents, the song from the movie is spinning through my head while I imagine the ships, pirates, Orlando Bloom… Anyways, these islands and rocks are unbelievable!