Blogs from El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, Asia - page 5

V pohode vstanie ,oholenie a smer tour B. Na vodostanici nik nebol,tak som siel na vylet len s 1l vody. Klasika v pekarni ,nakup kopca kolacov. Francuzskam som odporucil fajnove kolaciky a potom nastal problem so zebrakom. 2x ma chytil za ruku a furt knucal za peniaze,tak som tu spinu odsotil a debil sa smal jak splaseny. Uplne nervi do mna. Takehoto otravneho zebraka som este nezazil. V cestovke som bol opat skoro a zas cakanie na meskajucich ludi. Guide aj kormidelnik ten isty ako minule. Nakoniec sa nas nazbieralo az 9 ludi,ja, 3 rusi,3 taliani a 2 rakusania. Vsetko starsie rocniky. Zobral som snorchel vybavu a o 9/30 sme vyrazili na rozburene pole. Riadne fukalo,z toho boli aj velke vlny.No velke,ked to porovnam s nasou mini lodkou tak boli velke. Guide neoporucal v tomto pocasi ... read more

Zobudil som sa skoro rano,zistene,ze elektina uz neni. Podla papieru ju vypinaju o 2 rano. Noc bola v pohode,opilcov vedla som si moc nevsimal nakolko som okamzite po lahnuty do postele zalomil. Cestou do cestovky som sa zastavil v pekarni,nakupil kopu kolacikov,kupil 2 vody a dal si vyprat veci. Tie by mali byt vyprate zajtra poobede. Som zvedavy ako to dopadne,zatial som nemal ziadne problemy s pranim. Pre hotelom alternativ ma uz cakal chlapik,dal mi snorchlovaciu supravu a poslal ma cakat oproti do pozicovne. Bol som tu 8/45,vyrazat sa malo o 9/00,nakoniec sa slo o 9/30,bo sme cakali na jeden filipinsky par. Na lodi sme nakonec boli 5 turisti,ja a 4 filipinci plus dvaja filipinci co tvorili posadku. Guide bol fajn,mal stylove tricko,oblek s motylikom. Najskor sme zavitali do skrytej laguny. Tu uz kopa ludi. Zoskakali ... read more

At the outset, I thought it would be a nightmare of a holiday. We booked cheap airline tickets for our family (and friends) of 9 pax early on. Then I spent a whole week scouring for lodgings. I was on my 10th already as the previous 9 hotels, B&Bs, hostels, inns were all fully booked! Finally found 3 beachfront cottages but they didn't come cheap for an otherwise unremarkable beach hotel. Well, it's that time of the year when everyone's on a holiday mood and have Christmas bonuses to burn! Then when all's set, a typhoon threatened to hit Palawan. In fact it did, on the eve of our arrival. That day weather authorities announced the typhoon is moving out of Palawan and Philippine territory, we were at the airport waiting for our flight. Nine souls ... read more

6.-12. May The final week in Philippines was ahead of us and we were more than excited to spend it on Palawan, lying on the beach, island hopping and having good fun hanging out in bean bags. We settled ourselves in nice little bungalows on El Nido's far end of the bay, across the street to Rosanna's cottages. The bungalows had everything we wanted (ok, except the view) – beautiful little porch, loads of tropic vegetation and a nice owner. The first day we took the tricycle to what supposed to be the nicest beach in the area – Corong Corong – not really! After a bit of struggle we got a kayak for rent at Greenviews Resort and left for the secluded beaches, discovering the beautiful scenery from the water. We finally arrived to the ... read more

Here's a quick edit of what I got up to in the Philippines over the summer vacation. There's not much sun in the video but I assure you we did get some at some point! (Things in the video: Crystal Beach Resort in Zambales, travelling Zambales by tricycle, Pundaquit beach and river in Zambales, El Nido beachfront, various wooden shacks on Palawan, travelling by motorbike, visiting the waterfalls near El Nido, island hopping boat trip)... read more