Our first attempt to get to Busuanga on Cebu Pacificc |
After the first flight cancelled for "weather" we arrive 18 hours late |
Apparently Cebu Pacific's ATRs need 5 miles visibilitiy for a visual approach at Busuanga |
Cebu Pacific ATR (RP-C7251) - no longer our first choice in the Philippines |
Old terminal - Francisco Reyes Airport, Busuanga |
Busuanga Airport, Calamian Group, Palawan |
The new terminal at Busuanga Airport may stimulate tourism in Coron |
Dennis on the shuttle for the 35 minute ride across Busuanga Island to Coron Town |
Gloria and company welcomes us to Coron |
The dirt road across Busuanga Island from the airport to Coron Town |
A bridge on the Busuanga Airport Road |
Closer to Coron Town, the road is paved |
Public transportation, Busuanga-style |
Mount Tapyas Hotel, Coron Town |
Most of the rooms in Coron Town were full - Seadive Resort recommended this hotel |
I had high hopes for the Mount Tapyas Hotel but was disappointed |
The mattresess were rock hard, the shower head missing and a/c weak |
A very nice house in Coron Town, Rosario Street |
A more typical house in Coron Town, Rosario Street |
"Tricycle" - the local taxis in Coron |
Rosario Street, Coron Town center |
The main road through Coron Town |
Central Coron Town next to the bus terminal |
There's a little laundry place on the corner |
Coron Bus, Jeepney and Tricycle Terminal |
Coron Town Bus, Jeepney and Tricycle Station, Busuanga |
Tricycles at the Coron Bus station |
Tricycle "Princess Nikka" Coron |
Coron Bus, Jeepney and Tricycle Terminal |
Dennis inspecting a tricycle, Coron |
Traditional wooden outrigger boats called bancas |
A very small banca, Coron |
Banca "Majika" - a mediium sized boat |
Bancas lined up near the Coron Public Market |
Coron Public Market |
Coron's waterfront is lined with houses built on piers and stilts |
Rickety walkway, Coron |
Don Pedro Street, Coron Town |
L & M P Sea Lodge, Coron Town |
Street along the waterfront of Coron Town near Seadive Resort |
Dennis, Coron Town |
Bottle Ground, one of the nightclubs in central Coron Town |
La Sirenetta Restaurant and Coron Divers |
Motorized Filipino outrigger banca, Coron |
Gang plank leading up to the M/bca John Mark |
Motorboat of Calypso Diving, Coron |
A small banca boat with La Sirenetta Restaurant, Coron Town |
La Sirenetta Restaurant, Coron |
La Sirenetta Restaurant, Coron |
La Sirenetta Restaurant, Coron |
Great location, so-so food |
Lunch at La Sirenetta, Coron Town |
Dennis, Coron Town |
Dennis, Coron Town |
Thatched stilt houses along the Coron waterfront |
Traditional thatched bamboo nipa huts on stilts, Coron Town |
Traditional nipa huts along the Coron waterfront next to Amphibiko |
Thatched nipa hut next to Amphibiko, Coron Town |
Otto's Pub, run by an Austrian expat |
Out at Otto's Pub in Coron Town |
Dive Cal and The Old House, Coron Town |
Kuweba Arts & Crafts, Coron Town |
Mount Tapyas seen from the water, Coron Town |
L & M Sea Lodge, Coron Town, seen from the water |
Dennis, Coron Town |
Dennis, Coron Town |
L & M Sea Lodge, Coron Town |
Riding a tricycle back to Mount Tapyas Hotel for 20 pesos |
Traditional Filipino thatched nipa hut, Nueva Street, Coron Town |
Traditional house, Coron Town |
Climbing the 719 steps to the summit of Mount Tapyas, Coron Town |
Climbing Mount Tapyas, Coron Town |
Cross on Mount Tapyas |
Wiped out after climbing Mount Tapyas |
Dennis on Mount Tapyas, Coron Town |
View of Coron Town, Coron Island and Coron Bay from Mount Tapyas |
Cross on top of Mount Tapyas |
I'm not sure what they're planning on building on the reclaimed land along the waterfront...maybe a big hotel? |
View from Mount Tapyas |
Evening view of Coron Town from Mount Tapyas |
La Sirenetta Restaurant in the evening from Mount Tapyas |
Iglesia ni Cristo, Coron Town |
Early morning along the Coron waterfront |
Coron |
La Sirenetta, Coron Town |
View of Coron Town from the water |
Seadive Resort, Coron Town |
Coron Public Market seen from the water |
Coron Public Market and waterfront |
Coron Town waterfront and L&M Sea Lodge |
Rainbow, Coron Town |
Dennis & rainbow, Coron Town |
Can he keep up? |
One evening most of Coron Town was blacked out |
Ros Navigation Coron to Manila |
Coron Town waterfront |
View from the Amphibiko pier, Coron Town waterfront |
Coron Town Hall |
Dennis salting a balut |
I can't believe he wanted me to eat that! |
It's a boiled duck embryo...so nasty |
Coron Town nightlife |
Dennis loves to sing |
Dennis out at one of the karaoke bars in Coron Town |
Dennis choosing his next song |
Me after diving, Coron Town |
Unfortunately, there are currently no flights from Coron except to Manila |
Road sign to Busuanga Airport |