Blogs from Coron, Palawan, Philippines, Asia - page 5

Coron, Palawan Adventure - Beware Patrik's Guesthouse Its summertime again and I can't wait to hit the beach. Our first destination this 2010 is the wonderful place of Coron. Being an avid fan of snorkeling and water activities, I decided to come back to Coron for the 2nd time. Its actually 3rd for Palawan since we were in El Nido during the later months of 2009. Below is the Coron Itinerary: Day 1: Arrival in Coron, Half Day Coron Island Tour Overnight in Banana Island Day 2: Whole day Coron Island tour Overnight @ Patrik's Guesthouse Day 3: Departure to Manila (AM) Before our actual flight, I directly coordinated with Patrik of Patrik's Guesthouse for our accommodations and other necessary things like SUGGESTED CORON I... read more

It’s the start of our adventure and we were excited. My friend had booked the airport taxi to pick us up at 5 o’clock to the Domestic airport. Those cabs costs 550 pesos. You can choose between the ordinary car type, or an Innova type—and it still costs the same. However, we went to the wrong terminal. So, we had to rush to get another cab and go to the new terminal where Air Philippines and Cebu Pacific airlines are departing. And that means we spend more 60 pesos more for the cab. The plane to Busuanga was on schedule . We rode Air Philippines flight, which we got at a discounted price of 2200 pesos each for a return ticket. Check their web here for more promos on more destinations. Terminal fee for domestic flights ... read more

Arriving at Coron we stayed at Coron Village Lodge. We had our diner on the sea restaurant-Sea Divers Resort. The next day early in the morning,shopping at the Public Market fort he island hoping; fish,tomato,cucumber,salt,soya souce,bread,pineapple,mango,bananas,water,lemon, we sailed to seven islands where we snorkelled at the corals. Then Kayangan Lake on the Coron Island,beautiful. Twin Lagoons few miles away from the lake were breathtaking. We had prepared our lunch on one of the seculated beaches. On the way back we snorkelled at the Japanese wreck, secondly at twin islands . We were at Coron town at around 6PM. The people of Philippines are really helpfull, honest and beautiful . ... read more

To get to Coron we chose the ferry route which was surprisingly comfortable despite opting for the equivalent of 2nd class. We chose Superferry to sail with and it was a 15 hour crossing from Manila to Coron Town on Busuanga Island, part of the Calamianes group in Northern Palawan. We had reserved bunks and after a quick swap with another passenger so we could have adjacent top bunks, eating our disgusting included meal which was basically pork fat in salt with rice we settled down to a good nights sleep and woke up at 6.30am when we docked. We'd pre booked our accommodation here but as our room wasn't going to be ready until midday we decided we'd hire out a bike and explore the island so we didn't waste one of our few days ... read more

I still remember how my Dad used to tell us how he hates riding small propeller passenger planes and I wasn’t expecting that I was gonna ride one today. I could hear the engine roaring outside during the entire flight and the plane making a clumsy stomp when we finally landed at the Busuanga Airport. The flight wasn’t too bad, thanks to the good weather, but I’d still rather ride the Airbus! Our tour guide Ate Cristy and Kuya Joseph (our driver) picked us up at the airport. It’s about 45 minutes ride from the Busuanga Airport to Coron town proper on mostly dirt road. I was quite impressed with the unexploited country side and the rich greenery. As excited as we were, we started the tour immediately and went to our first stop at Mabentangin ... read more