Family Holiday (late posting) at El Nido

Roy came home from Seattle, USA. The family had long planned to spend a beach vacation with him that will also include Tom and his family. Henceforth, we coincided the semestral break of Dylan from school on October 31 to November 3. As a family of 10, we pulled in everybody's resources and went 'dutch treat' to one of Philippines most famous private get-aways - the El Nido Islands Resorts in Palawan. Luckily since the vacation was planned early on, my son Emil was able to get a good discount from Ayala. We were even further upgraded from Miniloc to Lagen Island as an apologetic gesture from Ayala due to a flight booking mistake. They also included a ten thousand pesos refund in terms of consumable. They also gifted us a big box of truffles from France per room for further inconveniences. We of course kindly accepted their generous apologies well. The lady who made the mistakes thanked Emil for not shouting at her.

 At Ayala's private terminal

 Welcome song upon arriving El Nido airport

 Boardwalk for the boat ride to Lagen Island

 Getting ready for the transfer.

 Exotic island view on the ferry

First family dinner at Lagen, El Nido Resort

 Daughter-in-law Angel and grandson Yuri at the buffet.

Dylan and Yuri on Halloween night

 Forest view cottage

 Poolside 

Marion, Martha and I with the Lagen Island stone symbol at the background

 Wow breezy! Yabang!

 Family picture on the boat - islands hopping

 Family picture at the lagoon

 Marion, Martha and Emil at the lagoon. A pity, Lucas was not able to take any kayaking pictures of us.

 Family picture at the Snake Island sandbar 

 At sunrise

 Limestone and forest view

 Lucas on a climbing trail

 Roy and Emil enjoying the serene rides.

 On water board near the sea view cottages

 Taking the speed boat to swim on a nearby isolated beach island. Roy and Marion went ahead on a kayak.

 Before leaving El Nido for home, the sea was kind of getting rough.

.....That's all folks.