It’s been a while since I had the
time to write anything new here – let me explain in three words: “We’re on
vacation”. Need we say more? LOL.
Well, actually it’s been two
weeks since we got back and we wanted to share our great experiences during our
break. If you ever plan to travel to the beautiful paradise of El Nido, you can
take a few ideas here.
Coming from Davao City we’ve booked
our flight since August of last year, with Cebu Pacific’s “Piso Fare”. This
helps if you’re on a budget. But then again, we advise you to also book tours for
the places you wanted to visit in Palawan, I will get to that in the next
articles we’ll be posting. For this, let me just basically tip you how to get
there.
So, from an 8:30am flight from
Davao City we arrived in Puerto Princesa Airport at 10:00am. Then a van service
from FortWally Tours we contacted ahead of time, waited to take us to a seven-hour
drive to El Nido. It costs PHP 700/pax (PHP 1,400 for two). I should also say that
the experience with their service was quite disappointing, as the van went back
and forth to the airport to pick up other tourists until the van has seated twelve
persons, taking a bit of our time and an hour behind schedule.
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Puerto Princesa Airport
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FortWally Tours Office
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It was a very long ride, but we
stopped at a food shop for lunch halfway during the drive. Finally, we reached El
Nido at about 6:00pm, where we checked-in at Nido Bay Inn of Brgy. Buena Suerte, overlooking the beautiful beach
side views of El Nido.
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Side View of Nido Bay Inn
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Nido Bay Inn Second Floor Hallway
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Nido Bay Inn Second Floor Balcony
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Boat Rentals and Beach Front View
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Beach Front View from Nido Bay Inn
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For our first night, we head out
to look for a dinner place which led us to The
Alternative Bar and Restaurant, with prices ranging from PHP 150 to PHP
1,000 for their meals. The place is a native balcony-styled dining spot popular
to foreigners.
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| The Alternative Bar |
We went to back to Nido Bay Inn
for an early bedtime in preparation for our El Nido Island Tour the next day,
which we’ll be posting in the next few articles – so, stay tuned!
Here is a short breakdown of our first night budget to El Nido:
FortWally Van Rental forth to El
Nido – PHP 1,400 (2 pax)
Pedicab ride from Public Market to
Nido Bay Inn – PHP 50.00 (2 pax)
Nido Bay Inn Room for two
persons – PHP 3,000 (2 nights)
Dinner for two (approximate) –
PHP 800.00
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TOTAL: PHP 5,250.00 (good for two)