Blogs from El Nido, Palawan, Philippines, Asia - page 6

After the unfortunate visit to Boracay we flew to Palawan hoping to spend some wonderful time over there. Yes, we were hoping as El Nido is also quite a popular tourist destination in Philippines and we were not sure what changes tourism has made to this place. Fortunately, El Nido is not the easiest place to reach unless you can splash on a charter plane so that already narrows the number of visitors down. During our travels we have learnt that any place that takes time to reach does not attract tour groups but different class of visitors therefore is worth a visit. We decided to stay overnight in Puerto Princesa even though there were charter minivans and night buses available. It was quick decision after we made friends with a friendly Argentinean guy – Patrick ... read more

Summer is about to be over so we head to the southwest part of the Philippines - and explore the beautiful island of El Nido..it's also my mom's birthday so the trip would be a perfect present for her.. :) To save time, we booked a tour for this trip -- 4 days, 3 nights. The tour includes a tour to the underground river, roundtrip van transfer from Puerto Princesa to El Nido (it's a 5-hour drive), accommodation, breakfast, lunch.. Tour A and B in El Nido.. and also a city tour. You can checkout this site for details on the different tours in El Nido http://www.hadefetravel.com/page.php?id=elnido_packages Palawan is just amazing! Pictures won't do justice to this island.. Island hopping to picture perfect beaches and resorts, clear and calm waters, snorkeling, fish feeding, delicious seafoods, i ... read more

El Nido blog We have been in the Philippines now for just over a week, we spent a night in Puerto Princessa on Palawan before taking a mini bus up to El Nido in the north. This whole area is renowned for it’s spectacular scenery and marine life. The town of El Nido it’sself is little town mostly set along the seashore and surrounded by towering limestone cliffs. During the daytime the shore is lined with boats coming and going taking visitors to the many offshore islands and local children splashing around in the sea, climbing in and out of the boats and swinging on their outriggers. In the evening the beach comes alive with restaurants set on the narrow strip of sand and live bands entertain yo... read more

Living on a subtropical island such as Taiwan means that the winter does indeed bring cool weather, with conditions perhaps comparable to a damp autumn day in North America. Nevertheless, traveling south past the tropic of cancer, which passes through Taiwan near the medium sized city of Chiayi, puts you in swimming-year-round territory, and another hour south by plane brings you to the Philippines, which are outright hot any time of the year. The Chinese New Year holiday provides the must needed days off during this chilly season. This year my parents were in town for the holidays. First, we did a hot springs tour of Taipei City and surroundings, shot off some rounds of fireworks, and then hopped on a flight to Palawan, a thin, 650km long island; one of 7000+ that make up the ... read more

Hi everybody, We've landed in El Nido after a 5 hour bus journey. In this part of Palawan, electricity is only on between the hours of 2pm and 6am with fairly frequent blackouts. That is the only slight negative about this place. We're surrounded by white cliff mountains, clear blue sky and amazing beaches lovely!! Found a secluded beach on the second day, a short tricycle ride away. We were on the beach for most of the day and only saw a stray dog and two little local kids playing in the sea. We decided to go back to the same beach today, which was a little busier with a group of 8 local children who came running over once they saw scrabble being played. They sat with us for ages watching and playing sand ball ... read more