Originally Posted by
kmcbrid2
+1
Haven't been to Palawan but between the travel and jet lag you will probably have to spend majority of your time in Palawan, where you could spend 1-2 days in BKK getting over jet lag then you have northern Thailand, Samui, Hua Hin and of course Phuket. 2-3 day in each location and easy to get to with LCC's within Thailand.
Yeah, those logistics make more sense. The time I visited Thailand, we saw BKK and northern Thailand. We liked it, but it didn't blow our socks off. We didn't go to the beaches because we thought northern Thailand would be "more interesting."
So I'm generally inclined to try "something new." I've never been to the Philippines. I will admit that it doesn't seem to make a heck of a lot of sense in this situation.