As I mentioned in my last post about Coron, ordering breakfast
in R2R is a wrong move, well as for us. First, because their cook did not come
to work that day, second, it was unreasonably priced and third, servings were
small. For a portion of tocino, egg, rice and milo, they charged us P130.00! At
first, I thought that food in Coron is expensive and I just accepted that fact.
But later on we found out that there is an eatery that serves food cheaper with
more servings! I will tell you later on about this eatery.
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| that's our breakfast |
It was raining hard that day. It was like telling us
that we will not enjoy that day, that vacation! Oh well, I got a little bit
sad. But we just made fun about the non-stop rain. Why be afraid of getting wet
because of the rain when our activity for that day requires being wet? Hehehe. According
to the receptionist of R2R, Coron Loop Tour usually pushes through even if it
rains because waves are not that scary in islands near Coron due to the
mountains surrounding the town. The mountains served as the defense and/or wall
of Coron versus huge and frightening waves. I hope I explained that well. Hehehe
Anyways, around 8:30AM, a tricycle was waiting for us
outside. He brought us to the port. We thought it was for free and part of the
package tour. But we were wrong! We were charged by the driver Php 15.00 each.
He explained why it was 15, it’s because of the “waiting time” he did for us.
It
was still raining when our boat proceeded with the tour. Our first stop was
Siete Pecados. At first, I thought, we will visit the seven islands one by one.
But I was wrong. We just stopped in the middle of the sea but surrounded by
small islands. And the boatman told us that we were already in Siete Pecados
and we need to jump off the sea. I was like “WTF!!! I don’t even know how to
swim then you’re telling me to jump in a thousand feet sea!?!”. Seriously, I
really don’t know what to do by that time. But I really wanted to see the
beauty of Siete Pecados and I don’t want to waste the trip so we BF and I went
to the waters. I was so afraid actually! But I was able to conquer it when I
witness the beauty underneath the sea and the fishes surrounding us. It looks
like they want to play. After a while,
it rained so hard but still we continued to enjoy snorkeling and cam whoring.
Good thing we brought a waterproof cam. Even though the quality of the pictures
from the waterproof cam is not that good, atleast we still have remembrance and
we had the chance to take pictures of the fishes. Waterproof camera is a very
important thing you need to bring when going to Coron. This is to capture the
beauty underneath the place.
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| one of the islands of siete pecados |
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| sorry for the quality of the pics :( |
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| jah :D |
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| kwek :D |
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| because of the rain, we looked like volunteers going to rescue each other :P |
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| BF and I |
Our next stop, Kayangan Lake. If you notice on my
first post about Coron, there was a picture from Wikipedia. That was the famous
shot from Coron and it is the Kayangan Lake. You’re wondering why it is so famous.
Well, Kayangan Lake is the cleanest lake in Asia. For you to get there, you
need to trek again. But it was a short trek only. Approximately 15 mins up and
down. The reward is a breathtaking view. BF and I enjoyed this place very much.
But the rock formations here were too sharp. We saw a man with bandage already
in his feet. He had been cut by one of the rock formations under the Lake. Afterwards,
we went up again and proceeded to Kayangan Cave. There the famous shot was
taken. The cave cannot be entered. According to our boatman, nobody has entered
the cave because nobody knows where it will be going. I find it kinda creepy.
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| docking area in kayangan |
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| group pic! entrance to Kayangan lake, start of the trek |
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| kayangan lake, pics c/o kwek |
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| having fun! |
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| couple of kayangan..BF looks drowning! |
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| couple pic again! <3 |
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| the famous shot |
We will take our lunch at Banol Beach. It is a small
beach with white sand. Every tourist takes their lunch there. Lucky us, only
two groups (including us) were there when we will be taking our lunch. This
island is very cute. Very nice for quiet time and photo ops because of the rock
formations, the sand and the sea.
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| going to Banol |
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| our boat |
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| banol beach |
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| BF and Banol |
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| nice rock formations |
Our lunch was consists of pork liempo, fried fish, sea
weeds, fresh tomato and cucumber.
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| our lunch |
Next in line was Skeleton Wreck. It was just a boat according to a local. According to some
blogs, the ship can be reached by your feet during low tide. But it was high
tide when we came, so we just looked using our very reliable snorkeling gear.
Many fishes can be found here. But we didn’t stay long because the rain was
very hard and we became afraid of the waves. I was really sad because I want to
feed some fishes here, and I want to see the friendly pawikan that comes here
according to our boatman. Also, i don't have any photos to show here because i can't seem to find my shot of the shipwreck. Anyways, this is a good reason to come back to Coron
right? :D
Last but not the least is Twin Lagoon. We were very
lucky because finally the sun showed up when we were already in the place. It is
call Twin Lagoon because there were two lagoons only separated by big rock
formations. You can reached the second lagoon through the small opening (a hole)
on low tide and by climbing the rock on high tide. Don’t worry it’s not that
hard to climb but it’s much better to just passed through the hole.
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| walkway to the entrance of the second lagoon |
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| the hole going to the second lagoon |
The water in twin lagoon is weird. The feeling is like
this, the water is cold but you can feel the hot water underneath you. After
some minutes, the water becomes warm but cold. The temperature is not mixed
actually, it is separated and you can feel it once you submerged on twin
lagoon.
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| going back to the boat |
Our island hopping/snorkeling day ended around 5PM and
it ended with a smile. It is indeed an enchanted paradise!
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| like in Hollywood! :D |
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| we made it! |
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| love this shot |
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| due to the light, the cross of Mt. Tapyas cannot be seen |
Around 5:30PM, we were back in our hotel. We just took a bath
and went out again to have dinner. First we decided to eat in Coron Bistro. But
nobody is accommodating us there so we just went to Lolo Nonoy’s.
Lolo
Nonoy’s is just a 10 minutes’ walk from R2R. It is a very simple eatery with
very cheap meal compare to others. I love their Kubo so much! It is a very nice
place for chit-chatting and making fun of our island tour earlier. Funny thing
is, because the kubo is made of bamboo like our boat in island tour, I felt
like the Kubo is also floating in water! Talking about mild sea sickness!
Hehehe
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| menu, click to enlarge |
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| the Kubo |
I ordered their pork chop set meal and BF ordered
their pork sisig set meal. Their set meal was served with rice, sunny side up
egg and atsara already. We also added sinigang na hipon. Our meal cost us
around Php 400++. Sad thing though, I was not able to eat their pork chop
because it doesn’t taste good anymore. But I still recommend this place for
breakfast meal.
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| pork chop set |
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| sinigang na hipon |
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| pork sisig meal |
We ended the day with a happy tummy. We slept early
because our next tour will be outside Coron. According to the locals, we will
be heading to a “Boracay-like” island. Excited!
