0630 – Woke up in the early morning
to go to buy the ticket at the Coron Port. (Tricycle only cost PHP10/person to go to Coron Port from town) There was a man sitting at the desk
selling the Bunso Transport ticket. First, he asked me what is my nationality
first. Then he said the ferry ticket cost for us is PHP900 while for Filipinos
is PHP600. We had no choice and just bought the ticket. But there was a travel agent
near this port selling at PHP800. However, we couldn’t recognize which shop and
it is still early that the shop is still closed.
After scanned the backpack through
the security check, we sat ad waited in the terminal. There is terminal fee of
PHP20/person. In this terminal, there is free drinking water and Wifi. The Wifi
password need to get from the terminal fee collector and the Wifi speed is
quite fast too as not much people using.
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| Terminal at Coron Port |
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| The PHP900 ticket and PHP20 terminal fee |
0830 – Once the guard call to board
to boat, many people rush to the door and the boat. Before get on the boat,
there was another ticket checking. There was no queue and we needed to squeeze
in to check the ticket. After boarded the boat, lucky that we got the last two
seats together. The boat was full house that even have few people need to sit
at the not proper seating place.
0900 – Boat departed. There were many people leaving from the seat and don’t know where they go. Hence, we can sit a wider place and even lying on the cushion and sleep.
1110 – Lunch meals were given that only rice with a fish! The fish is very bony too. After that, other than sleep, we can just watch the offline video and scenery along the journey.
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| Full house maybe next two days is public holiday (All Saint Day) |
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| Lunch! Rice with a fish |
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| Kitchen area |
1400 – Reached the San Jose Port that
is a proper port which boat can landed near the port. After went out from the
port, there were so many tricycles’ drivers waiting there. I asked one to go to
the Bus terminal, he offered me PHP20/person only which is cheap to us. Hence,
we just took the tricycle. But he asked where we go and suggested us to the Van
which is cheaper option. Then we just listened to his suggestion and rode to
van terminal. After 10 minutes ride, we reached the van terminal. The cost for
the van transport to the Bulalacao is PHP150 which is really cheaper than the
Bus which cost PHP250. After got on the van, we had to wait for the van until
fully loaded. The van was really fully loaded that three people seats were sit
by four persons!
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| San Jose Port near the beach |
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| That steel bridge look fragile |
1530 – Van departed. Scenery along
the road are paddy field, mountains and road under fixing hence the journey was
quite bumpy.
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| The van company that we took. |
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| View along the road |
1650 – Reached the Bulalacao Port.
The FastCat counter is still closed and guard said it is only opened after 8pm.
This Fastcat ferry is the only ferry to the Caticlan. So we had to sit in a
restaurant and waited. We had dinner here too.
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| Bulalacao Port |
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| Only 2-3 restaurant here. |
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| Explore this resort near the port. But their restaurant don't have much thing to eat. |
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| The seawater here is very polluted. |
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| At the restanrant that we rest. |
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| Only left these food to eat as dinner. |
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Dinner
Top Left: Egg plant with Egg PHP30
Top Middle: Black pepper chicken PHP60
Top Right : Small cup noodle PHP30
Banana PHP5/each
Soup and rice is free |
1930 – The counter was opened and
we able to bought the premium economy class with student price that cost
PHP352/person rather than the normal price of PHP440. After that we also paid
the terminal fee which normal passengers cost PHP30/person and student
passengers cost PHP24/person. Then we walked to the terminal building. This
terminal looked very new and the toilet facility is very good.
2100 – Boarded the ferry. The
premium economy class air condition is very cold and very modern. The premium
economy seats are adjustable. Sitting in this ferry felt very comfortable and
it was cheap compared to the boat that we took in the morning! Even there is
food and drink selling inside the ferry. We had a good night sleep in this
ferry while the journey to the Caticlan.
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| FastCat Ferry to Caticlan |
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| The Bulalacao terminal building |
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| Inside on the terminal |
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| The premium enoconomy seat class |
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| A small food and beverage stall |
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| The economy class which is opened air on the upper deck |
Next day
0200 – Reached the Caticlan port.
After went out from the port, we went to the counter to buy the ticket to
Boracay. There are few type of ferry which are Mabuhay, Pump Boat and Boracay
Express. At that moment, we just saw that the Boracay Express is still opened
and the lady at the counter said that the next ferry was another 30 minutes.
Hence, we just bought it as we don’t want to stay in this port which don’t have
place to sleep outside. There are student price for the Boracay express which
is PHP60/oneway and normal price is PHP75/oneway. We bought the roundtrip which
is PHP120/person. After paid for the terminal fee (PHP100/person) and
environmental fee (PHP75/person), we can board the ferry. After ferry travelled
for few minutes, we reached the Cagban port. Our booked hostal is very far from
the town, hence we shared the tricycle with other two people with total of
PHP200 for 4 persons. After reached the hostel, we quickly bathed and then
sleep.ZZZZ
Total cost of travelling from Coron
to Boracay:
Ferry from Coron to San Jose : PHP900
+ Terminal fee of PHP20
Tricycle from San Jose Port to van terminal :
PHP20
Van from San Jose to Bulalacao :
PHP150
Ferry from Bulalacao to Caticlan :
PHP440 + Terminal fee of PHP30
Ferry from Caticlan to Boracay : PHP60 +
Terminal fee of PHP100 + Environmental Fee PHP75
Total :
PHP1795
