Early morning start and we were off to Nacpan Beach, a long white double beach further north of El Nido. Our company included the birthday boy, Garie, and a lovely French girl, Anne-Charlotte, who was travelling around for 4 months on her own before her last year of uni.
Along the way, we stopped off at Nagkalitkalit Falls... Which involved an hour trek through the woods, wading through four rushing streams full of stones, and rocky paths, with poor Anne-Charlotte having to go barefoot because of a cut on her foot. When we finally arrived at the waterfalls, it was both beautiful and insanely disappointing considering the effort. It was small waterfall, and a little dirty, with yellow foam bubbling at the edges of the surface. After a full 10 minutes there, we started the hike back when my sandal finally lost the will to live and died a horrible death at the bottom of a stream.
Nacpan Beach, when we finally got there, was absolutely stunning, with a beautiful island looming in the distance, where we learnt was part owned by Manny Pacquiao. We waded into the water after a quick meal, the waves lapping at us, but the water so wondrously clear and warm! The frisbee came out and we spent ages jumping around in the waves, being rubbish, haha, and meeting another Filipina and a Chilean guy.
Finally remembering the twin beaches, we walked over to the viewpoint, which involved a precarious climb up the side of the hill, muddy and slippy with rain, but what a view!! Although it was grey and cloudy, it was beautiful, the wind strong and threatening to blow us over, but we had to take a quick selfie!
Then the heavens let loose and we were drenched within seconds, running off the viewpoint quickly and, after dumping our stuff, ran straight back out into the sea, frisbee at hand and waves slowly increasing in size, easily washing over us! Ah, it was amazing!!
Our evening ended in a videoke bar, requested by the birthday boy, with a rum and coke and us belting out classics, Simon even getting involved at one point! Perfect end to the day!
