Day 4: It's the last day of our journey here at Coron. We're taking it easy this time. We started our day by trekking Mount Tapyas and catch the early morning sunrise. They say it's about 700 steps to achieve the height where the cross is located. From Sea Dive Resort, you can reach the summit in 30 minutes but we woke up at 4:30 am to make it leisurely as the sun usually rises at
around 5:30 am. From the summit, you get a scenic view of the town and the surrounding picturesque islands.After descending, we were on a scout for a new place to have breakfast and since we've been loyal food customers of our resort, we went to Pizzito Melano. As the name suggest, they ought to specialize on pizzas but we didn't order that because of the time it needs to prepa
re. The traditional Filipino breakfast meals were very enticing - dangsilog (dried fish with fried rice & egg) and tapsilog (beef tapa with fried rice & egg) were the best!There were a lot things we haven't explored in Coron. And so, as we travel back to Manila after lunch, we anticipate another opportunity to visit this paradise.
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Quick travel trip:
1. When trekking or walking, make sure that you warm up your body especially your legs by doing some stretching exercises to avoid cramps. Remember also to cool down afterward.
2. As they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day especially when you're traveling.
Since the trek up Mt. Tapyas was done at 4:30am, it would be a good idea also to bring a headlamp or a flashlight along. Bringing some water for hydration would also be good.
ReplyDeleteI remember, Ross, how we saw a pig being trussed-up and transported while we had our breakfast. How I felt pity for the animal... I guess the tip here is to always be prepared for experiences of the local kind. That there may be cultural bursts along the way when traveling in areas not our own. These may be unusual for us, but are simply normal activities for the locals.
Again, Ross, my thanks for the nice blogs of our July '09 travel in Coron! :)