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It took four hours to go with the new Montenegro-Ferry from Coron harbor to El Nido harbor. That Ferry is operating since one and a half month now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marina Garden Beach Resort (MGB)

I walked with my luggage to the Marina Garden Beach Resort, which is located right on the beach, in the opposite of the police station (sign “Pulis”).  That took between 5 and 10 minutes.

By the check in, you got to ask what you want to know. There is not really showing you around, but anyway, it´s not so big. I booked a room (no. F1) with shared bathroom for 730,-PHP in the family cottage. It is not the cheapest one in town, but you get an amazing ocean view and the sound of the surf, which brings you every evening to sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are offering different kind of breakfast for average 120,-PHP. It looks like a small beach bar in the garden and you can get also drinks here. The price for the local “San Miguel Pilsen” beer is in town 35,-PHP, in MGB 40,-PHP and in the restaurants at the beachfront 50,-PHP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The electricity is only available from 02:00PM until 06:00AM. So by your daily morning-toilet you gotta take a torch with you, if you don´t want to be in the dark. The bath and restroom is good, ask for your own toilet paper. The room has two beds, which you can move around like you want. There is further a desk, Ventilator, closet, the view from the bed to the ocean and at the entrance a private terrace with ceiling and washing lines. If you want to lock your important staff, ask at the reception, you get it for free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes it´s possible to hear the noise of the disco „Asylum“ or a few party-people on the beach.

 

 

El Nido

El Nido has two main roads with corner food shops , bars, massage and spa center, island tours, diving shops, restaurants and accommodations. What I heard is the tourism growing up the last years quiet fast. Before there was only one massage center and now you can count around ten, which are offering a full Swedish body massage for 350,-PHP per hour (7,-€). Very cheap compare to Germany and very good. I got one of course already for my body and I was very satisfied. I am sure I´ll have another one. The primary public traffic is here also the tricycles.  A pity is, that the rain season started already and it was raining every day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In one of the two main roads you can find also a tourist office, which hands out quiet good information’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The locals by themselves living in really poor conditions. In very small houses with many persons. They are always very friendly and helpful. There is also no reason to be afraid during nighttime’s going a round.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you gonna to buy something it is worth to burgle a bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I took my lunch often in town by small local restaurants called “Carinderia”. They are offering fish, pork, chicken or vegetables a portion for only 40,- – 50,-PHP served with rice for 10,-PHP. That means you can have a good lunch with a soft drink for only 100,-PHP (2,-€).

 

 

At dinnertime I went always out to the restaurants right on the beach. There you can find all one by one beside each other along the beach with sometimes torches in front.  The price is nearly the same, only the entertainment is different. In the “Sea Slugs” is always a very good live band playing and a delicious food with big portions. Here you can meet also a lot of Backpackers. The “Pukka bar” offers also very good food and Reggae music, which I love. So I took always my last beer here, by listening the sound of the ocean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children are selling the local food “ballot” here in the evening on the beach going up and down. They are shouting their offer quiet loud. If you are interested you should try it, only for 20,-PHP. It´s a duckegg with already an not development embryo inside. Beside you are getting a spicy sauce, which you take on the half open egg and then you suck it empty. If you lucky, you will like it and your stomach can handle it. You get an impression by that LINK: “…………………………………………..” done by the pretty  Ana, which is a staff member from the MGB Resort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not every Philippino likes that, so its about 60% like it to 40% which don´t eat it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just by luck I joined the “Reyna Elena St. Constantine Procession”. It´s possible for the kids to do it more often. The only thing they have to do in advance is, to bring in the month may every day a flower to the church. The small ones are looking really cued painted and with high heels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The best way to transfer to Puerto Princesa is to take the “RoRo bus”. You need to buy a ticket maybe one day in advance at the “Corong corong market by the RoRo ticket office for 482,-PHP. So you get a ride in a air-conditioned bus with a transfer time of six hours. The service starts at 08:00AM, 10:00AM, 12:00AM and 04:00PM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Islandhopping Tours

Tour A

Small Lagoon – Big Lagoon – Shimizu Island – Secret Lagoon – Seven Commando

By not optimal weather conditions, in case e of the rain season, I joined the tour A for a daytrip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So first we went to the small lagoon for snorkeling. With sunshine must be really amazing colors in the lagoon. She is quiet good hidden, only a small opening between the rocks is the entrance. Of course you can find it now, because the island trips are a quiet good running tourist business and I think you will be never alone there. So there were around ten other boats beside ours. So while snorkeling you can see in the water batfishes, snapper and “Hornhechte”. If you are lucky there should be also possible to see turtles or Barracudas. It is quiet cool to snorkel in the lagoon with tuerkis water and high chalk rocks around you, which are teilweise grown with trees. The water temperature is often changing quickly.  So we had around 30 minutes for snorkeling there, before we went to the big lagoon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We only past slowly by boat the big logoon for taking some pictures, here is snorkelling not planned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afterwards we drove to Shimizu island for taking our lunch and snorkeling. The spots are quiet good for snorkeling and you can see all different kinds of reef fishes there. The reef is in the shallow area broken, but if you go along the edge of the reef-slope, you have a nice visibility to the deeper side. The Anemone fishes are a bit more aggressive compare to these from Coron.  I really love to play around with them. The lunch what they offered was very good: two big grilled fishes, roasted chicken, rice, vegetables, spicy sauce and fruits for dessert. The lunch was a part of the package.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In case of the raff sea, we couldn´t go to the secret beach – safety first! So our captain choosed a different island for the next snorkeling stop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our last island stop was on Seven Commando. You can find here a small shop and a Volleyballfield for some activities. The staff is waiting for a challenge, good luck. They started at that time the construction of new rooms on the beach. Three young cats, were the star´s and we didn´t snorkel there. Anyway it was raining again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afterwards we  went home and arrived at El Nnido around 04:00PM.

 

 

My diving day with Submariners

 

I got the offer for two boat dives incl. equipement and lunch for 2.400,-PHP (ca.  46,-€ – there was no discount for own brought equipment).

The staff was friendly and they did a good job. We were only three divers in a group and got sufficient time for taking our pictures. The boat was much smaller then by Rocksteady on Coron. We went to a small lagoon for lunch, which was very good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The most of the reef was dead and the visibility was only 10m – 15m, but we saw some staff.