Our itinerary had us leaving from the brand spanking new Terminal 3 from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport ( NAIA) in Manila on a Sunday morning at 8:30 on Cebu Pacific Air.  Our flying time was scheduled for one hour or so to Puerto Princessa.

This was my first time flying domest in the Philippines from terminal 3, and I must say it was a wonderful experience.   The old terminal was really old, and quite inefficient.  The new terminal reminds me of the airport in Bangkok.  Cebu Pacific has always been a nice ride for me, and they did not disappoint on this trip.  All went according to plan and schedule.

A little background on this trip is in order now.  My buddy had traveled to Puerto Princessa several months earlier.  He sent me his pictures and commented on how easy it was to get about.  I was very impressed with his pictures and trip report, so I immediately booked the trip for my end of year trip.

Soon we were arriving in Puerto Princessa with cloudy skies welcoming us.  After a little wait to get our luggage, we were soon in a trike headed to the motorcycle rental shops.  As my friend had reported, the trikes were waiting right outside the luggage area, and the ride to the bike rental shops was only about 5 minutes from the airport.  I simply told the trike driver I wanted to get a 200 cc Honda and off we went.

The first place we stopped had one 200 available, but the tires were worn, so I decided to take my chances down the road.  A little further and we found ATO along the left side of the road leading to town.  Ato is the name of the owner, and he hooked us up with a nice Honda 200 XR for 7 days at 700php a day.  I really liked renting from Ato, as he took an interest in where we were going, did some last minute tuning on the bike and provided bungie cords to help tie down our bags.   The contact number I have for Ato is +63-920-491-3069.

I was so pleased with the service of the trike driver and his help finding a good bike to rent, I gave him 100php for the trouble.  He was very happy with that!  Soon we were headed down the National Highway towards the turn off to Sabang Beach.

The National Highway is well marked with signs and all paved for great driving through some beautiful country.   After about 45 minutes or so you will come to the sign for Sabang veering off to the left.  The road at this point is under construction.  As we made the turn to Sabang, the skies opened up and started dumping rain on us.  Fortunately, we came across a thatched roof roadside stand just waiting for us, and we pulled under it for about a 30 minute break and watched the rain.

Once the rain stopped, we continued down the now very muddy road for another hour or so to Sabang. The road dead ends right at the beach. Not sure which way to go, I took a left down the trail, and was very happy after a couple minutes when we came to Dab-Dab Cottages and Restaurant.