WILD First Impressions of El Nido Philippines
My friends and good afternoon welcome back to another video here in the Philippines guys in this video we are in El Nido so it's my first full video and I'm gonna tell you guys straight away that this day is not gone as planned because the weather can be pretty moody when you're out here on the islands our boat tour was canceled so my brother's actually at the hotel doing a couple of things and I decided I'm gonna take a walk we've got some very dark clouds coming in so all morning actually we were surprised that the boat trip was canceled because it was so sunny but I guess probably some of the islands where we would go to take the boat to like the waves are a little bit dangerous so that's just something you got to keep in mind and if you're on a short itinerary you might be bummed out because you need to have a couple days of leniency depending on when you're here and what time of the year you're here if you want to just ensure that you're not going to have one of your days completely ruined and you won't be able to make it up on a future day because of the weather so we're like the big thing to do in El Nido besides kind of cruise around explore like the island life is to go to all of the surrounding Islands do boat trips so there's like four different types of boat trips you can do and maybe I'll explain that to you in another video but like you know they're all like full day boat trips because there's so many islands in the El Nido area so basically unfortunately because we did not get the opportunity to go on today's one that's one of the full sets of islands that we won't get the opportunity to explore but anyways guys on a more positive note we are here inside the marketplace and we are going to be exploring this area so we're gonna enter in we've got some markets here comotica okay long all right very good very good so it looks like we've got ourselves a nice Marketplace over here and inside what can we find it looks like we've got some fresh hats on this side all right some really nice looking hats there but I'm looking for something more that says the Philippines so we're gonna keep looking a little bit more though see what else we can locate inside the markets as you can see they've they're preparing themselves for the rain so we will head on in here we got El Nido shirts in here okay long all right okay those looks similar to my uh Birkenstocks I'm wearing right there well I'm Gonna Keep Looking here guys I'm looking for something custom to El Nido most likely but uh yeah lots of swimwear in there a few different types of designer Brands I've seen like Adidas I've seen Nike and uh we shall see what else we see over here oh it's got the shirts hanging low all right come off the car got some nicer shirts there swimsuits looks like it what do we got there El Nido Beach oh a red horse tank top that's one of their favorite beers around here Palawan so we're on the island of Palawan we're on the island of Palawan yeah this is Palawan yeah okay so maybe one of these tank tops might be nice yeah okay I need a nice tank top that's gonna look good for me brother so maybe this one Palawan Philippines El Nido okay that all needle looks kind of cool too then we have gray same options in Gray oh and a nice dry fit that's super comfortable all right but I think I think this is gonna be the one if it fits okay is that a big size there do you have something bigger brother a large large yeah large no do you have any large size tank tops are you only have medium no we're right right oh what you have large yeah Philippines okay so probably one of these ones that are hanging down lower than the rest I do like this one but I think that's a medium too it looks like the one behind it's a large okay oh that's a huge bummer I really like these but uh there's no sizes that are gonna fit me oh that's a bummer brother I wanted one but uh it's too small you can see I got I got a big belly I gotta cover so it's not gonna be possible salamat you sure you don't have any other options back there all right well what else do we have here some good looking stuff some fresh bags there we did get a little money purse there we've got oh some fresh shoes yeah what about sizes for shoes 45 per week place oh you have multiple options 45. it's kind of a fresh pear plastic yeah those are kind of nice but not certain size 13 so that's pretty big then so we've got Adidas all white oh these look pretty nice all right so we've got those as an option these right here Nike zooms yeah uh what size are these ones 44. what is that in U.S size Euro oh nine and a half oh that might fit and um 750. do you have uh any special deals going on
because I got a pair in Manila for uh 350. no we are on an island how about the what's your best price 650 650. I could walk away with them for uh 500. no okay Barbies yeah yeah I would do for 500 but that's the most I'll pay because when I was in Manila I bought a very similar pair like this and after four days of walking they broke so I don't know if these will break see for this 500 500 okay do you happen to have a change for a 1000 and I can try them on real quick try them on yeah all right go ahead and try these on guys they are 44 which I guess is 9.5 in the US that's exactly the size Nike Air Max shoes so they do fit nice it feels like kind of like the ton [ __ ] go for a run in these yeah I will take them and uh change please is there is there a way to make the see how that liner comes out is there glue no blue yeah because as you guys can see this is one of my big hesitations because when I bought the shoes in Manila they immediately like kind of fell apart I put my foot in there and took it out seems like those are pretty sturdy but I guess we'll have to uh settle for that quality because this seems to be the the common standard for this um price range well I think we can always find a shoe repair guy to put new Bottoms in because I do like the design I'll change please thank you salamat thank you very much so we are a proud new owner of the shoes so I usually face uh some people who have an opinion where I shouldn't have negotiated the price and some people where they say I should have negotiated in more the reason why I negotiated it because honestly 700 for like a really high quality pair of shoes is a great price right like 700 is probably like 15 or something like that close to it fifteen fourteen dollars but the reason why I negotiated down to 500 which is like eight or nine dollars is because I'm literally in Manila and if you guys watch my videos I got a pair of like Air Force Ones there and within four days of walking around and I did walk like four miles but like at the end of the day if it's a high quality shoe you know it should last a while and I paid 350 for those and so as soon as I put these Nikes on already the Bottom's like crunched up and they like broke right off so you can tell they're they're really just shoes more for show they're not meant to like last a long time or beat them up like you would with a pair of athletic shoes which is exactly what those are all right so let's see what we've got over here in the market burp milk tea and snacks yes okay long yeah perfect perfect my name is James James all right James nice to meet you James uh what's the uh delicious food you have here are the uh okay hot dogs too and a foot Run Okay so they've got all the good stuff the name of the place is called burp yes that's fantastic so you think I'll burp after I have a cookies and cream milk tea if you buy a large all right we'll do a large then all right we'll definitely take a large and this is your recipe this is not our own so let's pick up with this oh okay nice nice well I bet it's delicious so that's the answer what was that one large please yeah okay so that's the process for it yes the cookies and cream powder oh that's the cream and what is it mixed in with uh it adds The Taste oh The Taste yeah all right that looks delicious seen green all right we gotta find old cookies and cream right down there you said your name was James yeah James knows how to make the delicious cookies and cream here so they're real we're getting a uh a nice big scoop in there yes it's a world nomac yes please James it is spelled just like that we got James multitasking a new subscriber plus making the cookies and cream delish all right we got it right there World Nomad world nomec right there oh salamat you're from El Nido yeah I live here and born here nice very nice oh wow it's raining a lot so you guys this is why the boat tour was canceled and see it is pouring outside right now all right that's the uh what are those things made out of here okay and those are like it's like a chewy gummy thing yeah which one's your favorite out of all of these my favorite dispatcher oh Macho yeah oh okay I've never had matcha I almost died oh the coffee oh that looks delicious too I almost always get the cookies and cream because it's just you know like a sweet dessert all right so there we go oh yeah nothing better than that sound of the ice mixing in making an ice cold there we go the Shaker right there that's gonna be IELTS yes so do you guys speak Tagalog here yeah or a different dialect of it sometimes wow look at this you can hear the sound of the rain coming right now guys that is exactly why the boat tour was canceled wow all right and this is it let's look at maserat yeah oh that's perfect and so this is the labeling machine yeah yeah so you put that thing right up like that and then oh yeah uses the fork to push it right on down there presses the label right on top and what does it burn it on uh it feels like uh seals it yeah and that makes a delicious tea wow fantastic presentation all right perfect uh maybe yeah just a small one yeah thank you all right we're gonna go ahead and uh Pop That Thing open three two one damn oh yeah James very well done that is delicious bubble tea is almost like a mini meal guys because you're eating the gummy things while you're also having something that's like so similar to a milkshake and it's so good honestly before the Philippines excuse me I've only had like one or two of these in my life and I absolutely love them thank you sweet thank you very much and that one's for you James thank you very much thank you sir thank you thank you all right how long do you think the rain's gonna happen uh or it comes and goes yeah all right well see you later James nice to meet you thank you guys very delicious about two dollars for the large one it's a really good price fresh and delicious and we've got to wait around a minute or two because the uh rain is still coming down but it seems like it's just a quick quick drop and then it slows down a bit guys just finished the uh the last sip no more bubble tea James mother up thank you very much do you have a garbage I can put this in very iOS maserat brother nice to meet you goodbye thank you brother all right I think the uh rain has slowed down enough where we can head back into the streets of El Nido so guys I'm walking down the road right now and yeah I mean you can see some pretty big name brand uh gas stations over here caltex and then I'm more of a I would guess a local gas station called biscuit or biku and of course the rain's starting to pick up again so looks like we're gonna get soaked but I think just a little bit further up here back towards the main part of El Nido is where we're gonna find some markets where maybe we can take cover problem is I have my drone in my backpack so it's probably gonna get destroyed right now maybe I can hide on under this little Pavilion right there all right we gotta run across we don't die and we made it all right we got a little cover we can hide under here for a minute or two ah and now guys we wait so some of you guys are gonna ask why I didn't uh film a lot of videos in El Nido and this is part of the reason why guys this looks like one of those rainfalls that's not gonna be giving up easy so we probably need to uh locate ourselves one of these guys to take us around this could be our guy kuya nope now we got some tourists there cruising through the rain let the rain jacket time this guy's definitely gonna pick us up kuya oh you got someone all right well seems like everyone's already taken everyone we might have another guy coming down this way I'm sure everyone's taking these you know uh here we go we got one I was gonna say what's he up to if he's uh skipping us all right we are hopping in oh yeah just somewhere uh that way all right it's raining here a lot cool yeah nice to meet you oh Gilbert Gilbert nice to meet you Gilbert we got we've got Cruiser we're taking here number three one three and as you can see we are inside here the views are a bit harder to see because we've got the rain right here but uh you know it's still cool to be cruising through Palawan today just hope I can show you guys some more stuff my original plan is I walked all the way down this side and started the video and I was gonna take you to some of these restaurants some of these markets right up here but I guess it's raining on the parade today all right as you can see guys we are almost back into the main town area but uh the weather's not fully cleared up yeah it's getting a little better I know kuya all right that's a Local's price I'll give you 100 since you gave me the lowest price thank you all right guys we have made it and we're back now we gotta find my brother okay long thank you all right we found the bro we're gonna get ourselves some motorbikes here how much for uh mopeds here with our bikes foreign we might look we might look around brother all right guess everyone's got their mopeds today I didn't go to bed till like one so probably when you went to bed all right looks like this yeah exactly looks like this is the motorbike spots oh you only have one you have to get the other one all right are these are pet chickens MO right there the Big Daddy over there nice so you have a two available 500 yeah for how long 10 o'clock in the morning for 500. or 9 p.m anyway what is your thoughts it's a good price yeah for 24 hours uh 24 hours for 12 hours about uh 300 for 12 hours wow foreign they're giving us a deal of 350 for four hours uh you're Matthew no uh you're Matthew uh so it's your shop ah nice nice that's awesome got ourselves a fresh move at salamat kuya Let's test this one out here all right ready bro got myself a fresh pink motorbike here guys I'd say I look uh look good in this one so they gave it to us on uh at below empty gas so we've got to locate ourselves a gas station here and then after that after that we can go cruising all right bro yeah yeah oh cause he's drunk well at least she's safe you spend all the money you just made on beer yeah both of the this is below empty oh the pro almost got himself a crash there wild drivers around here all right we're cruising through the uh area here the brakes are not great on this though guys so at the current moment we are cruising through looking for a gas station here but I guess that's uh one thing to check I mean I think we got a pretty good price four hours for 350 each for us to get these for the evening but no gas included I guess that's uh normal or we just have to return it on an empty tank but in order to make it through here we need to fill this tank up first so we're cruising through the Village area and it seems like there's more like Resorts as you drive further up oh that's a gas station all right and let's fill them up we need some fresh gas here brother okay long a liter and a half yeah three liters total 1.5 million 1.5 liters all right
see how this thing opens so guys we paid about 83 pesos for a uh one liter per liter and we got about 1.5 liters per person and basically put 150 so we almost got two full leaders in here as you can see that gives us about a quarter tank and so we're gonna be cruising up this way see where we end up in the El Nido area all right guys we're just cruising down this way sometimes it's nice this is like a such a great way to see the island is just get on the bike have no destination in mind and go for a nice Cruise like we are not sure what we'll find going Inland like this but you'll never know unless you try it out you know what I'm saying maganda hapon all right we're arriving to a place called Leo I'm not entirely certain what Leo is outdoor chilling spot maybe it's a resort or an area okay long the local guards there Sito Uno looks like a bunch of like restaurants and stuff there tricycle terminal oh wow that is literally a terminal of tricycles but these ones all look the same oh we got the Bros speeding up Full Speed Ahead oh we got a speed bump oh all right turn right to Leo Beach that was a nice little cruise to get here and it's just a little pocket I recognize this we're right by the airport so this is like a hangout spot you go left you're at the airport you go right I think this gets us to the beach got some major jungle Vibes though like a Wood Bridge that's bringing us through like I guess the swampland kumusta cuyo jungle this looks pretty epic that's for sure wow guys you just take a deep breath and you can smell the sweet smell of nature a little [ __ ] yes sir just this because this way is okay yeah can we check to see if anyone left excuse me sir thank you all right Full Speed Ahead oh yeah probably all right looks like this is one option for parking Maybe oh there's plenty of parking over here no worries I see two spots brother not allowed why is that restricted okay oh oh maybe it's a covid-19 camp aign 19 camp which way kuya right turn we uh what about to the right to the right all right all right he's radioing him salamat thank you Poe all right so let's see where this brings us it's like a big nature area we got people taking a walk over there just need to find a spot to drop the bikes around here vehicle park and motorbike parking right here all right and let's find ourselves a spot we made it looks like we have made it to the Leo area some really exotic palm trees I mean look at how tall this thing is and it's not until the very very top probably say 50 feet maybe uh 10 to 15 meters something like that high so insane palm trees but it gives it such an exotic look this is an official welcome to the Philippines oh it looks like they're building a brand new Spa right there and it seems like a pretty decent sized Beach Grill to the left a nice little food truck right there to the right some good Tunes I'll get some tacos that's one thing I'll tell you in El Nido everywhere you can go you can find Mexican food in the Filipino version not as white of sand as like the main beach in El Nido but like or maybe it's because it's wet at the moment but still a really nice Vibe here a lot of like tree coverage leading up to the beach which gives it more of that jungle feel and one thing I've noticed in the Philippines all around they have like a dedicated smoking area you can't just like smoke outside anywhere have you noticed that too bro that's the first time I noticed it all over the Philippines they have dedicated sections for smokers to go yeah guys so this is another perspective of seeing the area of uh El Nido this is the beach if you remember in the previous video when we were flying in that was the uh that was the dock right there the pier that we were looking out at and the plane basically flew right in there all the way down and landed as we're really close to the airport here oh actually this will be my first time touching the water bro Let's test it out see if it's any good all right oh yeah nice and warm so guys if you want to spend some time at Leo Beach if you got a lot of time in El Nido this would be from what it seems like a good place to spend like an afternoon in there's like shops and other areas that line this way and it's one of those beaches where if you're trying to enjoy the outside yet not get as much of a tan the tree coverage is is perfect for that I mean there's not too many beaches in the world I've seen that actually have like all these different types of trees that close to the beach so it is definitely what kind of sets this place apart and all down there I want to say there's like shops and things want to loop back this way bro so lots and lots of nice like uh cafes here it seems like giving up their smoothie bowls yoga classes and a uh a lot of like places to lounge around good digital Nomad working space to be close to the beach yet also close to a fresh delicious coffee in this area so yeah it's it's really nice guys you obviously been watching from the beginning of this video if you're still here and there's a lot of rain before but it can be moody here the weather and so you know you can just wait around for a couple hours and then well it's not like perfect Beach weather right now it's at least not raining so it's still worth coming down if your part of your day gets rained upon and check out what's going on in this area and I'm not sure if these are like hotels in these areas seems like there's some lounging areas up top bars on the first floor but it kind of has given me that Resort style vibe that first look definitely plenty of options if you've got a few days to do a little bit of a restaurant hopping in the area but yeah guys we only have a couple hours of daylight so we're probably not even a couple hours at this point probably one and a half hours so we're gonna keep cruising on the mopeds a little bit further to what's uh supposed to be an even better like Beach area so knock Pond yeah all right not fun as what is like 15 minutes from here uh yeah nice all right so we'll cruise over to the knock Pond guys and uh you'll get a small little tour with us of today's uh excitement exploring the different beaches in the area good all right we're heading back out this way and looks like we're gonna be going to the uh right let's get this bread all right we're about 15 minutes away and as you can see this is some of the nature here in Boracay more of those beautiful palm trees and just a really wet feeling climate around here I will say I love the island but you're hot sticky and humid all the time during this time of the year I like it because it's Island line been cruising for a bit uh very rural is a better way to say it not too much except more and more jungles but a nice peaceful drive especially now that the sun's coming out hello El Nido guys we've got a rainbow in the distance I don't know if you can see that on the camera but we've got a knife rainbow way out there in the distance from making progress we got local Filipino traffic right there is it one back uh over this way and we're gonna take a left we're actually at this house right here at the left of the corner and they told us to go this way so we just retraced our route spent 30 minutes going this way all right all right we have located the beach after uh passing it there it is not fun beach oh it's muddy as hell let's hope I don't crash that's what bumpy ass road going down this way my friends foreign all right it's definitely a more villagey area over here that's a good sign whoa we got the Ducks hanging out here down boy down boy sit yeah this is one muddy ass Road holy [ __ ] wow it's literally sludge oh definitely if you're riding around here go real slow I got my feet on the ground almost what a mission you know which way bro all right we have made it what an adventure all right it's a interesting arrival spot here park the mopeds there right here we've got some really thick barbed wire you think they're keeping like a T-rex or something inside of here it's like the longest barbell I've ever seen so we've got some cows in there a little baby calf right there too and this is going to be the very commonly spoken about Beach that we're going to show you guys we're only up just a little bit of time here because unfortunately with a couple wrong turns and confusion on the directions we only just arrived about 45 minutes before the Sun is setting and it looks like we're hitting a super high tide too from the distance here oh bro I'm thinking about getting a coconut you want one uh your coconuts coconuts yeah can we have two coconut please kuya two fresh ones with the slaughter device there we go chopping that thing right up so this is uh from Philippines coconut yeah locally grown El Nido coconut oh look at that spraying everywhere landu nice to meet you landu oh so we got one Delicious coconut right there oh don't want to get hit with that dagger and all right you're really just absolutely smashes that thing how many coconuts you sell per day what how many coconuts do you sell per day and magkano kuya 50 okay all right oh I got it bro feeds Perfect all right let me just grab this for you brother all right 50 each all right that's uh for you to buy you and your family one extra coconut too salamat Korea enjoy oh thank you bro hey so we've got two fresh are these King coconuts King coconuts all right here we go we're gonna go ahead and test this thing out drink about two-thirds of it right there delish my friends I do love the king coconuts when they're able to get them uh hold right out right when they're like ice cold you know if they keep them in a cooler but honestly this is so refreshing after a solid hour drive here right at the sunset we got a little Misty rain in the distance here but waves crashing a very light sunset in the distance behind that little mountain right there in this couple looks like tourists showing right there so it's really like it feels way more like a local speech than the other Beach we just showed you but still you know like definitely designed for the tourism but like not as like overrun as some of the other places we've seen in terms of like amount of development I just tasted this one and it's got like maybe it's not ripe or something it's got like a soury like bitter app never once had a coconut like that before all right so we're getting to a little Isthmus here as you can see we've got water on both sides coming in here and then coming in here and then we have both sitting right up there in the middle and it leads to this then there's like one little house sitting out there on that island in the distance and a couple more that just surround this just goes to show you like that's how there's like 7 000 different islands in the Philippines they're just kind of like pop up in every direction you look you're gonna see all these little Islands oh look at this we've got a couple calves right here cruising around the beach pretty good life this little uh car right there is drinking a coconut Yum Yum Yum yeah a little one went for a little run got the Zoomies in them there's my brother's future house right there right yeah no it's a really really beautiful place it looks like it's someone's home hard to tell but yeah gate leading right up to this beautiful palace of a house surrounded by palm trees such a vibe so yeah guys a pretty quick look at the side of the island yeah I'm hoping to visit El Nido again in the future because obviously some of these videos have been pretty fast paced through here and I haven't like fully dove into the culture of things to do and you know everything in there but it's like a nice little highlight both to get me excited and you guys excited when I Explore More of the areas on the island of Palawan but we're gonna head on back we'll see you there kuya yeah brother it was a great time really nice time thank you all right guys and just made it back to the hotel room so as always thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next video
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