Day 2 of Amazing Busuanga

Day 2 was a sluggish one. We woke up early at around 530am, but had to wait for the breakfast to be served at 730am as the Lodge's employees only come to work at 7am. We were supposed to leave early for Malcapuya Island, a beach area famous for its protected clams for snorkeling adventure and long stretch of white sand beach front.

Rather than sulk, i just read mails from office :-).

So finally, we were able to leave by 830am for Malcapuya Island. But it was not meant to be, before we reach halfway of our destination, the waves indicated that it will not take an hour of motorboat trip instead some 2 plus hours. Buds and Reynante, our nice Cuyonen boatmen, advised that it might not be safe to proceed with the size of their motorboat.

So we turned back and headed for the Banol Beach. It was a blessing in disguise. Banol Beach is a nice and easy place to swim and have fun with the kids, while having some private lunch of nicely cooked Cusido (a type of delicacy - can't remember the kind of fish - cooked in calamansi,string beans and lady finger) and grilled pork chop, and having ripe Mangos for desserts.

After lunch, we went back to Twin Lagoon, this time it's low tide. We went to the other side through the underwater cave and this time, no cuts from the jagged walls given the water level allowed a comfortable swim towards the other side of the Lagoon. This lagoon is quite popular, Dexter, our Cuyonen guide, said. It's almost a standard destination with every batch of tourist going to Coron. True enough, we found ourselves with some 20 other tourists who were already on the other side, gleefully romping in the deep waters of the enclosed lagoon. We stayed for a while and enjoy the scenery around the enclosed lagoon. An hour after, we headed for the Siete Pecados - a preserved marine park famous for snorkeling of scenic corals.

Siete Pecados - This marine park is an extravagant show of multi-colored and multi-shaped live corals. I managed to take pictures of the awesome corals with my sister-in-law's underwater digital camera, and you will be floored by the beauty of these underwater sea creatures exude. First time in my life that i ever got close to almost touching distance to these creatures, which i have only seen in shows like Discovery Channel and National Geographic. I tell you it is one of those experiences I will never forget.