Time: 1100H
When we arrived at our hotel, shortly after I opened my luggage, someone knocked at the door, she said the van is already waiting for us. We are scheduled for the Coron Island tour. We packed our things again into a smaller bag, change our clothes and ran into the van like hell's coming for us.
They dropped us on the boat docking area near the public market where many boats wait for their other guests. It is an exclusive tour. So they are just five of us in the boat, my fiancee and I, Ate Isay and the two boatmen.
And our tourguide for the day, Ate Isay
Kuya Erick
Kuya _________, (I forgot his name)
Coron Island
Some fishermen
The famous Sea Dive Resort & Restaurant
La Sirenetta
Mt. Tapyas
Ate Isay shared some history about Coron and how Coron got its name. She said that it originated from the Tagbanua (inhabitants of Coron) word "korong" which means in Tagalog "kulong". Korong and time passed by, people started calling it Coron. She said that Coron is shaped like a big "palayok" or a pot. It is surrounded by groups of rock/ limestone formations. This place is rarely affected by typhoons, because the place is protected by the rock formations making the waters completely calm and not turbulent.
Our first destination is Siete Picados or "Seven Islets"
Siete Picados is considered as a marine park already. It houses fishes and corals of different kinds. We had some underwater photos of the Siete Picados, all photos were shot using OLYMPUS TOUGH TG-820.
