Feed My Vanity

One of our stops in El Nido was Vigan Island a.k.a. Snake Island because of its shape, with the island as its body and the winding sandbar as its tail.

Snake Island's Sandbar

The guys look as if they’re walking on water noh? The tide was kind of high when we went there but you can see the faint outline of the sandbar here. The swimming area near the sandbar were shallow so me and another girl took a short dip even though it was cold as hell because of the rainy weather. After taking a few pics, our guide took us on a short hike of the island.

Vigan Island's hiking trail

pretty pebbles pave the trail

A clump of pitcher plants

The hike was short and uneventful. My favorite part of the hike though, was the view it gave us when we reached the end of the trail.

A view of the snake's "tail"

If you look really close, you’d see the boat we took to get to the island.

I don’t have a parting shot now. Life has been really hectic. Tomorrow I’m off for a media familiarization trip of Iloilo City, Iloilo province and Guimaras Islands. I was invited to Lee’s, as well as Crissa’s presentation on fashion week, and I’m torn whether to go or not. I want to but I haven’t packed yet.

I don’t want to end an entry on a frustrated note though. TGIF tomorrow! Woohoo!

…I did go to El Nido just to have dinner. Hahaha. But of course we made the most of it by cramming in as much as island hopping, sunbathing, and activities as we could.

The resort, aside from being known for its number of activities available such as diving, snorkeling, rock climbing kayaking, etc., is also known for it’s being eco-friendly. Now El Nido Resorts is also aiming to become a gourmet destination (and yes, their food is FAB!), thus the reason why I went there to have dinner, for a winemaker’s dinner to be exact.

So many forks...

It was a five-course meal! So of course my diet went out of the window. haha. The delicious wine were provided by Cape Jaffa Wines while the yummy food was masterminded by El Nido’s chefs along withthe chefs of Kai Restaurant (in Greenbelt 5), and Lemon Cafe (in Bora). I apologize that I do not have any pictures of the food since I really am a lousy photographer when it comes to poor lighting. But the meals were scrumptious and went well with the wines it was paired with. I had a lot to drink that day (4 cocktails, and several glasses of wine), but I never felt sick, and I have never been big when it comes to drinking.

Dinner was lovely, which we finished with a nightcap at the resort’s poolside bar. It was a lovely, lovely, LOVELY evening spent over a glass of red with new friends.

BTW,we stayed at Lagen Island, probably El Nido Resorts’ most luxurious resort which I would have never been able to afford to go to on my own!

View from my room

Lagen Island has three accommodations you can choose from, the Forest Cottages, and for a bit more pampering, the Forest Suites, or the Water Cottages. I was given a Water Cottage with a stunning view of the ocean of course!

Lagen Island's Water Cottages

view from my room's veranda

Me trying to get a wifi signal

That’s it for now. I have so many pictures and so many stories and must-sees in El Nido, but this is the kind of place that one blog entry will not be able to encapsulate. My life is kind of in a fast-track now, thus the lack of updates. Until my next entry then.

PARTING SHOT:

A Komodo Dragon I took by surprise

I was snooping around while we were waiting for lunch, when I stumbled upon this Komodo Dragon behind the kitchen area.

Not much of a hiatus I know.

Anyway, I just came from an amazing trip. Here’s a preview:

Bliss.

My next entry’s title will be “Why I went to Palawan to have dinner.” Hahaha.