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  • Day 7

    Sunrise and Ferry day.

    March 4, 2019 on the Philippines ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

    After hearing about a view point overlooking the whole of el nido by other travellers, we had to see this for ourselves.
    By negotiating with our boat skipper from previous day, he had agreed to show us this so called dangerous but beautiful view point.

    Meeting him 5am the morning, he had this grin and laughed while asking us if we're semi fit for what's about to come. Not thinking it could be that hard, we were handed gloves and proceeded walking through narrow zigzag passages, greeted by early morning foul stench of external toilets and leaky pipes.
    Reaching the sumit of the limestone mountain in pitch darkness, we started our elevation before the sun breaks the horizon.
    Jagged and loose rock edges, perspiration from everywhere and torn gloves was all worth it when we finally reached the peak.

    In cases like these, photos can't capture the beauty and awe.
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