back to work, back to all the stress.
here's how the trip went:
DAY1
-left the house at about 645pm and picked up kathy & zy.
-went to the airport, found the boyf in the waiting area.
-waited for macky outside since Globe was out and i was the only one who had the e-ticket.
-checked in soon as karen & drew came.
-waited til 10am to board. the zestair flight was delayed for an hour and 20 minutes in total.
-flight was really bumpy. nahilo ang lola mo.
-kuya mike picked us up, brought us to
Coron Village Lodge where we finally met ate ezel, our tour guide. we had a quick lunch then we got ready for that day's activities. we had to bring our snorkeling gear (goggles, in my case) and aqua shoes (i had to make do with makeshifts--slippers with garter. hehehe! kuripot alert.)
-we got on 2 trikes and were brought to the pier. boarded the boat and headed off to
Atuwayan Beach. it was called such because it had lot of "tuways" or shells. drew and greg did some snorkeling. the rest of us opted to just stay by the shore to take photos since per ate ezel, sea urchins and jellyfish frequent the area. nyikes.

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Twin Lagoon was next on the iti. the water was 70% salt and 30% fresh water hence the mixture of hot and cold water. it started to rain so it got difficult for us to move, especially with kathy afraid of the water. hehe good thing ate ezel and macky were able to accompany her. buwis-buhay actually, they both almost drowned because of kat. hahaha! kaasar lang, i lost my nice speedo goggles. i was trying to fix my hair so i took off my goggles for a while. it slipped my hand. thinking it'll float (like it does in swimming pools), i didn't make an effort to scurry and look for it. yun pala, lumulubog yung goggles dun. ayun, wala naaa.
-We went to
Kayangan Lake next. this was my favorite if not for the trek. the water was very serene. contrary to
Twin Lagoon, this was 70% fresh and 30% salt water. our stay here was more relaxed since it stopped raining, plus there wasn't the fear of jellyfish or sea urchins. hassle lang because you have to go up to view the much-photographed entrance to the lake, go down to the actual lake and take that same trail to get back to your boat. hasslehoff talaga!

-Next and final stop was the
Maquinit Hot Spring. we were supposed to do fish feeding at
Siete Pecados kaya lang it was too dark already so we put that one off for the 3rd day. Greg was planning on jumping into the super hot water, buti na lang di nya tinuloy. Aaray yun, for sure.
-we then headed for home to bathe, have dinner, watch
Tayong Dalawa (part of the itinerary yun! :P) and then sleep. we didn't have any more energy to drink so borlogs na kami after watching Bok JR and Bok Dave.
DAY2
-We had to get up early to go up
Mt. Tapyas. The view from the top was so-so, nothing extraordinary. We just took photos then went back to the lodge for breakfast.

-Rested a bit, the others did some CR time and prepared stuff for that day's trip.
-We rode the boat for almost 2 hours (ang sakit sa pw*t!) to get to
Calumbuyan island. the others took a nap on the hammocks while ate ezel prepared our lunch. after eating, we re-applied sunblock then went snorkeling. there were lots to see! there were various corals and fishies. we were all very proud of kathy as she was able to swim by herself :) no need for ate ezel to assist her every second. hehehe good job, kat.

-it took another hour to get to
coral garden. grabe ang alon, ayaw mambasa! this time it was only zy, greg and drew who took a dip. the rest of us took photos with the beautiful scenery hehe camwhores.

-then we were off to the
Japanese gunboat shipwreck. scary, nagkaron na ng corals yung ship. lots of fishies pa rin. we even saw scuba divers way below us.
-we headed home, did the same routine as day 1 except greg, macky, drew and kathy went for drinks after Tayong Dalawa. hehe other than greg, everyone was asleep by 230am. the boyf went drinking with the neighbors and the Bobs from the lodge's resto. 5am na natulog ang lolo mo. ayun, puyat.
DAY3
-we were an hour late. we stopped by
Siete Pecados to feed the fish pandesals and monays. bilang puyat, si greggyboy lang ang hindi nagpakain ng isda hehehe

-headed to
Malcapuya island. malakas pa rin ang alon but it wasn't as scary as day2. the boatride was again exhausting (kahit na sila kuya bangkero naman ang nagddrive :P) so derecho lunch when we got there. rested a bit then we started taking photos. what can we say? the beach was so photo-worthy. actually, naubos yung oras namin taking pics. the only time we went to the water was when we were looking for the scary giant clams as we boarded the boat. kaya lang dahil nakakadiri at nakakapraning ang mga damo sa ilalim ng tubig (stingrays likewise hide in the sand so we really had reason to be paranoid, okay? :P), we all decided to just board the boat and leave. hehehe


-we decided to take on
Twin Lagoon for the second time. it was hectic the first time we went there, thanks to the rains. this time around, the water seemed as fine as that of
Kayangan Lake. Kathy was extra confident in the water by this time, kaya lang when she got tired, kuya bangkero had to pull her around using a stick. hehe! everyone took their time swimming and taking photos as we bade
Coron goodbye.

DAY4
-after having breakfast, we took a bath and prepared to head for Manila :)
-cebu pacific was 20 minutes early. way to go, CebPac!
-we took a van from terminal 3 to glorietta to have lunch at A Veneto.
-after buying dessert, we all split up and went home to get much-needed sleep.
theme songs for the trip:
Boom Boom Pow (c/o idunnowho) and
Broken Strings (c/o Zy)
'til the next one, guys!