We’re Livin’ the Dream
*Aside Subtitle*: We Only Kill the Babies Wednesday August 10, 2016 Transfer to Moalboal
To put it mildly, after the trip to El Nido on the bus, I’m bus-resistant. The bus ride to El Nido was torturous. However, based on the advice given to us by Dennis and Emily on the 2Go Ferry and everything we read the way to go to Moalboal is by bus. The price tag for a car is at least 2000 pesos. The bus is 116 pesos per person. Big difference, so the bus wins.
The Ceres Buses are
Gainful Employment (Almost!)
Monday August 1, 2016
We arrive in Manila slightly ahead of schedule at 6:30 AM rather than 7:30 AM. Since we are arriving in the daylight we get a great view of the fisherman’s shanty town that lines Manila Bay. Before exiting the ferry we speak to the front desk about leaving our luggage somewhere while we explore Manila until check-in time (3:30 PM) for our next 2Go Ferry connection to Cebu at 7:30 PM. No problem - the porter could help us with that.
It turns out the por
A Nice Place to Visit, But I Wouldn’t Want to Live There
Monday, July 25th, 2016 Coron, Palawan, Philippines.
The first thing we notice when we arrive in Coron is that it smells like something is burning, but no time for that right now. We need to get situated. Our arrival at the 2Go Ferry dock in Coron goes much more smoothly than our arrival in Puerto Princesa. It probably helps that it’s 1:00 PM rather than 9:00 PM, but let’s just say we’re also more experienced now. We negotiate with two trikes for only slightly more than the