E2---El-Nido-Secret-Beach-20160329Who’s afraid of going to El Nido? I found out that many. Most people have the impression that El Nido is very expensive. This is far from true. This is a haven for backpackers, mostly foreign. Sad. Filipinos must experience why Palawan – mostly because of El Nido – has been topping the lists of the world’s most beautiful beaches.

El Nido’s origin was a small Tagbanwa village called Talindak. By 16th century, waves of migrants from Cuyo Islands came here and settled. When the Spaniards arrived during the 1800s, they moved to the present-day Poblacion and started building a new settlement they called Bacuit. The Chinese came to Bacuit at the same period, settling first in Langeblangeban. Bacuit was under the jurisdiction of Municipality of Taytay, which was the capital of the Province of Calamianes (Northern Palawan) from 1818. It became independent in 1916 and became the new Municipality of Bacuit.

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