Ponderingstranger : Palawan: El Nido: Island Hoping Tour C -

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December 1, 2012

Woke up early, after bath, Hail tricycle going to El Nido Market where the Roro Bus located, paid P10.00 for this ride, I made a reservation and the man asked me to pay him P500.00 as a reservation fee, I paid the said amount even I have questions in my mind, beside he gave me a piece of paper where the P500.00 was written on the paper, I didnt bother to ask some questions coz I'm a bit in hurry, I was also being tempted to just take a walk (malapit lang naman kasi) and feed my eyes to the beautiful cliffstones, thinking about my sisters waiting for me made me decide to ride a tricycle again going to Servant Tours.

My sisters waited for me at Midtown Bakery, got their piyaya and mine is egg pies, drop by at Servant Tours paid our Tour C (got discount again), and pay a little visit at art Cafe, back to hotel change our clothes.

Ordered our breakfast in marina (they serve fast), when I told them that we need to hurry for the Island hoping.. Marian staff are very considerate, they always give smiles.

It was past 9:00pm when James pick us up for the tour C.

Our First Stop for Tour C

Our First Stop

Going to Matinloc

Matinloc Island

This a picturesque area in Matinloc ang tawag ko dito.. "Buwis Buhay na paglalarawan" the spots can carry only 6-8 persons that is according to the guide I chatted up there. He asked some other tourists to wait downstairs, and after we took some few shots we went down to give space to the waiting guest. :)

ang buwis buhay na pagpapalarawan

Angela a tourist from taipei joined us on this crazy jump shot, we really had fun doing this things (niyaya ko na, kasi nakatingin sya sa amin) we keep on laughing while doing this under the heat of the sun, she even asked james to take a lot of shots from her camera too. sorry guys, this is the best group jump shot that i can post. After us, there are some few tourist who did the Jump Shot.. Ganun talaga, gaya gaya lang yan, walang personalan.. ^_^

Jumps Shot at Matinloc

Next Stop after matinloc, sorry I really had a bad memory remembering each island. We docked in this island and our guides prepare our food while the foreign tourists took their time exploring the underwater world, my sibblings choose to rest and busied themselves building their castle, while I choose to chat with our guide, James and asked his life story, and I found out that he really has a good testimony in life, I was shocked to hear his story, and amazed how God lift him up from his downfall in life.

my sibblings castle..

We kept Angela's things with us while shes enjoying her snorkeling, and you know what kind of impact it did to her, positive, she kepts on saying "thank you for taking care of my things" and I kept saying "welcome"..

another sumptous lunch

Dead Island or peacock island?

Our last stop.. Helicopter Island - Again, we choose to sit on the fine sand, feel the air, play the sand in our palms, we took this chance for another photo opts. :) the wave was so strong that time, so I didnt dare to snork.. better to be safe than sorry.

Helicopter Island
Thats Ms. Taipei - she did a little nap

5:30pm end of Tour C and Ms. Taipei waited for us at the shore and again she gave her "thank you" word, and nice meeting you guys. " Well, maybe if we werent in hurry that night for our 10:00pm bus ride back to PPS, maybe then we could had a nice dinner with her my fault is that I didnt asked any information from her.

I learned from this that as a local tourist, we need to make a positive impact to foreign tourists so that they will come back here and bring their friends with them and recommend our country to a "must see visit country" on their list. Hindi naman porket turista ka, magpapaka arte ka na diba? be nice to them, besides this is our beloved country whatever negative impressions they could get it will reflect to all of us.

Beachfront of marina garden at night

I cancelled our Underground River for the next day because of some mis-understanding on our schedules
of the tour agency, but I think that is a lesson to learn. I dont blame anybody for that, The Agency gave the full refund of our UR Tour Payment and asked for any inconvenienced.