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Published: December 24th 2012
30. April – 5. May 2012
(Slovenian version below)
It was finally time to see the Philippinian paradise islands and have a dip with the schools of fish! After some »minor« complications with our transport (instead of soaking in a lovely pool and travelling for 4 hours we spent 18h on a bus + extra 4h for the flight) we were finally on the paradise islands – first stop island of Coron. The third largest island in the Calamian islands, Coron is known for several Japanese shipwrecks of World War II and therefore a paradise for those who enjoy wreck diving. Even though we have never done that, we said we'll give it a go – it was definitely something of a kind, cool and full of adrenalin. I do prefer however the fish and the corals. Anyway, we arrived on Coron which has an amazing landscape, very hilly and full of tropic vegetation. The town of Coron is nothing special to be honest, it is made in the mangrove bay area which means all the “houses” are standing on stilts and if you can imagine the water is not
The View
Must I say this was a propeller plane?!really to enjoy a good swim – the smell as well. However it is a very lively town and it has the best food market! You can get anything freshly done – from chicken to fish to even Balut (yuck) – it’s the egg with a half-grown fetus inside (too much for our stomach). We were the regulars here for a couple of days.
The main reason to come here was obviously diving, not just wreck diving! This is the access point for doing the dive-safari in the nearby Apo Reef, the world's second-largest contiguous coral reef system and the largest in the country. It was very hard to plan this because obviously nobody knows about this paradise diving sight, so getting more people to join us was almost impossible. At the last minute we got an English couple to come (they were only snorklers so they counted as 1 diver, which was good enough for boat to leave). We did 4 nights, 3 days, 11 dives all together, all meals included for somewhat 350€ and it was def. one of the best experiences ever! We highly recomend Divecal. We have to say we were a bit
skeptical at first due to the owner Mike's "easy gowingness" (I guess he got used to the Filipino style of living😊) but we got more than we could ever imagine - specially for this price. And what is most important - the dive gear was very new and really good quality. So the next couple of days was all about fish fish fish. Tropical island, boat, good company, 4 dives a day, huuuugge schools of fish, sharks, turtles and very good food. Best thing ever!
Slovenska verzija:
Končno je prišel čas za rajske Filipinske otoke in za potapljanje z jatami rib! Po manjšem zapletu pri “transportu” (namesto namakanja v prijetnem bazenu ter 4 urnega potovanja, sva dobila 18urno mučenje na avtobusu + dodatne 4h za let), sva kočno prispela na rajskih otokih - prva postaja otok Coron.Tretji največji otok otočja Calamian je znan po številnih japonskih ladijskih razbitinah iz druge svetovne vojne, zato je raj za tiste, ki uživajo v wreck-divingu. Za vse je enkrat prvič, zato sva si rekla, da morava nujno poskusiti. Sigurno je bilo vredno, vendar še vedno bolj obožujeva korale in jate rib. Kakorkoli že, prispela sva na Coron, ki ima neverjetno,
Apo Reef
The tiny island was the only "land" we could see in 4 days zelo hribovito pokrajino, polno tropske vegetacije. Mesto Coron ni sicer nič posebnega, če sem iskrena, se se nahaja v območju zaliva mangrovih dreves, kar pomeni da vse hiše stojio na kolih in če si lahko predstavljate posledično voda res ni za namakanje. Vendar pa je mestece zelo živahno in ima najboljšo tržnico! Vse je sveže pripravljeno pred tvojimi očmi, piščanček, ribe, celo Balut (jajce z na pol odraslim plodom, katerega moraš posrkati iz lupine...ogabno). Naslednjih nekaj dni sva bila jasno redna obiskovalca.
Glavni razlog torej, da sva prišla na Coron je bilo potapljanje, a ne samo wreck-diving. Coron je vstopna točka za dive-safari v bližnjem koralnem grebenu Apo Reef, drugam največjem koralnem grebenu na svetu in največjim na Filipinih. Naslednjih par dni se je vse vrtelo okrog ribicJ Rajski otok, ladjica, dobra družba, 4 potopi na dan, ogromne jate rib, morski psi, želve in zelo dobra hrana. Najboljša stvar ever!
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