Day 4 in El Nido – after a ruckus between me and the tour guides who kept on insisting we join the bigger group in the combi tour (B and A), Toto and I plus another couple finally hopped on a smaller boat to start Tour B (Php1,300/pax). I was aware I made quite a few frenemies from that disagreement but I wasn't keen on going back to the sites we've already visited a couple of days before, albeit with a different group. I paid for Tour B and I wasn't going to let them squeeze 10 sites in just 8 hours, as if that was even possible! That would just mean limited time per site and hurried tours. Not gonna happen, babe.
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Third day in El Nido: Tour C - dubbed as the best island hopping tour because it includes the most beautiful sites in this part of Palawan. It's also the farthest and the most dangerous because of unpredictable waves. So naturally, it's the most expensive (Php1,400/pax). Despite that and the gloomy morning, Toto and I had a good hunch about Tour C :)
Eto naaaa! Finally, after 3.5 months, naka-hugot na ng sapat na lakas para sa El Nido blog post! Hindi na kayang daanin sa quickie levels ang kagandahan ng El Nido. Hindi keri sa tatlo, limang photos lang. ♥
To be honest, Toto and I weren't planning to visit El Nido this soon. Because we've been to Coron twice, we thought we didn't need to see El Nido anymore. Countless of articles have compared the two Palawan tourist spots and it's always a super duper close call. That just means they're very similar to each other, right? However, we couldn't resist booking MNL-PPS-MNL tickets during one of AirAsia's seat sales last year! This is part 5 of the series I'm writing for our Coron trip. You may check the other posts here: CORONicles Day 1: Touchdown Coron CORONicles Day 2: Coron Island Loop Tour CORONicles Day 3: Malcapuya Loop Tour CORONicles Day 4: What Should've Been An Awesome Calumbuyan Tour June 03, 2012 Alas, it was time for us to leave this paradise and go back to the metro. I honestly wanted to stay just for the Calumbuyan Tour. But it was time to go home :'( After the fun in the sun, it's time to face math! So, how much did our 5D/4N Coron trip cost? Itinerary and expenses after the jump.
This is part 4 of the series I'm writing for our Coron trip. You may check the other posts here: CORONicles Day 1: Touchdown Coron CORONicles Day 2: Coron Island Loop Tour CORONicles Day 3: Malcapuya Loop Tour CORONicles Day 5: Wrap Up and Post-Travel Accounting June 02, 2012, Saturday 07:00AM
It was raining. Hard. Like thunderstorms and lightning. Cats and dogs. Chickens and eggs. Wait, whuuuut? At least you get the point, it was not the best time to go island hopping. This morning Ms. Gigi told us to wait for the rain to stop before we head to the wharf. Calumbuyan is far from Coron town, more or less 2 hours by boat. It would be too dangerous for us to continue the tour with this kind of weather, especially that we had a 2 year-old kid in the group. I was begging Papa Jesus to stop the rain so we could go to Calumbuyan. After two days in the sea, we still hadn't had enough. We wanted moooooaaar. This is part 3 of the series I'm writing for our Coron trip. You may check the other posts here: CORONicles Day 1: Touchdown Coron CORONicles Day 2: Coron Island Loop Tour CORONicles Day 4: What Should've Been An Awesome Calumbuyan Tour CORONicles Day 5: Wrap Up and Post-Travel Accounting June 01, 2012 , Friday 07:00AM
After a tiring but fulfilling hike on the first day and an "intro" tour on the second, we were excited as hell to see what else Coron had to offer. It didn't help that I've seen Coron three years ago because I was still the most excited among the bunch :)) I was fidgety the whole morning and couldn't wait for for the others to finish breakfast. This post is the second of the series I am writing for our Coron trip. The first post can be viewed here: CORONicles Day 1: Touchdown Coron CORONicles Day 3: Malcapuya Loop tour CORONicles Day 4: What Should've Been An Awesome Calumbuyan Tour CORONicles Day 5: Wrap Up and Post-Travel Accounting May 31, 2012, Thursday 06:30AM
We all had a good night sleep and woke up early to prepare for our island hopping tour. Waking up to the sounds of nature was something we, as urban nocturnal creatures, badly needed. The room that we had in Gran Vista was a basic fan room. We didn't need A/C rooms as the cool wind of the province was more than enough to lull us to sleep. Even though we were really exhausted from climbingMt. Tapyas the day before, we were all enthusiastic about the day's activities. This is part 1 of the series I'm writing for Coron. You may check the other posts here: CORONicles Day 2: Coron Island Loop Tour CORONicles Day 3: Malcapuya Loop tour CORONicles Day 4: What Should've Been An Awesome Calumbuyan Tour CORONicles Day 5: Wrap Up and Post-Travel Accounting May 30, 2012, Wednesday
We all know how difficult it is to get RT tickets during seat sale (which, by the way, is becoming a weekly showdown among budget carriers -- hallelujah!). We all know it's muuuuuch more difficult for big groups. During Cebu Pacific's February 14 sale, I was able to book tickets to Busuanga for 7 people. It's a miracle having booked 7 people at the same time, so you could just imagine how ecstatic I was. Unfortunately, I was able to book one-way tickets only. Bummer! I didn't want to let go of the one-way tickets even if it meant we had to anxiously wait for another round of seat sales. The upcoming waves of sales from Cebu Pacific, however, didn't give us some love. Our travel period was May 30 to June 3, and tickets were becoming pricier as the days passed by. On March 18, though, I saw Airphil Express' P596 base fare sale and grabbed the chance to book seven Busuanga-Manila tickets. I was happy but scared at the same time. There are plenty of reasons to be scared.
Aaaaand I'm on a roll. This is my second consecutive day editing videos. I also got more inspired to invest in a good camcorder after seeingThe Travelling Dork's post. I want an affordable camera that has decent specs (cheapskate alert!). What brand can you suggest? :)
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