I’m pretty impressed with myself for keeping up with these journal entries. I looked back through this book the other day and at one point I had forgotten to write anything for 2 whole months! There is definitely more to tell when you’re traveling though as were constantly being introduced to new cultures, food, people and places.
What We’ve Been Up To
Last week we were in Coron and had the best time, both in the town and out on the water. We went on 2 tours while we were there. The first one was based in the lagoons that surround the islands and it included a couple of beaches too.
We had lunch on the tour which was rice (shock!) with veggies and a few different meats, a bottle of water and a soft drink. It was so nice to drink something fizzy as I haven’t had anything like that in so long!
The second tour was the same set up but we visited 3 beaches on different islands around Coron. The first beach we went to was called Malcapuya Island and it was the most breath taking beach I have ever seen, in my entire life – and I have seen plenty of them. It was a view that I will never forget – probably because it’s that stunning it’ll be on the majority of Coron postcards.
We were supposed to head over to El Nido on the 17th so we bought our tickets and got on the boat. We waited around for a while to set off but were not allowed to leave the port as they were expecting a typhoon – of course they bloody were. We don’t have the best of luck with these ferries. We collected our bags and made our way back to the hostel we had been staying in. They had no room for us but luckily, they knew someone who did because the majority of Coron was booked up. We didn’t really know what to do with our days as we had already seen the things we wanted to see.
We went to a café and used the wifi for the afternoon. T and I went to the hot springs that night then out for dinner, just for something to do. It turned out to be an extremely cool place with a water temp of around 40C and there were fairy lights and lanterns surrounding the pools. It was really pretty.
We woke up yesterday morning to the good news that our ferry was running. We got to the port and said hi to a number of familiar faces. We made it here 4.5 hours later and checked in to our hostel. T and I are having a couple of days to ourselves but we somehow managed to book into the hostel next door to the girls – some would say fate?
The 5 of us went on a tour of the islands today and we got lucky with weather considering it was supposed to rain all week. T and I are going off to a couple of beaches and waterfals for the next 2 days and then were meeting the girls on our last day for the last tour of El Nido.
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