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eac02
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| not to highjack the thread but for those of you familiar with the philippines what do you think about palawan? from what i've read it sounds pretty interesting and laid back. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| not to highjack the thread but for those of you familiar with the philippines what do you think about palawan? from what i've read it sounds pretty interesting and laid back. |
True! Super laidback...and gorgeously beautiful. Very few foreigners and few locals as well. It's setting itself up for ecotourism at some point...but flights are not frequent enough and it isn't connected well enough to the rest of the Philippines for full-on mass travel - which actually makes it all the much better!
I love Palawan. I can't wait to get back there again. |
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prideofidaho
Joined: 19 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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I think I'm headed there soonish (Palawan, that is). I saw flights on Philippine Air for the equivalent of about 80,000 won return from Manila to Puerto Princesa. Not too bad!
Also, in terms of getting USD before leaving Korea, anybody have any thoughts on where to buy dollars? At the airport? I live in Itaewon...would there be a better place to exchange there?
cheers! |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Can't we get Philippine pesos in Korea? It seems dumb to exchange money twice. Each time you exchange, you get hit with a fee. |
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DCJames
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| Can't we get Philippine pesos in Korea? It seems dumb to exchange money twice. Each time you exchange, you get hit with a fee. |
Exactly. I find it redundant and wasteful to exchange won into dollars and dollars into peso.
Each time you make an exchange, the bank will sell at a rate that will make them money. YOU, not the bank will always lose value on your currency when you make an exchange.
Although Incheon airport foreign exchange booths don't have the best rates, I've found them good enough. Also, it's safe and you know you won't get cheated there.
But this is Dave's ESL and I don't think anyone is actually smart enough to realize this.  |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah for what you want, go to the Philippines. Thailand is nice, but the touristy aspects do grow old after a bit. In the Philippines, you can actually feel like your taking a vacation than being targeted by taxi drivers and prostitutes at every other corner. |
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njp6
Joined: 01 Sep 2005
Location: Gangnam, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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eac02, Just got back from Palawan and I loved it (well, most of it). El Nido is the place to go. Currently writing about my experience there with travel tips included at:
www.bigbadboonis.blogspot.com |
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