A vacation is like love - anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia. ~Author Unknown
We booked our flight as early as October of 2010. Many things happened in between—some backed out while another got pregnant and was not allowed by her doctor to fly. But come January of this year, 10 of us flew to one of the paradises in the Philippines: Coron, Palawan.
Me and six others took a small Cebu Pacific plane while the other three were on Zest Air which arrived two hours earlier. Upon arrival, the first thing I noticed was the airport’s conveyer belt—or should I say platform since it was made of wood and not moving at all. The staff threw the baggage on it like garbage bags and left us to fight with the other passengers for the right to get their bags first.
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| One of the islands near Coron, taken from the plane window. |
Me and six others took a small Cebu Pacific plane while the other three were on Zest Air which arrived two hours earlier. Upon arrival, the first thing I noticed was the airport’s conveyer belt—or should I say platform since it was made of wood and not moving at all. The staff threw the baggage on it like garbage bags and left us to fight with the other passengers for the right to get their bags first.Baggage grabbed and sunglasses on, we got out of the airport to the forest of vans waiting for tourists. We immediately spotted the van—arranged by Coron Galeri—that will take us to our inn.
Kuya Bong, our driver, was once a Manileño until he fell in love with his wife who lived in Coron. He claimed that once we drink water from the island, we would never want to leave again. The 25-minute drive to the town proper was filled with camera clicks and planning of activities for the rest of the day.
Our Accomodation
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| Our flight was 2 hours late! |
Kuya Bong, our driver, was once a Manileño until he fell in love with his wife who lived in Coron. He claimed that once we drink water from the island, we would never want to leave again. The 25-minute drive to the town proper was filled with camera clicks and planning of activities for the rest of the day.
Our Accomodation
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| Seadive Resort faces the sea and the lounge also serves as a dock for boats so its very convenient for tourists planning to go island hopping during their stay. |
Seadive Resort is an inn/diving shop facing the ocean. We reserved rooms at the last minute so we only got 1 airconditioned room with 1 bathroom and 2 open rooms with a common restroom. I was in one of the open rooms with only one fan to keep the mosquitoes away from us at night.
The room was made of nipa roof and the floor, wooden planks with gaps in between so we had to put away our coins (in case it fell to the sea). At night, there were no mosquitoes at all and the breeze was cool. The only downside to this room was the noise the oxygen tank refilling station beside us created. It was epic and, if not for Bon Jovi’s voice on loop, I wouldn’t be able to sleep.
The airconditioned room has the same nipa feel but its floor was concrete since it was on the second floor. Since there were 10 of us and only three room, we asked for extra mattresses so some of us could sleep on the floor.
Our rooms were probably not on a five-star level—probably not even 3-star—but for P800/night for the open rooms and P1,200/night for the airconditioned, it was worth it. Since there are three of us in the open room, I only paid P800 for three nights.
The food in Seadive was not the best but the ambiance of the lounge facing the sea and the mountains was worth it. I could sit there for hours, leech on the free Wi-Fi, and drink their unlimited coffee or tea.
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