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

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
Cattle grid Coron Philippines
A few
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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