On our last day at El Nido we went for a second boat trip, to some further-flung islands in the bay.
Rock on the flanks of Matinloc Island.
Somewhere on Matinloc.
Another swimming/snorkelling spot.
More rock than you can shake a Hilti at...
Intestines from a pig (i think), not sure, but I ate them anyhow. Yum.
Bakery treats - don't be fooled by colourings and different shapes - they all taste identical! Although the small 'breasty-like' ones with a single red spot do have nice coconut stuff in them.
Tricycles, Hama Street, El Nido.
Serona Rd, El Nido.
Serona Rd, El Nido.
Cycle touring in the Philippines 
those are not pork intestines but chicken intestines (locally called tina-eh) or sometimes called betamax.
– ranma from cebu,philippines
thanks for the clarification : )
betamax is made of chicken blood hardened with vinegar and cut in cubes that look like the old betamax tapes, but that chicken intestines are called Isaw
In Manila, those chicken intestines are called isaw. 🙂
Hanna is correct. It is pork intestine. A chiken intestine is smaller and has continous loops (hence the monicker “IUD”). Pork isaw is usaully cut in smaller pieces like the one on the photo (size proportion compared to the stick also shows its size, as that of a pig’s). I eat this a lot…nevetheless, in Manila, wether its pork or chicken, it is called “isaw” as in isaw-baboy (pig), or isaw manok (chicken).
On a different note- thanks for the Blog- it’s a useful info for those planning the same thing. We did Luzon this year and panning to do the visayas next year (in sections) before finally hitting an entire Philippine trip (most probably by retirement).
Hi RDH, thanks for the info – it’s appreciated! Have a great trip next year! I’d love to go back there too.