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Trip to Coron

July 14, 2008

Alexandra, Christina and William visited us in the Philippines in July and August. We had a great time. We traveled to the Calamian Islands to do some tourism and a little diving, since Christina and Alexandra got their PADI diving certifications when they were here last year.

We stayed at Dive Link Resort on Uson Island, a 20 minute banca boat ride from Coron Town on Busuanga. Dive Link was pretty nice. We had two cabins for the six of us, and the food was excellent and abundant (though it got somewhat repetitive eventually). The resort has a swimming pool, but no beach. The real advantage, though, is the location, as it is easy to get to all the fun places in the area from there.

Lake Kayangan

The day after we arrived, we went out on a day trip to swim in Lake Kayangan and picnic on a beach on Coron Island. Lake Kayangan is a beautiful blue freshwater lake on the island of Coron. You land your banca and hike up a steep, if short, trail, and right back down the other side of the ridge. The hike is probably about 40 minutes, and I did it carrying Aliciya, so it can’t be too difficult.

Tanya and Aliciya trying out the water

As you can see, Kayangan really is a little piece of paradise, so it was a good start to our travels in the Calamians. We spent probably about an hour swimming in the crystal clear waters and had a great time.

: Alexandra and William trying snorkeling

The hike back to the banca left us hot and hungry, so we were happy that the next stop was a beach on Coron for a picnic. The resort had packed a full lunch for us and we had a great few hours swimming in the crystal waters of the Pacific and playing on the white sand of the beach.