{"id":2052,"date":"2013-12-18T21:40:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T05:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tillthemoneyrunsout.com\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2015-04-11T13:35:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T20:35:46","slug":"puerto-princesa-home-of-the-lorax-a-new-world-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tillthemoneyrunsout.com\/puerto-princesa-home-of-the-lorax-a-new-world-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Princesa – Home of The Lorax & a (New) World Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was expecting to sort of hate Puerto Princesa. Most of the blogs I read warned travelers to get out of there as soon as possible warning about the slumminess of the city, the putrid smell and the abundance of trash. <\/p>\n

I am happy to say that my expectations were completely and totally unmet. What I first noticed when we came into the city was the abundance of trees. <\/p>\n

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Now there are lots of trees all over the Phillippines. Tropical rainforest covers most of the archipelago. But in other places the jungle surrounds the little towns and cities, here the town is built around the jungle. Shops and houses are literally built around trees and it turns out that chainsaws are highly controlled, permitted and are not legally allowed to be moved from one neighborhood to another without extensive paperwork. <\/p>\n

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