2012년 3월 14일 수요일

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