I haven't seen so many palm trees in my life. Only when we landed in El Nido it seems it's all they have plus a super dense forests covered with bindweeds. Which will try to catch your leg if you will enter it's green sanctuary. haha, kidding :)

Philippines was my first visited country in Asia. Even though I live in Vancouver and it seems that Asian culture is all around you, it's different in a real life when you can experience all little things at the same time. Like coconuts laying on the ground, humid air, bustle of traffic, noisy ocean or a little gecko in your bungalo catching it's own dinner (and saving me from unknown insects).

We landed in a very (very!!!) small airport in El Nido and took a tricycle to get to our hotel. I remember sitting inside this tricycle and I felt like I'm in a movie scene. Everything looked so unusual, all the action was happening on the road. Locals selling products, contsruction workers fixing something, goats chillin, kids waiting to get to school, etc.

Our first day goal was to book a tour for the next day and after that we decided to contact our first tricycle driver and asked him to get us to Nacpan beach. I guess I don't have to convince you that the beach looked fantastic/beautiful/stunning/perfect but the trip we experienced was way more interesting and memorable. As we took a side road to go the beach it became more and more muddy and you could easily see how good our driver is to get through all this 'mess'.

Our first breakfast was a disaster for me, I had a Filippino dish with eggs, mushrooms and onions... I thought someone made a bad joke :) But mango shake was de-liiii-cious!!! So when I tried fish in Nacpan beach I felt like someone just served me my moms cooked 'stinta' or European smelt. It was unbelievable!! To taste something that you grow up eating was the best win for the day.