I have been waiting for this day to arrive!! We arrived at around 5:45Am in Terminal 3 airport. The airport has been improved. It is better now than the domestic airport that I have seen a few years back when we went to Boracay.
This was the plane that took us to Busuanga airport. My guess was that it is only a 60 seater plane.. but frankly speaking, it is not as bumpy as expected. So the short 30 minute trip from Manila to Busuanga Airport is enjoyed, and not quite felt.
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We arrived at Busuanga, with no one to pick us up. My friend has been in contact with a guesthouse owner where we are staying but his van was no where to be found. So off we rode to one of the vans and just asked the driver to drop us in the guesthouse. When we went there no one was expecting us! We didn't even see the owner as he was still sleeping at that time. How could anyone forget you have a guest arriving?!The caretaker, was not so accommodating either and just told us to buy our food from the market and will just cook at wherever we will go on our way in the boat. Our boatman was not aware we didn't have things to cook these with! Now that's another bummer as we were supposed to be informed there's no way we could cook the raw fish and meat we brought with us during the tour. Patrik's Guesthouse is not so guest friendly after all. If we have more than 2 days, we would have tried to look for another place to stay, but we have limited time... and so we were stuck.
At around 11AM, our boat ride started and off we went to our first Stop. Siete Pecados. This is where we had our first snorkeling time. The fishes are not as many as expected, the corals are dead! They are lying in the seabed, pale, white and lifeless. so sad we couldn't see more colorful fishes. (I swear our snorkeling was better at at Laiya years back compared to this spot in Siete Pecados).
Next stop was the Kayangan Lake. This place is really wonderful! I love the view, the serenity of the lake, the sometimes slippery steps going up the mountain trail... it is really a wonderful experience, and view from the top! We spent ample time here taking pictures of the view from top. We also spent some time dipping at the very peaceful lake, with no other crowd. We had the place all too ourselves! 
Too bad we had to leave this place... It was one of the best places (Nature) I have seen. I wish there are more places like this in the country, so beautiful, not exploited, but well recognized.
Next stop was the Barracuda Lake, our Boatman assistant said that there are big barracuda fishes found in this lake, hence the name Barracuda Lake. This was a freshwater lake in between 2 limestones. There's a steep stairs you have to climb, and the same to go down to the lake, for a dip. We didn't push through as it is a low tide when we were at the place, we can't go through the small entrance to the lake because of the sharp limestones. We were there about a few minutes to take pictures and off we went to our next stop. The caretaker, did not asked for an entrance fee already, since we didn't stay that long anyway.
The second to last stop of the day 1 island tour, is the Skeleton Wreck. Here we spent some time to swim, and snorkel around the place. We saw some fishes, no Corals, and a shipwreck. It was a skeleton of the said ship whose ruins are left in the site. We only saw a portion of the ship wreck.
Islands on Day 1 trip, encircled in below Coron Island Map and their entrance fees:
Siete Pecados - 100 pesos
Kayangan Lake - 200 pesos
Barracuda Lake - 100 pesos
Skeleton Wreck - 100 pesos
Watch out for the 2nd part of the trip to Coron! :) We'll be posting more pictures.
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