We also stayed in El Nido town for a night. It is one of those picturesque little beach towns...no high rise hotels or chain stores to name and instead lots of little restaurants and bars lining the beach. We rented a kayak for the day and made it to a couple of the smaller islands around the area.
While in the Philippines, the areas that we visited were mostly unscathed by typhoon Haiyan, and we didn’t hear much about it from the locals. As a result we probably know less about it than you do at this point.
Overall, we had a great time in the Philippines...good food, nice people, so much English (even signs were sometimes ONLY in English) and great weather. It wasn't until we were on the plane to Tokyo that Cindy had some stomach pain...and the food poisoning hit again!
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| El Nido |
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| Lots of places to eat along the beach. It was a very laidback place and there is concern about development here (they're resisting for good reasons). |
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| We found a local volleyball game |
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Lots of Christmas decorations here since the population is predominantly Catholic...it is still weird for us to see so much Christmas stuff when it's 30 degrees outside.  Kayaking in El Nido to a hidden lagoon. Ignore the weird tan lines.  |
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| Ride to the airport in a tricycle...hopefully Mike can fit in since I have been eating a lot of buffets! |
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| Nice villages |
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| Another jeepney |
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| Cute goodbye song at the airport |
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| Back in Pasay for a night (and back at the same hotel) |
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| Mall of Asia - this felt like a mall in North America |
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| It even has an ice rink |
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| Mean trick - just as I was meant to be cutting back, the restaurant surprised us with a FREE piece of chocolate cake. Oh dear. |
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| Big guns carried by the security guards |
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