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Philippines: Flying from Coron to Manila; visit to Ocean Park

By Mithun Divakaran
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Jan 15, 2014
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Philippines, Travel

Date: June 1, 2013

I woke up early to have breakfast before leaving for the airport.

WG Diners Coron Palawan — I ate at WG Diners; affordable and decent food

The staff at the guesthouse booked me a van taxi for a drop off at Busuanga Airport. I packed up my bags, said my goodbyes and left Coron Backpackers Guesthouse when it was time.

Driving Coron island airport road — It was the same road back to the airport

Coron green fields Philippines — There was a discerning lack of cows in the fields this time though

Busuanga airport Palawan Philippines — Busuanga airport, paid for by the Koreans

Immigration took it’s own sweet time. This is as basic as a small airport can get, so not every passenger can get in all at once.

Seized coral shells Busuanga airport Philippines — Oh, and don’t even try to smuggle coral shells out of Coron. It’s against the law… but that didn’t stop many from trying.

Cebu Pacific flight Coron Palawan — My ride back to Manila was a Cebu Pacific flight

Cebu Pacific airhostess Philippines — Being a Cebu Pacific flight, in-flight games were in order

Clouds Philippines — The sights out the window on this flight were nothing spectacular

I arrived in Manila at around 3pm. I had lunch at a Burger King at the terminal and then stepped out of the airport to catch the bus going to Pasay. From there I hired a taxi to get to Bonifacio Global City (BGC), where I would be staying a condominium my friend Janet had access to.

BGC apartments Manila — I wasn’t allowed to take any photos of the condo nor allowed to share any details as it didn’t belong to Janet. But it sure was nice to stay here! 🙂

After freshening up, Janet and I went out for a walk around BGC in the evening.

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Mithun Divakaran Tapyas Coron Philippines

Philippines: Coron island-hopping tour (Part 2) – Twin lagoon, CYC island; climbing Mt. Tapyas

By Mithun Divakaran
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Dec 30, 2013
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Philippines, Travel

Date: 31st May 2013

This is a continuation of the first half of this Coron island-hopping tour. After lunch, the boat set off towards the next stop on the tour.

Emerald green water Coron Palawan — Goodbye to the emerald green water

Floating hut Coron Palawan — Floating bar?

Coron hills Palawan Philippines — Telephone signals seemed quite far away

Filipino girls Coron tour — Some of the tourists were in their post-lunch nap

We were supposed to go to Barracuda Lake next but we couldn’t because of some “problem” there. So instead, the boat took us to the Twin Lagoon. The water here looked far clearer than Siete Picados and the skies were clearing up too. So I got ready to jump in.