Destination Coron, Palawan

It was a fun Wednesday night in early October and Dumaguete again showed what it's all about. Special about this day was that there was a huge Birthday celebration party at the rooftop of Harold's Mansion Hostel and for this special event a French traveler had done great job decorating the space. It was just beautiful and magical!

Night ended too soon because we had to catch a night boat to Cebu where our flight to Busuanga would depart the next morning. The boat leaves at midnight and is at its destination Cebu city before 6AM. Unfortunately the announcements woke me up right after 4 AM and couldn't get sleep after that. I was lucky to travel with someone who knows the city. It would have been very difficult to travel (without a throughout study before traveling) around unless you want to ride a cab everywhere. We took a jeepney going towards airport and stopped for breakfast (rice and soup) and after I experienced my first time ever in Starbucks cafe, in Cebu Philippines:D But I was happy again after the good brewed coffee. Another jeepney going to the airport and there we were on our way to adventure.

Night boat to Cebu

Before going I bought a watch so that I could follow the time without having my cell phone with me all the time. Good and wise choice I could recommend to everyone. I couldn't keep it off all the time and checked my emails twice during the stay but at least didn't go to bed with my laptop but book. Last minutes at Cebu airport we spend in an free internet booth and thinking what to do with the roundtrip ticket my friend was lucky to win in a raffle.


For the maiden flight Cebu Pasific had organized all kinds of extra fun things. Jollibee meals (I wasn't that excited...), raffles, picture taking (Filipinos love to have pictures taken of themselves, everywhere they go), presents, band welcoming us in Busuanga...And lucky me, I only paid 1200PHP for the round trip ticket. The rain by the time of arrival was probably not requested by Cebu Pasific but is typical to this season. Luckily, even the weather was mostly nice during our stay in Coron.

 We stayed three nights in Coron Backpackers Guesthouse and I can recommend it for even a longer stay. Coron is relatively expensive, lots of vegetables and fruits are brought outside the island and being able to use the kitchen at the guesthouse was both fun and saved us some money.

For the next two nights when backpacker's place was fully booked we booked a room in Krystal Lodge, close to Backpackers. Krystal Lodge was clean, more quite and although a bit more expensive, it was good value for the money. Krystal the owner was very helpful when we tried to find a friend we lost.

When in Coron, it is (to my horror) obviously a must to dive the wrecks. So we did. That is another story but to keep it short, I challenged my self again, I'd never thought I'd do something like this!!!

Kuweba - great place to hang out at night and buy the souvenirs.

After lots of activities, the last day activity was to chill and relax in a quiet  beautiful place! I even offered money for the kuya at coffee shop to keep the radio mute. He didn't take the money so place was silent for an hour or so which I thought was quite reasonable (for the price):D

Very characteristic to this trip was Gangnam style. When walking downtown I spotted a sports complex where you could hear this song played on repeat. Video shows that the audience went nuts after each group performing (most likely the same routine). I stayed for two rounds but saw the pattern, they continued playing the same song.

Vihaiset linnut Coron townin kulkuneuvossa...