Where will you be this coming Holy Week?
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If you're the type of person who sees Holy Week as the best time to spend a summer vacation...where will you be? Sometimes it is very hard to decide if you're group does not have any definite plans. It always depends on time and budget. If you're from Manila and if you don't want to go on very far places, you can either choose Batangas on south area or Subic on north, both are just 2-3 hours drive.
Besides from Boracay, there are other alternative places you can go. You can try Coron Palawan, this is where you can find the cleanest freshwater in the country. Picture shown below is taken from a view deck found in Cayangan Lake. In Coron, the most common location on where you will stay is in the town of Coron, then you will just have to hire a boat to bring you on its best places, you can go to Cayangan and Baracuda lake, Sangat and Black Island for a fine white sand... and Calauit island to get a Safari experience. For more info click here .
Another place to be... is Batanes which can be found at the northern tip of the country, close to Taiwan, you can even get radio signals from Taiwan. I think everyone dreams to be in this place, ever since college, i always wanted to be here. Some folks are scared because of weather conditions, the safest time to be here is just during summer. But for our experience, we went last December, we took our chances... thanks for ZestAir for a cheap ticket price, we bought it for less than P5000.00 because of its promo. It was a fine weather but very windy. The wind was so strong that it can stop you while you are riding a bike, hehe. We stayed in town of Basco, i don't know if you can rent a jeepney to tour you, we brought our own bikes to roam the island, pretty good experience. Place to see is Sabtang island which is famous for stone houses, you can also visit the Honesty store and also the Marlboro country to witness green grass landscape as if you were in Scotland or Ireland (that's what they say) .BOLINAO, PANGASINAN
If you've been to hundred islands in Alaminos, Pangasinan, you can also try to go to Bolinao which is an hour away from Alaminos. If you have your own car, this is just 6-7 hours away from Manila. This place is on the northwest part of the country near to South China sea.More Links:
- Best of Mt. Pinatubo Photos
- December 2005.MT PULAG, BENGUET
- Kota - Kinabalu ITINERARY
- Jan 2006 - MT KINABALU, MALAYSIA and BRUNEI
- March 2005 , PALAWAN
We stayed at Treasures of Bolinao which is cheaper than the famous Puerto Del Sol. For my own review, I like the place including rooms, the cottages, they have what they call the bridge which is a nice place for picture taking and to witness the sunset.Funny thing here is if you are going to use your credit card here, the staff would have to go to the lighthouse to swipe it because that is the only place where they can surely get a signal.
There are other options, you can go to Puerto Galera, im sure that there are so many people here, just be prepared to beat the crowd in Batangas pier. You can also go to Baguio for a cool weather or in Sagada. There are other places where you can go during Holy Week...its up to your family or your friends on where you want to be. Or you can just stay on your homes and sleep all day.
CORON PALAWAN ITINERARY
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CORON PALAWAN ITINERARY
DAY 1, FRIDAY:
6:00 PM
Departure from Manila. Enjoy your night on the WG&A Superferry 1 to Coron, Palawan, with restaurants, live music, sing-a-long and disco aboard!
DAY 2, SATURDAY:
6:00 AM
Arrival in Coron, Busuanga. Our staff will welcome you and accompany you to the famous KokosNuss Garden Resort. Have a free welcome drink and a hearty breakfast!
9:00 AM
Enjoy a one day island hoppng tour to Coron Island to the best spots of Busuanga and Coron Island. Our Capitano "Frankie" brings you to the amazing Coron Island by banca. Swim and snorkel coral reefs and visit the famous "Cayangan-" and "Barracuda Lake". Relax on white sandy beaches and snorkel some more of Corons coral reefs.
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Return back to Sea Dive Resort from your one day island hopping tour.
7:00 PM
Time to have a delicous dinner at Sea Dive Resort
DAY 3, SUNDAY
10:00 AM
After a hearty breakfast you can hike up to the top of Mount Tapyas to enjoy the beautiful view on Coron Bay and all surrounding islands.
12:00 AM
Have lunch at CALUIT Safari Park
14:00 PM
Roam around CALAUIT to view zebras, giraffe, antilopes, and other safari animals.
7:00 PM
Dinner at Sea Dive Resort
9:00 PM
Lights out.
DAY 4, MONDAY:
6:00 AM
Fly back to Manila by Asian Spirit
March 2005 , PALAWAN.
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This was Holy Week, we stayed at Sea Dive Resort in an Aircon room for P500 only, (imagine how cheap it is) . There were 7 of us who went there, David, Jano, Edmon, Lemuel, Grace and Diego (mga elite members ng Mapua Mountaineering, hehe,).I can say that this is the BEST trip that i've had, im with the best people, no hassles, walang kaartehan, lahat game, no fights, very fun socials, masaya from the day we departed up to the day we left the place.
Best spots in this place are, Cayanga
n Lake, Barracuda Lake, Calauit island
( Safari alike ). Picture on the right is the boat entrance to Cayangan Lake, boundary between salt and fresh water. Nice view huh, its like that we were on The Beach movie because of the limestones. Picture above is Cayangan Lake, since this is freshwater, get ready to put insect repellent lotion instead of a sunblock lotion, there were lots of mosquitoes, hehe.
This is in Calauit Island, they said it feels like that youre in Africa if youre in here, but not, hehe, because there were only few zebras and giraffes, and we can't find any antelopes. Picture on the right was taken by Chris.
