Southeast Asia: Jan 19 - Motorbikes, Nagkalit-kalit Waterfalls and Beautiful NacpanBeach

Rented motorbikes on sat, 19th. 500 peso's each was the very cheapest we could find through a nice guy named Rikki. We all rode for about half an hour north to Nagkalit-kalit waterfalls. We had to hire a guide for 150pesos each as the El Nido wilderness conservation requires any sort of exploration to have a guide. This is pretty cool as it keeps the tourists safe and the land from overuse and abuse. Our guide was a lady named Marcel and she was really kind. She showed us these strange plants that close their leaves when you touch them! Sort of like a fly catcher plant but they don't catch flies... They are called "Shai?" in english (lady's eye in thailand's english! we found out later because they look lke a ladys lashes closing.) They are used to treat urinary tract infections and insect bites. We made it to the waterfalls and water hole and had a nice dunk. fresh water felt soo good on our sunburns. Then we walked the 40 mins back to our bikes and headed further north to Nacpan beach.

Coconut farming on the way to the falls

Mango Tree

Rice set out to dry

frogs!


at the Nagkalit-kalit waterfalls, not too big but a nice swimming hole!

Nagkalit-kalit waterfalls

Nacpan beach was pretty far out there but it was the most amazing beach we had all ever seen in our lives so far! It was so clear, no garbage, huge waves almost no tourists... definitely a rare gem. Little village kids came out and started singing "oh holy night" with their missing toothed smiles and asking for food and money so next time I think we would wander further down the beach away from the village... They were cute but there were so many of them! Kaila fed them a mango and mairi let them colour in her book and write words in english which they were suprisingly good at reading out loud, although a bit shy! we went further north on our bikes to Barutuan and found out there was a festival there tomorrow and then we headed home for dinner.