Did I Reach You?: Calamianes Group of Islands

- start of my Coron Islands Tour

DAY 2

I only had a total of 4 hours sleep.

JR, Henry and I stayed at the attic while Joks and Karen stayed downstairs. Aside from the fact that electricity (powered by a generator) only provided us from 6 pm-2 am of power, we only rely with fans to keep us cool and mosquito nets to keep us from any kind of bugs. I also heard the TU-KOO sound (tokay gecko or tuko in Filipino) every 10 minutes and all kinds of insect noise. Grabe! Talagang orchestra ng mga insekto ang nangyari.

Sa sobrang inis, lumabas ako ng kulambo at tiningnan na lang ang moon and stars sa may bintana. Nakakatakot pa mandin ang mga windows sa attic kasi kasyang-kasya ang isang tao or manananggal! Full moon pa man din. Paranoid na kung paranoid pero yun ang na-feel ko!

The attic window...

By 6:30 am, everyone is awake and is ready for today's Coron islands tour. We waited for our trike to bring us downtown to have breakfast first but he was almost an hour late! We dined at TRINING BACSA's carinderia. I believe this eatery became famous not because everything is delicious but they offer more than 10 varietry of viands as early as 7 am. But I do agree that their sinigang na maya-maya and pork are good and in a very reasonable price. That day, I ate beef steak, 1 egg and 1 cup of rice for 65 pesos only.

Before going to the port, we bought bread (50 pesos) for fish feeding and rented 3 snorkels (150 pesos each).

And now let's start the real journey:

Tricycles by the port:

A quick turn around at La Sereneta (restaurant).

A group of foreigners waiting for the start of their EL NIDO-CORON trip coordinated by TAO PHILIPPINES. Mahal ang tour nila kasi accompanied by their own chef and their tour will take more than 5 days.