Saturday, August 24, 2013

Our Philippines Trip- San Juan, El Nido, Manila

PART 1: Six hours north of Manila is a small town called San Juan, popular with surfers from all over. We stayed at Billabong San Juan Surf Resort owned by pro-surfer Luke Landrigan. We had paid for 4 days of lessons, but you can't control mother nature- there were only waves for one day. We kayaked and paddle-boarded instead on the other days. Sorry we didn't get any surfing pictures though because we were out in the water!










PART 2: El Nido
We took the 5 am bus trip back to Manila to catch our flight to El Nido. The traffic was really crazy so we barely caught the flight. In El Nido, we took island-hopping tours, snorkeled and swam in the ocean for hours. We met some amazing people and made some life long friendships. El Nido was more beautiful than any place I have ever been. The island only had electricity from 6 pm- 2 am. Below are the photos of El Nido, Palawan.


Jarrett ordered a "boku juice" (coconut) and a boy actually climbed the nearest tree and harvested a coconut for him!

Jarrett relaxing in the shade because of his terrible sunburn.


Touring the Lagoons and snorkeling was the highlight of our trip. Fantastic!




The tour guides bbq'd fresh fish right on the beach for our lunch!



The Philippines are not only beautiful but incredibly cheap! Meals in a nice restaurant cost 5-6 USD, beers were about a dollar. Island tours were 15-20 USD per person!

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