El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
The Prequel
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| Miniloc Island |
This is the most famous tourist destination in the country. It gained popularity when foreigners started publicizing everything about it, especially when CNNGo featured it as one of the Best Beaches in the World. Well, for a simple Filipino like me, El Nido is really expensive. We all know that when a place becomes touristy, people will make a living out of it and expect everything will be overcharged. Anyway, I am not here to dismay you but yeah, El Nido is really expensive THOUGH I managed to minimize my expenditures there! I only spent 6,000++ ALL IN! It includes my Return Airplane Tickets with Baggage allowance, Food, Transpo from Puerto Princesa to El Nido (v.v), Tours and Accommodation! How is that even possible? Did I get it from Ensogo or MetroDeal or CashCashPinoy? Hell no!
Want to know my secret? Don't worry I will share it to you.
I have a group of friends from college, they are now my fellow social work buddies. Yea, we are all REGISTERED SOCIAL WORKER! I influenced them to have a budget travel with me. Being a Social Worker is very exhausting, physically, emotionally and mentally, since we are dealing with people. A short vacation is a must for us!
Last January, I saw a promo fare in Air Asia and immediately contacted them. We were a group of 10 and they did not hesitate at all, which why I love them. "WALANG ARTE" all of us were very eager to explore the place. Since, I was the one who initiated this, I had to organize everything. That was no biggie for me because organizing a Do - It - Yourself travel is very worth it.
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| Social Workers on the go! :) |
I really believe in a Management Theory of "Cheaper by a Dozen". I had lots of discount, since we were a group of 10.
To cut the story short, after few days of researching the most feasible, tangible and cheapest ways of exploring El Nido, I came up with two options! I called them Plan A and Plan B.
Plan A.
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Plan B.
My friends chose the Plan A, because it's cheaper and we were discouraged with the Underground River because of its availability.
If you were to choose? Which one will you prefer? Plan A or Plan B? Let me know your insights.
My next post is about how we managed to spend less in El Nido and my contact persons. So watch out for that.
Ano, Tara Gumala?
CIAO.
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GABRIELA
try port barton next time it is half way between elnido and pps cheap accomadation cheap eats forsdt walks plenty of island hopping to be done vitually no tourists certainly not the amounts as elnido good place to chill out check it out as an aussie we intend to retire there in later years nice and quiet
ReplyDeleteO yes I will. I'm planning to explore the whole province of Palawan and if given a chance, I would like to settle down there for good. :) Thank you!
DeleteHi Gab!
ReplyDeleteI love the checklist you have made on this post. You know what, a goal with a solid plan is like having a snipper gun pointing to a specific target and it will never ever missed.
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Hi Gab!
ReplyDeleteI love the checklist you have made on this post. You know what, a goal with a solid plan is like having a snipper gun pointing to a specific target and it will never ever missed.
And oh thank you for commenting on my post about "50 Actionable And Proven Ways How To Make Money Online - Without Spending A Dime".