Coron Palawan days 2-3 (rain and isolation)

first stop, Kayangan Lake

i was ready to jump into the water...

but wait, this is just the docking station!

view from the top

and this is Kayangan Lake

so calm and beautiful. swordfish everywhere.

mylene prayed that it would rain so she wouldn't get a tan.

i wished for sun and isolation. isolation and rain granted!

at Skeleton Wreck. beautiful fishies!

lunch at Banol beach. see the dark clouds over there? 

isolation and rain again!

 off to the Twin Lagoon we went

we went under that small opening in a balsa. the water was deep.

i thought sharks. mylene thought crocodiles. we stayed in the balsa

while our boatman dragged our balsa. i paddled with my hands. 

no picture inside the Twin Lagoon but it was so beautiful and isolated

 (yes there were just the 3 of us) that it was quite scary. 

our boatman securing the balsa before we left

last stop, Siete Picados. see the fishes?

again, isolated but no rain. the sun showed itself for a few minutes.

but it was so deep where the boat was anchored

and it was too shallow in the coral reef that it was hard to snorkel

so we left after 30 minutes or so. we were back in the hotel by 3pm. 

the boat is rented until 5pm but they can only bring you to 5 places

and we already reached our quota. 

how i wished we stayed for a while in Kayangan Lake. 

hands down my favorite place in Coron

DAY 3

breakfast at Manneken Pis 

short stop at Maquinit Hot Springs before doing our souvenir shopping.

make sure to buy cashew at Coron Harvest

and buy dried danggit in the market. 

you can also try Lamuyo, their fresh danggit. 

it was raining more during our last day. Typhoon Karen was on its way to Manila.

good thing our flight wasn't canceled. 

i would have enjoyed Coron more if it was sunny 

but if only for Kayangan Lake, it was worth it.

palawan!

sold my Princess of Coron voucher yesterday to a friend. daming gustong bumili. i sold it because i didn't want to avail of the day tours. i want to plan my own itinerary, thank you.

don't you hate it when tour guides tell you to get ready in 20 minutes because you have to follow their schedule? i hate that.

anyway, since last night i've been looking at hotels in Palawan. i'm torn between El Nido and Coron! but it's way too expensiveto go to Palawan even during off peak season (October)! will be going to japan in november so have to save up money for that :(

but i really want to go to Palawan, stay in a beachfront room and go to Kayangan lake!

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but the only beachfront resorts in Coron are Club Paradise and El Rio Y Mar which are sister companies. And they're both expensive as in P10k per day and that's exclusive of the day tours! ok lang sana kasi i don't plan to avail of their day tours but these resorts are far from the town, as in you'll have to ride a boat so i would really be at their mercy. baka di ko ma-enjoy ang bakasyon.

one more thing, we have to avail of their buffet meals because we have nowhere else to eat if we stay there. in El Nido there are more choices for restaurants but not if you stay at a beachfront hotel like Miniloc island resort :(

waaah! i can't write...