El Nido, Palawan getaway with Drew and Primo Arellano (Full Episode) | Biyahe ni Drew
Aired (August 18, 2024): Join Biyahero Drew and his son, Primo, on an unforgettable getaway in one of the Philippines’ most breathtaking destinations – El Nido, Palawan!
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00:00Beef Mami, Chicken Mami, our trip today is special because I will be with one of the closest people in my heart.
00:20Papa, you forgot about me.
00:22Oh no!
00:26Sorry. Let's go. Ready?
00:31Wow!
00:33We will be together on a trip with my eldest son, Primo.
00:38And we will go to a paradise that can be considered as heaven.
00:44Sometimes, it's even considered as a piece of heaven.
00:47That's why this place is close to my heart.
00:53A trip full of excitement.
00:55What did I first say when we did the bingo?
00:58What?
00:59I'm dying.
01:03I can't pronounce it.
01:04Kakitan.
01:06Low camera.
01:08Where's the camera?
01:09I'm just talking to one behero.
01:12I'm not the most adventurous kid. Do you know who is?
01:14Who?
01:15Dora the Explorer.
01:16Dora the Explorer.
01:18And new experiences for kids and feeling kids.
01:20This one?
01:21All of them.
01:24Good thing it's free.
01:25Let's go.
01:28Join us, Primo, on our trip to the heaven on earth.
01:32El Nido, Palawan.
01:39The activities in El Nido are not just for studying.
01:43The following tricks are also basic for these kids.
01:48There.
01:50Down.
01:51Jump.
01:53The 60-foot chum that father Abe will ride
01:55grew up with calabasas.
01:58That's why he's close to these, especially his calabasas.
02:02He's so close that he'll make him do the following tricks.
02:06Brother, I heard that you made a dog out of your calabasas.
02:12How did that happen?
02:13How did it start?
02:14How old is this calabasas?
02:15Four.
02:16Four.
02:17When he was two years old, I taught him.
02:21Why did you think of teaching him?
02:23Because you want to have a dog?
02:24I thought of it.
02:25Dogs are taught.
02:27Why can't a calabasas be taught?
02:29I just tried.
02:31Let's see if Enero can really follow father Abe.
02:35Good.
02:37Good.
02:39There.
02:42There he is.
02:43Lie down.
02:44Lie down.
02:45Lie down.
02:46Good.
02:48There he is.
02:50Does he know that you're his master?
02:52Yes, he knows.
02:54He's doing that.
02:56So, let's say that I'll hold the chum,
03:00and I'll try to...
03:02He'll follow you.
03:03He'll follow me.
03:04Is that the easiest trick that they can...
03:09Learn.
03:10Learn, right? Because they're called calabasas.
03:12Four.
03:13Four.
03:16I'll just show you a trick, father Abe.
03:18Watch closely.
03:20You'll be amazed by me.
03:21Enero.
03:23Lower back.
03:24Lower back.
03:25Lower back.
03:28What do you know?
03:30Did you see that?
03:32So amazing, right?
03:35Wait.
03:36To prove that he's not a chumba,
03:37one more time.
03:38Lower back.
03:40Lower back, like that.
03:42Bend.
03:44Bend.
03:46Lower back.
03:49Lower back.
03:52Lower back.
03:53Lower back.
03:56There.
03:57Very good.
03:58Lie down.
03:59Lie down.
04:00Lie down.
04:01Enero's following
04:03is not just up to their farm.
04:05It also marked the history of the barangay,
04:07Barutuan.
04:08Because the calabasas in their place
04:11are a tradition
04:12that has been lost for decades.
04:14But this year,
04:15they tried to restore the tradition.
04:18Of course, this is our first year
04:20trying to revive this culture and tradition.
04:24Father Abe's love for his calabasas,
04:26which is called Enero,
04:27can be compared to the love
04:29a father has for his son.
04:31It's really hard.
04:32Because
04:33since I was a kid,
04:34I thought that my son
04:36would wake up in the morning
04:38and feed me.
04:39He would feed me first.
04:40He would feed me.
04:42Until he grew up.
04:44That's why he's kind to me.
04:48But it's not over yet.
04:50Because the farmers
04:51and their calabasas
04:52are going to harvest
04:54from the barangay,
04:55New Ibahay.
04:57Brother Edmund and Mark
04:58are riding on the back
05:00and riding on top
05:01of their calabasas.
05:03How, how, calabasas?
05:05My calabasas, sir,
05:06I'm good at it, sir.
05:07That's why my calabasas
05:08are really good.
05:09Ninety-nine percent.
05:10Calabasas,
05:11it's easy to teach.
05:13You just have to be patient, sir.
05:14And you have to have discipline.
05:16Alright,
05:17here's a sample.
05:18Brother Edmund versus Mark.
05:22Who's better
05:23at riding a calabasas?
05:26Oh,
05:27if Mark is going to maneuver,
05:28it's like he has a built-in side mirror.
05:32Meanwhile, Edmund
05:33has other balancing skills.
05:37What's up, guys?
05:38Who's the chicken?
05:39This is for your calabasas.
05:43Can't get enough
05:44of the cute gentle giants
05:45in El Nido.
05:46For tourists
05:47who can't do
05:48touring in Calabasas,
05:49like Edmund and Mark,
05:51there's still a chance
05:52to ride a calabasas.
05:53We recommend
05:54riding a calabasas
05:56because it's really fun
05:58and you might not have
05:59the experience
06:00in other places.
06:06Young or old,
06:07you can bond
06:08with the animals
06:09here in El Nido.
06:10There's even a fruit
06:11that looks like a turkey
06:12but it's really expensive
06:13on the farm.
06:15When it comes to animals,
06:16or animals,
06:17they appreciate
06:18when you show them
06:19on TV
06:20or read about them
06:22or see them
06:23on the internet
06:24or,
06:25I tell them
06:26about my experiences
06:27on the trip.
06:29But,
06:30you know,
06:31like,
06:32interacting with them
06:33up close
06:34is also different.
06:37We're lucky
06:38because we got
06:39feeding time
06:40of wild animals
06:41on a farm in El Nido.
06:42So this is how
06:43we feed the pigs.
06:44So,
06:45this is the fermented
06:46fruits and vegetables
06:48from the market.
06:49And,
06:50this is the water
06:51mixed with molasses.
06:52So,
06:53this will serve
06:54as their food.
06:55Back time
06:56and eating time
06:57at the same time.
06:58Maybe,
06:59like,
07:00when I'm trying
07:01to get Leon snacks.
07:02Your brother snacks,
07:03huh?
07:05Today is your
07:06lucky day.
07:07Bonding with pigs
07:08and goat,
07:09check!
07:10Eh,
07:11could Primo like
07:12the vegetables
07:13and fruits here?
07:14Hey!
07:15Or,
07:16nyeh!
07:17What they call
07:18mulberry,
07:19is a type of berry
07:20that's abundant
07:21here in El Nido.
07:22Hey,
07:23that's because
07:24of the mulberry.
07:25Come on, son.
07:26You're still a kid.
07:27Let's make a gift
07:28for your siblings.
07:29It's a good thing
07:30it's free.
07:31So,
07:32my favorite part
07:33was feeding
07:34the goats
07:35and getting oppa
07:36because I love sinigang.
07:38I like feeding
07:39goats like this.
07:45How was your experience
07:46with the younger goats?
07:48The Kapirang goats?
07:49They're all like doy.
07:50Easy to pet?
07:51They're like dodoy?
07:52Doy, but
07:53less crazy.
07:55Less crazy.
07:57Primo experienced
07:58those in a program
07:59in El Nido
08:00that is called
08:01The Earth School.
08:02The goal is
08:03to teach kids
08:04about nature.
08:06The whole purpose
08:07of our school
08:08is to develop
08:09sustainability
08:10and creativity.
08:11And we find
08:12that those values
08:13are really felt
08:14here by our entire
08:15community in El Nido.
08:16Ever since before,
08:17when I travel,
08:18the education
08:19and experience
08:20that I get
08:21as a traveler,
08:22of course,
08:23there are books,
08:24but there's nothing
08:25like experiencing it
08:26on their own.
08:28Tung Bugtung,
08:29a princess
08:30sitting on a cup.
08:32Correct.
08:33The province
08:34in Kasuy is also famous.
08:36One of the products
08:37they make from here
08:38is Sweetened Kasuy
08:39or as they call it,
08:40Bandi.
08:42I wish I could give you
08:43cashew nuts.
08:45I'm done.
08:47Every day,
08:48Vanessa cooks
08:49a kilo of bandi.
08:50She shares
08:51her cooking with her mother.
08:52She will share
08:53her famous
08:54bandi recipe with us.
08:57The dried Kasuy
08:58will be peeled one by one.
09:00It's really manual.
09:02How many pieces
09:03do you make every day?
09:04Two cans.
09:05Two cans?
09:06Yes.
09:07How big is the can?
09:08Five.
09:09Five gallons?
09:10Yes.
09:11So about 10 gallons?
09:12Yes.
09:15So after this
09:16process,
09:17what will happen?
09:18This is it, sir.
09:19You hold this.
09:20We'll hold this.
09:21You cut it, sir.
09:22Carefully.
09:25There.
09:26There.
09:28There.
09:29There.
09:30There.
09:31This is also
09:32to remove
09:33the skin, right?
09:35After peeling
09:36and cutting
09:37the Kasuy,
09:38this will be peeled
09:39one by one.
09:40This is really
09:41messy.
09:42Yes, sir.
09:43You really need
09:44gentle hands.
09:45Let's use
09:46a shampoo.
09:47We're done peeling.
09:48This is
09:49what we're done with.
09:50You ate
09:51the ones with bones.
09:52The ones with bones?
09:53Yes.
09:54We need to wash
09:55it several times.
10:00And this is also
10:01to be measured
10:02or spread
10:03on the leaves
10:04of the banana
10:05for you to eat.
10:07I'm curious
10:08because my son,
10:09Primo,
10:10loves cashew butter.
10:11Yes.
10:12I don't know
10:13if he'll like this,
10:14but I'll let him
10:15taste it.
10:16Okay, sir.
10:18Primo's taste test
10:19on the tray.
10:20Stay tuned.
10:23Just like the Kasuy,
10:24the cooking of
10:25the local dish
10:26is also fun
10:27because
10:28this local dish
10:29is cooked
10:30from the barangay
10:31Barotuan.
10:32It's just hard
10:33to find a place
10:34to eat.
10:35What?
10:36Hot Tinapay!
10:37Hot Tinapay!
10:39I'm buying
10:40Hot Tinapay!
10:44Hot Tinapay?
10:45Oh, no.
10:46This is delicious.
10:48I'm hungry.
10:51Just open it, sir.
10:53There it is.
10:54It's hot.
10:55It's still hot.
10:56It's fresh.
10:57There it is.
11:01Sir,
11:04what kind of Tinapay
11:05are you eating?
11:06This is it.
11:08That's it.
11:09Tinapay,
11:10that's what I said.
11:12That's not what you said.
11:13Tinapay.
11:17It's still early.
11:20Tinapay.
11:22You made fun of me.
11:24Oh, no.
11:26I'm sorry.
11:27Just taste it.
11:28You'll get rid of your anger
11:30if you taste
11:31that fresh Tinapay.
11:33There.
11:34There.
11:35Here.
11:37You're so stingy.
11:39Right?
11:40Is it good?
11:41Here.
11:42Let me show you
11:43Tinapay so you'll know.
11:44Huh?
11:45Is it good?
11:46Sir, it's hot.
11:48It's hard.
11:53There's no mixing.
11:54It's just plain.
11:55Nanay Violeta's Tinapay
11:56is spicy.
11:57I mean,
11:58it's crazy good.
12:00It takes me an hour
12:01to finish it.
12:03Because I have a lot of vegetables.
12:05She's known here
12:06in Barangay Barutuan.
12:09It's more delicious
12:10to cook Tinapay.
12:13She's our vegetable.
12:15Tinapay leaves
12:16are peeled
12:17with different flavors
12:18and spices.
12:20It's topped with corn
12:22and wrapped
12:23in leaves.
12:24It's boiled
12:25for up to 5 hours
12:26for a richer flavor.
12:33It's good.
12:34It looks like
12:35a laing.
12:37But it's not.
12:38What I taste
12:40is very gingery.
12:42There's a lot of ginger.
12:44Maybe
12:45if you add more chili,
12:48add more coconut milk,
12:50it'll be like
12:51a super saiyan
12:52laing.
12:54In our trip to El Dido,
12:56our parents approved
12:57the local products
12:58of Provincia
12:59especially my daughter.
13:04Okay,
13:05we try this first.
13:06Apparently,
13:07this is what they call
13:08chowloon.
13:09I think because
13:10the noodles are long.
13:11Chowlong.
13:12No, chow.
13:13The long noodles.
13:15Okay?
13:17Okay.
13:18Here.
13:20I'm on camera.
13:21No, it's just rolling.
13:22It's okay.
13:25It looks like I'm passing
13:26through my daughter's
13:27delaying tactics.
13:29Let's find out
13:30why these Vietnamese
13:31noodles are famous
13:32in Palawan.
13:35My proud brother
13:36back then,
13:37Micaela,
13:38said chowlong
13:39is his favorite
13:40or a localized version
13:41of Vietnamese Pho.
13:42Because of his love for it,
13:43he made his own food.
13:45I hope all.
13:46I really love
13:47our chowlong.
13:48We really have
13:49a lot of vegetables.
13:50When there are tourists
13:51who come back here
13:53to eat chowlong.
13:56Chowlong is famous
13:57in Palawan
13:58because of the Vietnamese
13:59refugees.
14:01But this is equivalent
14:02to goto
14:03here in the Philippines.
14:04But these noodles
14:06are not really
14:07chowlong.
14:09So this is
14:10banh cam.
14:11Generally,
14:12they call noodles
14:13Pho.
14:15But the particular
14:16rice noodles
14:17are called
14:18banh cam.
14:19That's too much,
14:20Primo.
14:21This is your favorite.
14:23It's Pho.
14:28How does it taste?
14:29What does it taste like?
14:30It's sweet
14:31and garlicky.
14:32Sweet,
14:33garlicky.
14:34It's like
14:35Mami.
14:36Like that.
14:37Beef Mami.
14:38Chicken Mami.
14:39When it rains.
14:41Okay.
14:42What else do you want to try?
14:43What else do you want to try?
14:47You want to try this one?
14:48Yeah.
14:49Okay.
14:50Primo was targeting
14:51one of your favorite foods.
14:54How about this?
14:55This is what you like.
14:57Delicious.
14:58You said it was delicious.
15:02Can I get some?
15:03You want to get some?
15:04This one?
15:10Tastes fishy.
15:13This one, you want to try?
15:14What's that?
15:15This is
15:16Daing Natakong.
15:17Daing?
15:18Yeah.
15:19Oh, no.
15:20Okay.
15:21Just take a small piece.
15:23Small piece.
15:24Just take a bite.
15:25Like all of it?
15:32I'm not a fan.
15:33Yeah.
15:34Not a fan.
15:35Yep.
15:36Sorry.
15:37Yeah.
15:39The Mabusi Singbandi
15:40that Vanessa and I made,
15:41Primo will taste it
15:42and he'll like
15:43what I worked hard to make.
15:45This is what we cooked.
15:47Bandi.
15:48Pandi?
15:49No, no, no.
15:50There's brief, there's pandi.
15:52This is
15:54and cashew butter.
15:56So this is sugar and cashew.
15:58Here, big piece.
16:00Hallelujah.
16:01Wow.
16:05Just to balance it out,
16:07I'll eat on my right.
16:12Okay.
16:13Which would you want to take home
16:16for Pasalubong?
16:17For the Ates
16:18and Mama
16:19and your siblings?
16:21This is for the Ates.
16:23That's for Mama.
16:26My sibling.
16:28Maybe just one.
16:29You have three siblings.
16:31But one sibling only?
16:33No, like all of it.
16:34All of it.
16:35Okay.
16:36Good job, man.
16:39In Manila,
16:40when it comes to expensive seafood,
16:43here in El Nido,
16:44even if it's lobster,
16:45it's not expensive.
16:46It's cheap.
16:48Php 1,500 per kilo
16:50for lobster in El Nido
16:52while in Metro Manila,
16:53it's Php 4,000 per kilo.
16:55It fits in your pocket
16:56and fits the whole family.
16:58Guys, we're here
16:59in front of
17:01the public market of El Nido
17:03because my son
17:04is interested
17:05in lobster.
17:07He hasn't seen
17:08a live lobster yet.
17:09He already saw
17:10a cooked lobster
17:12and he hasn't tried
17:13that lobster yet.
17:15But now,
17:16we're here because
17:17are you interested
17:18to check out lobsters?
17:20Yeah.
17:22That's not all.
17:23There are also
17:24different seafood
17:25that we haven't seen yet.
17:26Hello, camera.
17:27Where's the camera?
17:29I'm just talking
17:30to one bejero.
17:32Let's go.
17:33Come on.
17:40What's this?
17:41No.
17:42Pusit.
17:43This one?
17:44Baby shark.
17:45Oh, pusit.
17:46Wait.
17:47With all the things
17:48that Primo sees,
17:49it looks like
17:50he's going to get
17:51mad at my jokes.
17:54What happened?
17:55What's this?
17:57That is one of their
17:59antennas.
18:00That's it.
18:01Yeah, that's it.
18:03What did the fish say
18:04when he went to the doctor?
18:06What did the fish say
18:07when he went to the doctor?
18:08I pulled a muscle.
18:09Pulled a muscle.
18:11Where did you get
18:12your jokes from?
18:14You really got mad
18:15at your dad.
18:16Sorry, Mama Ia.
18:17He really got mad
18:18at me.
18:19I knew it.
18:22If the lobsters
18:23taste good,
18:24does that mean
18:25it's good?
18:27It looks good.
18:30We're here at El Lido.
18:32We're close to the sea.
18:34Vinon thinks
18:35that if we're close to the sea,
18:36there's a bigger chance
18:37that we'll get
18:38fresh lobsters
18:39or any
18:40generally fresh
18:41seafood.
18:49It's good.
18:50It's steamed
18:51but it has butter.
18:53Butter is always good
18:54with seafood.
19:03Totally different taste
19:04from each other.
19:06But still very yummy.
19:21If you are
19:22craving for lobster
19:24or lobsters,
19:25you know where to go.
19:31It's not just in my food
19:32that Primo wants to be adventurous.
19:34There's also
19:35water activity.
19:37How's Primo
19:38in swimming in El Lido?
19:40In 45 islands
19:41and islets of El Lido,
19:43you won't run out
19:44of things to buy.
19:45And the perfect
19:46family bonding?
19:47Of course,
19:48snorkeling.
19:50One of the reasons
19:51why El Lido
19:52is one of our favorite
19:53places to visit
19:54is because
19:55it's not just
19:56convenient
19:57to come here
19:58for a swim.
19:59You can immediately
20:00get accommodation
20:01or room
20:02there.
20:05Of course,
20:06people already know
20:07that El Lido
20:09is full of
20:10islets
20:11and islands
20:12that
20:13I guess
20:14are for all ages.
20:16You can see here
20:17that this is one
20:19island or islet
20:20that people go to.
20:22It's called
20:23Shimizu Island.
20:25It's one of
20:26the many
20:28El Lido-Taytay
20:29managed resource
20:30protected areas.
20:32The waters of Palawan,
20:33they're really
20:34known
20:35to be very
20:36clear.
20:37It's actually
20:38a bit teal.
20:40And for me,
20:41in the Philippines,
20:42there's still
20:43no defeat
20:44in the clarity
20:45of the waters of Palawan.
20:48One of the things
20:49that I teach
20:50my children
20:51is how to
20:52swim.
21:04Ah!
21:05No, no, no!
21:07No, no, no!
21:09You've been swimming
21:10for years!
21:11Yeah?
21:12How many times
21:13have I tried?
21:14Eight times.
21:15Come on!
21:16It's good
21:17that she enjoyed
21:18the colorful fish
21:19under the boat.
21:29I see a lot of people, dad!
21:34A lot of firsts
21:35in this trip,
21:36which is a good thing
21:37and one of the reasons
21:38why I invited him.
21:41For them,
21:42it's play, right?
21:43And if they're
21:44learning while playing,
21:45then it's worth it.
21:51Hi, Primo!
21:53Hi!
21:58Just like how Primo
21:59tried different
22:00unfamiliar foods,
22:02for him,
22:03this spot in El Nido
22:04is also challenging.
22:07But the challenge
22:08was accepted
22:09for some grandpas
22:10and grandmas
22:11who climbed it.
22:12Can the BND team
22:13also do it?
22:16How high we're going
22:17to climb
22:18depends on the rock.
22:19It's almost
22:2010 meters
22:21down
22:22before we cross
22:23the bridge.
22:25Hehehehe
22:31In just 10 meters,
22:32they have to climb
22:33the rocks.
22:38Next,
22:39they have to climb
22:40the hanging bridge
22:41which is 50 meters long
22:42and 30 feet high.
22:48They have to climb
22:49another 200 meters
22:50before they reach
22:51the peak.
22:52But because
22:53of the improvised
22:54routes and steps,
22:55it will be easier
22:56to climb.
22:59After 15 minutes
23:00and 82 breaths per second,
23:02this is what
23:03we climbed.
23:11From here,
23:12you can see
23:13Bacuit Bay,
23:14the largest marine
23:15sanctuary in the Philippines.
23:18You always say,
23:19Papa,
23:20can I come with you?
23:21Right now,
23:22are you happy
23:23that you're with Papa
23:24in front of the camera?
23:26No.
23:28Tragic.
23:31No, really?
23:32Yeah.
23:33Yeah?
23:34Because I'm so proud of you
23:35because you tried
23:36so many stuff.
23:37What's your favorite part
23:38of the trip?
23:40That I get to be with Papa.
23:42Okay, that's pretty sweet.
23:43Of course,
23:44it's fun
23:45to be with your son
23:46especially
23:47when
23:48he's your age.
23:49He knows a lot
23:50and says a lot
23:51and he's so spongy.
23:52He has a lot
23:53to say.
23:54It's fun
23:55to be with him.
23:57Sometimes,
24:01being unpredictable,
24:03but that's part of the fun.
24:04That's part of
24:05traveling with kids,
24:06you know?
24:07And there's nothing like
24:08having,
24:09you know,
24:10alone time,
24:11like one-on-one
24:12with them.
24:13Do you want to go with
24:14your dad
24:15on your dad's trip?
24:18No.
24:19Okay, good.
24:21I love traveling alone.
24:22And I love
24:23traveling with Papa.
24:29Traveling with kids
24:30is extra challenging.
24:32But these times
24:33that we remember
24:34so we can be with them,
24:35we make memories
24:37that even our parents
24:39will remember
24:40until we grow old.