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Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido June 18th 2016

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Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido June 16th 2016

Week 10 : Palawan EL NIDO Enfin les vacances tant attendues ! Départ à 13h 45 du bureau pour un vol à 18h. Ce n’était pas de trop car les philippins n’aimant pas dire qu’ils ne savent pas, indiquent parfois des mauvaises directions. Sortie du métro, je demande comment aller au terminal 4 et le garde m’envoie au terminal 3. Heureusement que j’avais de l’avance. Mon vol confirme le retard traditionnel des avions philippins. A Puerto Princessa (capitale de Palawan), je me rends directement au terminal de bus pour prendre celui direction El Nido, " Le nid " (en espagnol) qui tire son nom des nids d'hirondelles de mer comestibles trouvés dans les falaises de calcaire qui bordent le site, aujourd'hui servis en soupe à des prix exorbitants. Avec 7h de route de 21h à 4h ... read more
El Nido - scooter (2)
El Nido - scooter (3)
El Nido - scooter (4)

Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido May 15th 2016

We left Coron at 8am on another boat, this one a lot smaller. Had a bamboo stabilizer on each side. Max capacity 20 passengers. 6 hours. Glad I picked up a book from the hostel. Tornado Down. I was able to finish the book during our ride on the small boat. We took a 15 minute tricycle ride to Corang Corang. Our hostel, PH Dormitels. Their logo, "Cheap but Clean". Private room with air con, a fan, and a private bath. 20 feet away from the beach. Quite nice and clean, minus the trail of ants on our wall. But what do you expect when traveling in a third world country. They didn't bother us so no need to bother them. There was only one slight issue... The island suffered from brown outs, "a reduction in ... read more

Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido April 8th 2016

Friday 8th April 2016 We were collected from our hotel at 11am and climbed aboard the Daytripper mini bus. This was very comfortable and even provided us with some water and dried banana. The journey ahead of us would take between 5-8 hours and we would be driving north along the coastal road to El Nido. The journey was uneventful but did offer some amazing views of the sea and inner jungle. We stopped a couple of time for food and toilet breaks, but most of the time we slept. After only 5 hours of driving we arrived in El Nido and was dropped off at our hostel, ‘OMP’ (Our Melting Pot). We were welcomed by the guy on reception who seemed very happy that we had stayed at their sister hostel in Manila. He showed ... read more
Gemma on the front of the boat heading out of the lagoon
Kayaking in the lagoon
Gem finding her boat

Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido December 16th 2015

I had a really laid back day in Manila relaxing by the pool and sleeping in an incredibly comfortable bed. I had a very early morning flight to Puerto Princessa in Palawan then caught a bus straight to El Nido as soon as I got off the plane. It was a nice ride across a beautiful island. I arrived in El Nido mid afternoon and settled in. There were a few Finnish guys staying at the same place that I checked in to so we hung out at our beachfront cottages having some beers and watching the sun set. We met a Croatian couple who joined us for a really nice seafood dinner and then had more beers at the beach bar. We also found a local gambling establishment with some really fun games. I came ... read more
Local gambling and beers with the Fins and Croatians
Enjoying some serious beach time
Palawan sunset

Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido September 23rd 2015

The Philippines is a strange country in that there are over 7000 islands that make up the Philippines as a whole. Each Island tries to boast of something different for the tourist market going from mountains, hiking, beaches, diving and yet they all seem to have that one common denominator which is that the people are poor. It is heartbreaking when you are walking down a street whichever Island that you are on and you see a young child in rags with arms stretched out asking for money. However there are some small towns that this is not affected by this and it seems to be places that the community gets together and helps each other. Anyways my next stop on the amazing world adventure was Palawan. Along the way through Philippines, many people had mentioned ... read more

Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido August 1st 2015

Palawan Our next venture was to swim with whale sharks off the coast of Puerto Princessa, Palawan. Out to sea the fisherman act as watchman to spot schools of fish feeding on plankton at the water's surface. This, along with seagulls circling overhead are the areas where you are most likely to find wild whale sharks, also feeding on the cryll and plankton. We left the Puerto Princessa port in search of these spots with the hope of catching a sighting of a wild whale shark. After a few failed attempts, the crew instructed us to quickly jump into the water with our snorkels. As I nervously looked down, approximately two metres below my feet I could see the distinctive spotted pattern of a 9ft whale shark gracefully gliding through the water. Unfortunately, this rare and ... read more
Small Lagoon
Small Lagoon
Duli Beach

Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido May 25th 2015

We take a minivan to El Nido, we were packed like sardines for 4 hours, there was just enough room to get your legs to squeeze in sideways. We arrived in Corong Corong, a couple of km away from El Nido, we are booked for 2 nights. It has its own beach and meant to be quieter than El Nido, and beautiful sunsets. We walk down to the beach through a guest house, the beach is dirty, people living in huts on beach, rubbish in sand, cannot walk along the beach without invading people’s privacy, dead jelly fish washed up –we don’t like it. We catch a tricycle to El Nido, 2 minutes over the hill. El Nido is a bigger village than Port Barton, but again a few back streets with guest houses and stalls, ... read more
el nido village
island hopping
el nido beach

Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido May 3rd 2015

In total we spent around 10 nights in El Nido. We did not need to stay that long but to be honest we opted for the cheapest flight back to Cebu which was over 2 weeks after arriving in Puerto Princessa. Initially we planned to visit Coron island but instead decided to spend more time in Port Barton (see previous blog) and El Nido with a few days at Puerto Princessa either side. So what did we do with all that time? Well, for starters - every morning we went to the Mid-Town Bakery. They sell the best donuts in Palawan, the size is decent and they are always fresh. Compared to the donuts in Greggs bakeries back home, here we were treated to warm donuts covered in sugar on the outside and a warm doughy ... read more
Las Cabanyas beach
Island overnight stay
Our delicious donuts

Asia » Philippines » Palawan » El Nido April 29th 2015

El Nido; a place in the Philippines that had us excited from the beginning of our research; a place that a lot of people arriving in Philippines excitedly discuss and a place described with a striking likeness to Guilin in China and also Halong Bay in Vietnam. Was this place really going to live up to expectations for us? Getting here from Port Barton was easy enough, we caught a Jeepney to Roxas and another to Corong Corong town arriving 4 hrs later. The drop off in Corong Corong town was only a short walk from El Nido proper, so geared up with our backpacks the 3 of us (Tom still included), walked straight past the tricycles and set out on our 20 minute walk. The sun was hot and together with the heat it had ... read more
Pristine waters
So clear
One two, three... Jump




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