I am winding down my trip in the Philippines & after one night in Manila, I’m now headed off the grid to El Nido on Palawan Island for a few days & then doing this: http://taophilippines.com/sailing-tao-experience/ to take me island hopping for 5 days from El Nido, known for its beaches (likened to the now-overrun Boracay 20 years ago), to Coron, known for its diving. I cannot wait!! I’m going to spend another few days diving in Coron & then I’m off to Tokyo for a couple days before heading home to Chicago. There’s supposedly no electricity in El Nido from 6am-2pm daily & wifi is shit. I obviously won’t have anything on the boat for 5 days. Nacpan Beach in El Nido is ranked on several top 5-10 beach lists & just looks gorgeous on Google. The island of Palawan is called “the last frontier of the Philippines”. How dope is that!?! I think this is quite possibly the only thing that could make me excited to be leaving Vietnam & ending the trip.