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El Nido's Top Beaches: Part 4: (Duli Beach)

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Okay, the title may seem too exaggerated, the furthest point that I managed to drive to was Duli Beach. Dubbed as the surfing spot of El Nido , Duli Beach is a different world altogether. And was I glad to have made it this far. There is nothing much about Duli on the Internet. That being said, I was more frantic than ever. I crossed my fingers that Duli would be a deserted beach, or at least not commercialized. Lo and behold, after minutes of seemingly endless unpaved road passing through small villages, I finally reached Duli Beach.  Upon arrival, I was told to pay P20 entrance fee. The beach was perfect and Duli Beach was all that I expected it to be. No crowds, no buildings. I actually didn't feel that I was in El Nido. It was like some part of San Vicente, or Lio as I remembered it to be 15 years ago. It was already noontime, and I was worried that I had nowhere to go for lunch. The beach was empty and there were no visible structures, except for one at the very end of the bea