El Nido, Palawan




As promised in my preview summer album - the first in the series.

April 9 to 11, 2006.From the 9-hour bus ride, to island-hopping on a cloudy day, to climbing the taraw (limestone cliff), to hanging out at Balay Tubai -- El Nido was an adventure few places can beat.

Comments

  1. Leland PasionJune 5, 2006 at 8:38 AM

    I love this.

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  2. ...CariBBeaN WencH MaLaX SparroW...June 5, 2006 at 9:00 AM

    ayyyyyyy,miss this place.
    that's balay tubal...after our lolo cristobal.
    the racks,the window jambs,and the door were all from our lolo toto's ancestral house.
    did you happen meet kuya bong and kuya bimboy?

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  3. sunny castilloJune 5, 2006 at 11:22 AM

    magical shots... nakakainggit naman.

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  4. distortedharmonic STRINGSJune 5, 2006 at 2:34 PM

    nahan ko ani nga view!!!

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  5. distortedharmonic STRINGSJune 5, 2006 at 2:35 PM

    CooL!!!

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  6. tara eliza tecarroJune 5, 2006 at 7:00 PM

    simply breathtaking!

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  7. kitty galoreJune 5, 2006 at 7:33 PM

    aguy.. nasuya jud ko.. buhangin ra jud ako =p

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  8. Jeneen GarciaJune 7, 2006 at 4:44 AM

    hi kat! gibilin ra ba nako sa cebu ang promise nako nimo... =D kita ta when i go to visit.

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  9. Jeneen GarciaJune 7, 2006 at 4:47 AM

    hey, really, it was all antique? wow! yep, i think i met a bong. introduced himself to us. great place you have! i really, really enjoyed myself even though we only stayed awhile. my kind of music =)

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  10. Mutya BoseJune 8, 2006 at 9:58 AM

    this looks awesome... sige, someday...

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  11. lalie zafraJune 9, 2006 at 9:03 PM

    kalameh ba ani oi!

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  12. ...CariBBeaN WencH MaLaX SparroW...August 19, 2006 at 2:12 AM

    oh sowee took me some time to reply to this...
    i think you were right,i stand corrected.that's balay tubay (apparently not after our lolo tobal but lolo toto,hehehe!the last time i went home to palawan,i asked my tatay)
    yeah,almost everything in that place is antique.
    oh you should hear kurt (8 year old nephew,kuya bong's eldest) play the percussions!

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  13. ...CariBBeaN WencH MaLaX SparroW...August 19, 2006 at 2:27 AM

    oh this is kutoy!hehehehe!

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  14. berloloy berloyAugust 8, 2007 at 11:15 AM

    ano po name ng inakyat nyu na peak>?>?

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  15. berloloy berloyAugust 8, 2007 at 11:17 AM

    yan po ba town ng el nido??
    ano po tawag sa Peak n ito>

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