How can I even describe the beauty that is El Nido. It is like a painter's muse, or a child's lullaby, or a gardener's rose. You find yourself adoring the place from afar, and even admiring it more in up close. No matter what you do, there is no way you would find the place undesirable. The more you dwell into the place, the more you find it irresistable.
Last year, just a couple of days after our wedding, we flew to Palawan to spend our honeymoon there. Both of us have been dreaming of this destination for quite sometime now. I personally have long since included El Nido in my bucket list but never had the chance to tick it off. So, imagine my happiness and excitement when my husband told me he was planning to take me to El Nido for our honeymoon.
(This is the first amongst 7 other posts I made about our Trip to Palawan. Here are the links for your convenience:)
We had a smooth flight via Air Asia. Thank God the weather was perfect. We had a short plane ride of less than an hour.
We arrived early in the morning at Puerto Princesa Airport. We were greeted by the beautiful morning sun.
Right after we arrived at Puerto Princesa Airport, we were then fetched by our service van of which we booked prior to our arrival. We then traveled from Puerto Princesa to El Nido for merely 5 hours long.
Finally we arrived at El Nido.
It was such a tiring journey that we immediately dozed off right after we arrived at our hostel. Tired but happy. Finally, El Nido.
The following day, we got up early for our Tour A. We first had our breakfast (included in our lodging package), and off we went to our first day in El Nido.
Selfie before breakfast
First morning in El Nido!
We had matching water shoes
More selfie!
We were then fetched by our tour guide to join our Tour Group.
Together with other joiners, we were gathered in this place.
Photo op while waiting for our boatman
That's our boat waiting for us.
Finally in our boat as the tour was about to start.
A lot of sight-seeing
Beautiful rock formation
More rock formation. I just love capturing their texture and color. They all looked so bright and majestic under the sunlight.
We first went to Small Lagoon where we did some Kayaking.
Beautiful rock formation again. hehe
Thanks Kuya Tour Guide for capturing this lovely photo of me and my husband!
Then we pass by Big Lagoon and had a little photo op on this spot for each tourist.
Showin off my chunky bod
Then we went to remaining islands included in the package such as
Secret Lagoon, 7th Commandos Beach, and Shimizu Island.
I believe this is the 7th Commandos Island where we spent most of our time just lounging in the bamboo chair and zippin some coconut juice.
It was around 5pm when we were finally done with our tour and headed back to our hotel.
After our tour, we decided to roam around El Nido town proper to see its night life. We saw bars (although we didn't enter one). There were lots of foreigners having party here and there and some bands were playing cool funky music. We decided to eat in a little carinderia to save some bucks and bought some snacks in a local convenient store and stayed at the beach front for midnight chit chat.
The night was still young but we thought of going back to our hotel to sleep. We were tired but our heart was full of joy. How can you even be sad when you were staying in a marvellous place that is El Nido?
The following day, we went on our second tour, Tour C, which I will share in my next post (this post is already loaded with photos and captions.)
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