CORON PALAWAN Day 1 : Arrival

We arrived in Coron via Air Philippines Express at 3pm. Airport in Coron is in Busuanga. The runway is very small. Medyo nakakatakot nung maglalanding na kami kasi biglang baba agad ung plane.. So may mga napasigaw maybe because of fear? hehe But the view of the Calamian Islands from the top was Awesome!


Calamian Island from the Plane

Our Coron Tour package was arranged by Calamian Islands Travel and Tours and they welcome us at the airport. They gave us welcome lei.

Airport pics

We need to travel via land for about 40 mins to reach Coron. While we're on our way to Coron from Busuanga, we noticed that some of the mountains has no trees or panot ung mga bundok nila. We asked the locals and told us that because it is very hot in Coron.

We booked accomodation in Darayonan Lodge. But when we arrived there, we encountered some problem regarding our preferred rooms. We booked 2 Deluxe Room (4 pax per room) but the Front desk informed us that Calamian Travel and Tours booked us 3 standard rooms. So nagulat ako because hindi un ung pinareserve ko. We don't want to stay in their Standard rooms kasi malapit un sa highway at ayaw naming makarinig ng ingay ng mga sasakyan sa highway.. But the front desk informed us again na meron naman daw available Deluxe room but the problem is we need to transfer to another room on the last night kasi may nakabook na ron. I did not agree. I asked Calamian Travel and Tour to fix the problem and found out that it's their fault. So Calamian Travel and Tur accept their mistake.They solved the issue. Dahil late na raw nainform ang Darayonan regarding our booking.. Pero bakit hindi sinabi sa amin ng "Calamian Travel and Tour" na ganun pala ang nangyari? D dapat nakapaghanap pa kami ng ibang accomodation. tsk! So ayun we need to stay in Darayonan for 3D & 2N then either transfer to their standard room on the last night or transfer to Mt. Tapyas Hotel. We decided to transfer to Mt. Tapyas Hotel on last day. At least we experienced two Hotels in Coron.. hehe

Darayonan Lodge is very nice place. There's a swimming pool, it's near to the market and to Mt. Tapyas and it has a very fast Wifi access. But the problem is the people in the Lodge. They are not accomodating. I think the management needs to train their staff on how to handle their customer. To have a good customer service..^^ 

Restaurant

Hotel Lobby

Deluxe Room

Swimming Pool

On that night, nagswimming agad kami sa pool nila and used the Panasonix water proof camera of ron.. hehe

Aireen, Aileen and Me (Rina)

with Grace

Aireen, Me and Aileen

PP Palawan Day 3 - Honda Bay Island Hopping

Palawan Tour will not be complete without Island hopping. We need to see and experience the beautiful Honday Bay Island! Call time is 7am so again me and grace wake up early and have our breakfast. We don’t have waterproof camera but it’s good that when we arrived in boat docking area, locals’ offers digital camera waterproof case for rent amounting to P300.00. I rented one ‘coz I want to capture colorful fishes. 

Fist Stop: Pambato Reef

I really love to see different kind of fish and corals. Ganda ng mga isda and corals sa pambato reef. Our tour guide took picture of us near a big clam.

Pambato Reef

Corals

Me and Big clam

me

Second Stop: Snake Island

The locals called it Snake Island because it has a hundred meter long sand bar shape like snake. While we are in this island, andun din sina Carla Abellana at nagshohoot ng ponds commercial.xD 

I love the island. The water is so clear and it has white sand. We had our lunch here. Sarap ng food namin as usual. Fish, Chicken, Shrimp,Veggies and Banana. Nagpaluto rin kami ng crabs at libre un ni Lizeth.. hehe We are sooo full. J

Snake Island

Lunch

Crab

Third Stop: Isla Pandan
This island is a private island resort. Inikot namin ang isla na to kahit super init. Hahaha ang ganda ganda talaga ng beach.  

Me and Grace

Looking for shells ^^

The other side of the island

At the back of the island

Paitim to the max kami ni Grace! :))

sun bathing!:P

Jump shot!

Sun Bathing ulit! :P

May kasunod kaming foreigner nung iniikot namin ang isla at nagpunta sila sa meyo malayo pero mababaw pa rin na part. Gusto rin sana namin pumunta kaso we choose na ituloy nalang namin ang paglalakad.. Kasama nga pala naming dito ung isa naming bangkero. Sya ang gaming naging photographer.. :P Sumunod din pala sa amin si Lizeth and she took picture of the two foreigner sa malayo.. When she/we viewed the photo, walang damit ung 2 as in nude sila pero we understand them..:D 

The water is so clear

Ang Linaw!

Nag snorkeling din kami uli dito at kahit hanggang knee mo lang ung water eh meron ng fish. Daming Donghae! xD 

Hindi nga lang kami masyadong nagtagal sa Island na to kasi some of other tourist eh need na makabalik dahil flight na nila pabalik ng Manila. Un lang ang hindi maganda pag hindi exclusive yong tour nyo. booo! That is what I learned abour this trip. xD

With other tourist

Pagbalik ko sa lugar na to, I/we will assure na exclusive for us na yong tour para masaya at hawak mo talaga ung oras mo.. hehe

PP Palawan Day 2 - Ugong Rock and Kalui Resto

This is not included in our tour package. It cost 500 pesos for this. Side trip lang kasi to. It's up to you if you want to experience a mountain climbing and zipline or not. Eh gusto namin un ni Grace so we grabbed it! :P By the way, they call it Ugong Rock kasi umuugong sya pag tinutoktok mo ung bato. May kakaibang sound. Parang walang laman sa loob ung rock.. ^^ This is also handled by ABS-CBN Foundation Bantay Kalikasan. 

L-R: Grace, DS, Hyelee, Me and Lizeth

Nakakapagod umakyat pero go parin kami kasi we are adveturous. We like adventures!

Si Grace sa makipot na daan. ^^

Need ng rope para makaakyat sa taas. Super exciting talaga. :)

Me

Pawis-pawis at pagod  na . haha

Sarap ng feeling when we reached the top kasi medyo mahangin sya. Ganda rin ng view, :)

Me at the top of the mountain

May choices pababa, it's either same trail nung umakyat ka or zipline. Sympre kami we choose the "ZIPLINE"! Yohooo! Medyo hesitant nga lang ako nung una kasi takot ako at medyo may fear talaga ako sa heights. Pero sabi ko, kaya ko to! So after trying, sarap pala. Medyo nakakatot lang talaga nung una kasi super slant sya. Mga 90 degrees at parang mawawalan ka ng hininga but when you overcome it, SARAP! :) First time ko rin magzipline so this experienced was very unforgettable talaga. :) 

Here I come!

Me!

After the very tiring but awesome and super fun day, we made a reservation in Kalui restaurant for dinner. According to the other tourist, Kalui Resto served delicious food at very affordable price. Kelangan nagpapareserve ka talaga kasi kung on the spot ka pumunta ron, wala kang table na makukuha.

In front of the resto

Picture picture muna outside the restaurant while waiting for our table and for Lizeth.

Saktong dating ni Lizeth, available na ung table namin. We ordered sea foods~~^^!

Raw fish with fruits, buttered garlic shrimp, buttered crab, fish and fruits

Group Photo! ^^

Me, Grace and Lizeth

We returned to the hotel after the sumptuous dinner to relax and rest for the next day tour. :D

PP Palawan Day 2 - Underground River

Call time is 6am so we ate breakfast at 5:30am. The free breakfast in the hotel is Continental breakfast (coffee and bread ) pero hindi un nakakabusog (takaw eh! hehe) so pinaupgrade ko sya into Filipino Breakfast. You need to add 70 pesos. 

Longsilog

The Underground River is not near. We travel via land for about 2 hours with 1 stop over for those who want to pee.

Me and Grace

And another 20mins via boat. 

Honestly, I am very much excited to see the Underground River. Sympre, very famous kaya to..

Me

Walkway to the River

The Undergroud River is superb! Talagang napaWOW Philippines talaga ako. The water is so clean and clear at the entrance. 

Entrance

I'm a bit scary and excited while we are entering the Underground River. Basta mixed emotion. Baka kasi matrap kami ron, may ahas or mahulugan kami ng ahas or etc. Kung ano ano na naisip ko.. hehe Pagpasok namin sa loob, wow! The're are lots of stalagmites and stalactites inside. Beautiful!

Stalagmites shape like Nativity

Stalactites shape like Puso ng Saging

Met new friends also from this tour. Lizeth from Mexico and DS and Hye Lee from Korea

Lizeth, Hye Lee, Me and Grace. DS is our photog.. ^^

View from UR entrance

We leaved the area with smile in our face. :) So it's lunch time! My favorite part during the tour.. wahaha! The food was yummy at buffet style sya! Meaning eat all you can!:D

Grilled fish, liempo, chicken adobo, adobong kangkong and rice

After eating our lunch, we headed up to Ugong Rock... continue...