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Travel Blogs from Coron
Wreck Diving at its best.
Well off it was to Coron, an Island north of Palawan. We were looking round for a way to get there, a few different boats went on alternate days. The dodgiest boat was going on our day... they have been allowed to operate again after having their boat stranded behind a small Island in the middle of nowhere all night until the storm subsided.
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We Do Love A Good Boat Trip. This Wasn't One.
See you later El Nido, we're heading even further north to the Island of Busuanga and the town of Coron. We get up super early, before the sun has risen and even before the cockrells have started bellowing. They love cockrells in the Philippines. Love them. If you are ever more than 15 feet from a cockrell then you have fallen into the sea and …
Incredible Coron
Again, no upload bandwidth. No pictures!
We have spent the day on King Kong's island. Do you remember Skull Island from the classic movie? Well, we snorkeled there and hiked there and generally lazed around on the beach there. Not quite as dangerous as the movie version. This version is called Coron Island, and it sticks up out of the …
The lovely Calamian Islands
Feeling quite glad to be leaving Manila we got a flight to the Calamian Islands for a few days before moving on to Palawan.
We got a great room at a dive school but after Singapore, KL and the Manila we were in desperate need of some beach time and unfortunately there aren't any beaches on the main island in the Calamians so we decided to rent …
Some great snorkeling around Coron
Day 11 Wednesday 6 July El Nido (supposed to be to Coron)
Back at the Marina Gardens, they still have our room, not yet cleaned, so we move back in, reading, resting and catching up on diary and internet.
We have frequent looks at the weather, and it is surprisingly good all day, with light wind from the south, and variable cloud …