I flew with my brother-in-law and his soon to be wife to Palawan to check out the progress of our beach house in El Nido, and it is starting to come into shape with the roofing installed. We used Metalplas short for Metallic Plastic for roofing, it’s a new German Technology design made in the Philippines, engineered primarily for extreme weather conditions such as extremely hot or cold. In the case of a tropical country the Philippines, it is very applicable being Rust-proof, fire-resistant and super Cool.

In a few days, our shipment for another German Technology and German made Solar Panel is arriving and will be installed. This means our comfort level will increase significantly from having no power or generator powered (expensive on fuel), to virtually cost free power. Of course, the solar panels are not in-expensive, but it’s a one time investment that will recoup it’s cost in five years or so if we paid monthly for electricity on-grid.

So yes, 2 of the Tropical Beach House must haves are:

1. A very good roofing that could withstand the elements and keep you cool and comfortable underneath it!

2. A Solar Power Electric Source

And on a very good note, we were told that a  few days ago, Governor Mitra of Palawan visited our area and announced that soon the road will be done for a four wheeler to be able to pass through our place.  It is believed that P40 Million has been budgeted to scrape a road from Bucana to Diapila in El Nido, Palawan with the goal of promoting farmers to market accessibility and to boost tourism in still isolated beaches of El Nido such as Duli Beach, Dagmay Beach and Diapila.

Kudos to the offices of Mayor Lim and Governor Mitra and of course P-Noy! Maraming Salamat po!

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