Outventure Office and Shop – The Beginnings
When my mom passed away in early 2011, I decided to come back to my home province of Camarines Sur, some 450 kilometers south of Metro Manila, to be with my father who was alone in our family house. I...
View ArticleOutventure Office and Shop – The Team
In my life, I have been blessed with friends who are creative artists and entrepreneurs – and this has always been an inspiration to me. My mother loved travel. When we were growing up, she always...
View ArticleOutventure Office and Shop – How We Put Everything Together
Outventure was DTI-registered in July 2013. Though I have been doing bookings as early as March 2013 for friends, it was under a different company. Outventure had its soft opening on November 10 but...
View ArticleHow to Find Outventure Travel, El Nido, Palawan
This is Serena St. and these are our neighbors – Seadog Diving, The Alternative Inn and Restaurant, El Taraw Booking and Ticketing Office. If you are coming from the main streets of Rizal Avenue and/or...
View ArticleThis is Tour C, El Nido, Palawan by Outventure
The last time I was on a tour boat was years ago so on one particular sunny day, when my resident tour guide was on day off, I decided to go with my tour guide in training instead. We only had 4 guests...
View ArticleThis is Tour A, El Nido, Palawan by Outventure
On the first day that we went out on Tour C with a group of four, another group composed of nine English and Spanish guests, went out at a later time on a different boat, also on Tour C. On the second...
View ArticleDaragang Cuyunon 2014, Sibaltan, El Nido, Palawan
It was a nearly cloudless day in Sibaltan. We left the Tourism Office in El Nido town at half past eight in the morning, Lia and I, on the motorbike that Almer was driving and took nearly 2 hours to...
View ArticleWorld Turtle Day 2014 in El Nido, Palawan
First off, some credits where/to whom credit is due. Happy World Turtle Day from all five species of sea turtles that can be found in Palawan! El Nido Resorts takes part in sea turtle conservation by...
View ArticleSunsets in Caalan Beach and Corong-Corong Beach, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
I have been back in El Nido since two weeks and with my newly-acquired 11-16mm UWA lens have been enjoying myself with some sunsets both in Caalan, in front of our resort – The Last Beach Cottages...
View ArticlePinagbuyutan Island, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
2014 saw me last post on the 30th of October, something about the sunsets in front of our resort, which we called The Last Beach Cottages, at the very end of Caalan Beach. Shortly thereafter, we...
View ArticleThis is Tour B, El Nido, Palawan by Outventure
When people ask me which tour is best among Tours A, B, C, and D, this is what I say – Tours A and C are the most popular. Tour A because it goes to the lagoons in Miniloc Island and this is what made...
View ArticleSeven Commandos Beach, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
Back when there was absolutely nothing in Seven Commandos Beach, it was our favorite beach. It has really nice fine white sand and great snorkeling. It was the beach we went to with the other Potter’s...
View Article1209 Sunset Beach Bar, Corong-Corong Beach, El Nido, Palawan
After finally deciding that it was best to let the resort go and leave, the family moved back to Corong-Corong beach, where we rented a small house with a balcony, and 5 meters of beachfront that we...
View ArticleThe Last Christmas in the Philippines
Lia’s last Christmas in the Philippines was in 2015 and she spent it with her biological father and his family, as she did the past Christmases. We had spent some time together before Christmas though,...
View ArticleSibaltan, El Nido, Palawan
It takes an average of two hours on a motorbike to get to Sibaltan. The drive is hot and dusty, and scooters are a definite no-no. We rented a proper motorbike to get ourselves there and took at least...
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