It was an almost canceled trip.
Having been away to nurse my tissues, I was not in my best mood to hop another plane and enjoy being away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Oh! Please don’t get me wrong, I am a native city girl who loves the outdoors and traveling at that but sometimes when you’re nursing something and in the brink of collapse, you’d want to just stay in bed and act normal.
I made several phone calls, sent sms and Facebook-ed my beau – instructing him to cancel our Coron, Palawan trip. And being the sometimes bolshie person that he is, he refused to have the trip canceled and super insisted that we should go on a vacation – after all, he said, it was a well-deserved trip. I argued that I don’t need the vacation, he does – between our hands, his were always full. I rest my case.
With a heavy heart, I gave in to his endless nudging.
Onset
With my eyes still shut, I gave in to the buzzing of my mobile phone – signaling me that it is time to wake up. I set my alarm at around 5am (our flight was around 920am) because I have to pack things pa. Being the heavy packer and OC that I am, I have to make sure that all my must-haves are well packed and my clothes aren’t wrinkled.
I almost ransacked my closet – for this random fear that I don’t have anything pretty to wear. Oh well. Everything happened so fast and next thing I know, we were in NAIA Terminal 3 having our pictures taken like some crazy tourist – despite the fact that excitement is still nowhere to be seen.
After checking in our luggage, we were weighed – which is already expected since we will be flying in a 72-seater plane. More than excitement, I was pretty anxious. I am pretty much comfortable with a plane ride but with this one, anxiety was all over me. Heck, I have never tried riding a 72-seater plane before!
Imagine how my heart started running on its normal rate the moment I set foot on land.
Coron
We arrived at the Busuanga Airport roughly around 11-ish and the sun was in its mighty might, giving me hindsight of a summer escapade. Lovely. From there, we were picked up by Mang Edward and drove us to St. Louie’s Box. On our way there, we experienced some challenges – no signal for Globe, really rough road and travel time from the airport to the lodging house was around 45 minutes. Aside from those mentioned, everything was great.
Our contact person, Lisa Hunter met us at the lodging house and she was more than welcoming. She made us feel at home already. After unpacking our things, we went to Coron Town Proper for lunch and Bistro Coron served it really well. We ordered mix green salad, Mexican-cooked chicken with rice, Fish fillet and ice cold drinks. The servings were really superb and great for starving tourists like us.
After lunch, Lisa toured to us to see the market. Contrary to what I had in mind, Coron’s market is really clean and you don’t really feel scared at all. Everyone is just so pleasant.
Trekking and Hot Spring
Later that day, we met Joan our tour guide. She was everything you wanted for a tour guide – she was very accommodating, answered all our questions and took care of us the whole time.
She picked us up from the lodging house at around 530-ish in afternoon and we set off to trek Mt. Tapyas. I am not a mountaineering fan but trekking, this time, sounded fun and nice to me – so I took the challenge and warmly trekked Mt. Tapyas.
It seemed fine at first but taking 717 steps was not fun-fun. Really! And along the way, Hon slipped – leaving a permanent mark on my digicam and scratches both on his left arm and hand. No fun at all. I was pretty upset that I stormed in rebellion (because of the digicam scratches) – leaving him and Joan a few good steps behind. No sweat!
I reached the top first and what I saw from the deck is just breathtaking. Such a wonderful sight! I. SO. LOVE. IT.
On our way down, my head still hot from the marks on my poor digicam – my legs started to shake uncontrollably. And boy, they were shaking really, really hard. No kidding! Joan, Lisa and Mang Nono (our tricycle driver) were laughing their butt off. My beau took a video of my legs shaking. And soon, I was laughing at my legs too. It was a riot!
After a more than 30-minute trek to Mt. Tapyas, we went straight to Makinit to experience their Hot Spring. Excitedly, I dipped into the hot water and it was a Eureka moment for me. After a very tiring day, almost nothing beats the feeling of such warm bath.
The trekking to Mt. Tapyas and Maquinit experience is really a perfect combination. Every throbbing part of my legs (and head) that I got from bravely climbing 717 steps to Mt. Tapyas (total of 1434 steps) went away from just dipping into the hot water.
Soon, after dinner – I went straight to dreamland without any sort of detours – namamahay.
Its just the first day, yet we felt like we've been in Coron for 2 days already. So far, so good. And yes, we kept our fingers crossed - with high hopes that next day, the sun will shine at its brightest and help give us a nice tan.
to be continued...
Having been away to nurse my tissues, I was not in my best mood to hop another plane and enjoy being away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Oh! Please don’t get me wrong, I am a native city girl who loves the outdoors and traveling at that but sometimes when you’re nursing something and in the brink of collapse, you’d want to just stay in bed and act normal.
I made several phone calls, sent sms and Facebook-ed my beau – instructing him to cancel our Coron, Palawan trip. And being the sometimes bolshie person that he is, he refused to have the trip canceled and super insisted that we should go on a vacation – after all, he said, it was a well-deserved trip. I argued that I don’t need the vacation, he does – between our hands, his were always full. I rest my case.
With a heavy heart, I gave in to his endless nudging.
Onset
With my eyes still shut, I gave in to the buzzing of my mobile phone – signaling me that it is time to wake up. I set my alarm at around 5am (our flight was around 920am) because I have to pack things pa. Being the heavy packer and OC that I am, I have to make sure that all my must-haves are well packed and my clothes aren’t wrinkled.
I almost ransacked my closet – for this random fear that I don’t have anything pretty to wear. Oh well. Everything happened so fast and next thing I know, we were in NAIA Terminal 3 having our pictures taken like some crazy tourist – despite the fact that excitement is still nowhere to be seen.
After checking in our luggage, we were weighed – which is already expected since we will be flying in a 72-seater plane. More than excitement, I was pretty anxious. I am pretty much comfortable with a plane ride but with this one, anxiety was all over me. Heck, I have never tried riding a 72-seater plane before!
Imagine how my heart started running on its normal rate the moment I set foot on land.
Coron
We arrived at the Busuanga Airport roughly around 11-ish and the sun was in its mighty might, giving me hindsight of a summer escapade. Lovely. From there, we were picked up by Mang Edward and drove us to St. Louie’s Box. On our way there, we experienced some challenges – no signal for Globe, really rough road and travel time from the airport to the lodging house was around 45 minutes. Aside from those mentioned, everything was great.
Our contact person, Lisa Hunter met us at the lodging house and she was more than welcoming. She made us feel at home already. After unpacking our things, we went to Coron Town Proper for lunch and Bistro Coron served it really well. We ordered mix green salad, Mexican-cooked chicken with rice, Fish fillet and ice cold drinks. The servings were really superb and great for starving tourists like us.
After lunch, Lisa toured to us to see the market. Contrary to what I had in mind, Coron’s market is really clean and you don’t really feel scared at all. Everyone is just so pleasant.
Trekking and Hot Spring
Later that day, we met Joan our tour guide. She was everything you wanted for a tour guide – she was very accommodating, answered all our questions and took care of us the whole time.
She picked us up from the lodging house at around 530-ish in afternoon and we set off to trek Mt. Tapyas. I am not a mountaineering fan but trekking, this time, sounded fun and nice to me – so I took the challenge and warmly trekked Mt. Tapyas.
It seemed fine at first but taking 717 steps was not fun-fun. Really! And along the way, Hon slipped – leaving a permanent mark on my digicam and scratches both on his left arm and hand. No fun at all. I was pretty upset that I stormed in rebellion (because of the digicam scratches) – leaving him and Joan a few good steps behind. No sweat!
I reached the top first and what I saw from the deck is just breathtaking. Such a wonderful sight! I. SO. LOVE. IT.
On our way down, my head still hot from the marks on my poor digicam – my legs started to shake uncontrollably. And boy, they were shaking really, really hard. No kidding! Joan, Lisa and Mang Nono (our tricycle driver) were laughing their butt off. My beau took a video of my legs shaking. And soon, I was laughing at my legs too. It was a riot!
After a more than 30-minute trek to Mt. Tapyas, we went straight to Makinit to experience their Hot Spring. Excitedly, I dipped into the hot water and it was a Eureka moment for me. After a very tiring day, almost nothing beats the feeling of such warm bath.
The trekking to Mt. Tapyas and Maquinit experience is really a perfect combination. Every throbbing part of my legs (and head) that I got from bravely climbing 717 steps to Mt. Tapyas (total of 1434 steps) went away from just dipping into the hot water.
Soon, after dinner – I went straight to dreamland without any sort of detours – namamahay.
Its just the first day, yet we felt like we've been in Coron for 2 days already. So far, so good. And yes, we kept our fingers crossed - with high hopes that next day, the sun will shine at its brightest and help give us a nice tan.
to be continued...
