El Nido Tuesday March 10th

Had a pretty good sleep last night even with the occasional noisy motor bike going past and woke up refreshed and looking forward to exploring El Nido and it's surrounds. The central bakery is just down the road from my lodge so a five minute walk provided me with fresh buns that looked like croissants but had neither the texture nor taste of the French original. Never mind it was edible enough and washed down pretty well with black tea.
The road past the lodge is the main road out of town and heads to the next bay called Corong-Corong; so good that they named it twice? C – C is a loose collection of village huts, beach cabin accommodation and more upmarket resorts as well as a very stylish two storey house with a big sign on the beach side proudly proclaiming it to be the home of Mr and Mrs Walsh. It actually has their first names on the sign as well but I can't remember what they are. C – C beach is not a particularly nice beach for swimming so I kept heading south around the next headland, and the next and the next, finally arriving at Las Cabanas Beach. Las Cabanas is a beautiful beach with fine white sand and good swimming depth within a few metres of the shore. There is little in the way of beach cabins or even village huts along the best part of the beach but at the far end, the less attractive end, a very nice looking resort has been established, called appropriately Las Cabanas Beach Resort. Found a nice shaded spot to rest and went for a swim before lunching on a mango and another imitation croissant. Walked a bit further along the beach for more photo opportunities and then returned to C – C to flag down a passing trike back to Cliffside Lodge.
Spent the remainder of the afternoon sorting photo's and napping. Found a newly opened Swedish Massage booth Calle Hamma Street offering 50% Discount for a one hour massage, on inquiring I was told that an additional twenty minutes for free was on offer as well. Never could resist a bargain and at 250 Pesos for an hour and twenty minutes of massage it well and truly fell into my interpretation of a bargain. Not sure if it was just that I was feeling run down after all these days on the move but I rated the massage as amongst the best I've ever had. Should sleep well tonight.