Coron - our last days
Thursday, March 14
Thursday we had another boat day trip booked. We left Pirates earlier this time hoping to get a jump start on the day. While we were early, we had to wait for the boat which Bart kept telling us was 10 minutes or just a “few” more minutes! We did finally get on the boat, the captain did what he had to register us and we were leaving the jetty just after 8. Our first stop was the Siete Pecados (seven islands) Marine Park where we snorkelled for quite awhile. The coral and marine life here is very nice. The water was warm and clear.
From the Marine Park we headed off to the Skeleton Wreck. The wreck is a Japanese ship from WWII. It’s a small 25m long wreck, with the top 5m deep and going down to 22m at the stern. The ribs of the wreck are covered in coral and there was lots of small fish. We really enjoyed this site.
From the wreck it was a short boat ride to Atwayan Beach where our boat crew prepared all our fruit that we’d bought. It was just after 10 am but we were hungry and the beach was totally empty so we got to enjoy the place to ourselves. Being early is advantageous. We hung out on the beach for two hours or better and then our time was up! It was off to Cap’s Point where we were snorkelling again over corals and large clams. It was a bit rough but we spent quite a bit of time exploring and swimming around. We were back in Coron Town after 2 pm and finally found a trike that wasn’t trying to charge us inflated tourist prices. We headed back to our room and showered and cooled off. We enjoyed a few beer and then walked into town for supper. We had supper with Paul and Janeth at Buzz Express. We are still struggling with our colds so it wasn’t a late night.
Friday, March 15.
After two days of boat trips we were exhausted. We were pretty lazy for the day. Walked down to the Summer Cafe and had breakfast. We walked into town later and were going to try a mini Mexican restaurant but it was closed contrary to what their operating hours sign said. We finally ended up back at the Trattoria Altrove and had salads. Then we walked back and had a massage at Kalipay Spa. It was an amazing 90 minutes massage! Supper was back at Buzz and from there we caught a trike back. Sat around and visited and then called it a night.
Saturday, March 16
Our last full day in Coron
We got up and had a quick shower, coffee and then headed off for breakfast. Linda had muesli, yogurt and fresh fruit, Gary ordered an omelet. It took over 45 minutes for Gary to finally get his breakfast which put us a bit behind. We hurried back to our room to lather with sunscreen and get our swimsuits on. We had a trike booked for 10:30 to head back to Cabo Beach. We had the trike take us by the laundromat and dropped off laundry to have done. From there it was off to the beach where we stayed until 2 then took the trike back and picked up our laundry and went back to our room. Once showered we sat in the tavern and had a few drinks. We have to get our stuff sorted and packed as we will get picked up tomorrow morning for our flight to Manila/Hong Kong. Sadly today was our last day at the beach for quite sometime! On the bright side temperatures at home have moderated somewhat. We are hoping for highs in the double digits once we are home.
