{"id":844,"date":"2018-10-31T00:12:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T16:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palawanisland.com.ph\/?p=844"},"modified":"2018-10-31T00:12:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T16:12:56","slug":"culion-travel-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palawanisland.com.ph\/wordpress\/culion-travel-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"CULION TRAVEL GUIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two ships called Polillo and Mindanao set sail on May 27, 1906. Both rippled across the water to ferry more than 300 passengers from Cebu to their new home. However, these weren\u2019t just any ships carrying ordinary passengers. Aboard these were the future inhabitants, most had to leave everything for an island full of uncertainty and isolation. This place is a famous destination because of its natural wonders; it promised a new beginning but one fraught with fear and trepidation. Their destination, The Island of No Return \u2014 Culion. <\/p>\n

Decades since, the island experienced the stigma that its then-new inhabitants had to deal with. The new residents were lepers (Hansenites); they had an illness, leprosy or also known as Hansen\u2019s Disease, which was incurable at the time. <\/p>\n

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A patients\u2019 community developed on the island and, along with a group of health workers, they built a town that gave them hope and an opportunity to be happy again far from the looks of disgust and judgment. As years passed, other people with the illness decided to move to the town. Culion then became the world\u2019s most organized and most equipped, and biggest colony of lepers. Scientists and physicians looked for improved treatments and a cure to end the ailment. A multi-drug therapy developed in the 80s; this then signaled a new start for the patients. By 2006, a century since the founding of the town, Culion was leprosy-free. <\/p>\n

Culion had many monikers. Paradise Lost was a famous one; this referred to the town\u2019s isolation. However, \u2018lost\u2019 is a relative term, in this case, it wasn\u2019t entirely that way. The residents kept it that way because of forced seclusion. Through the years, resentment turned into hope, then a place they could call home. It has been a paradise even before the lepers came. It is now opening itself to everyone who is willing to discover its beauty and learn more about its history.<\/p>\n

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