Tuesday, July 15, 2008

My Palawan Experience

By Peter

I and my family went to Coron, Palawan last May 5- 10. We were riding a jeep at the time when we arrived at Coron. After that, we took a boat ride to one of the Palawan islands. While we were on the boat, I saw a lot of mangrove trees and also a big group of red and white jellyfishes. The white ones were big and the red ones were small.

We stayed at a resort called Club Paradise. Club Paradise is a big resort with two sides. The back has a beach and also the front. A band would play every night at the restaurant. Also, everything is already paid for in the buffet, so it’s "all you can eat" buffet. The lounge is next to the pool. Inside there is a bar, a pool table, ping pong table and also a video room. There are two types of rooms you can stay in, the cottage and in the building. There is a tennis court, and a small trek around the island. There is the Eagles Point, a lagoon and an organic garden. The employees have their own rooms and cottages. There is a gift shop, aqua sports store, diving tank store and a diving center called Dugong Diving. They are all around the pool.

The first activity we did was island hopping. During the island hopping, we stopped at a place called 7 Islands. Around the small area we snorkeled, the place is a sea life sanctuary, so under water, I saw vibrant colors of corals and fishes were abundant. After that, we went to a lake area, but to get there we put on Off lotion. We hiked up then back down another way. We saw a big lake in the middle of the island. There were needle fishes and shrimps in the water. After that, we went back on the boat and over to twin lagoon. I was too hungry to swim down to the underwater passage. So I stayed and ate on the boat. Lastly, we went to the hot springs, natural hot springs from a dead volcano. It was warm and very refreshing. On the next day, after that island hopping, we took a boat that took one hour. As we arrived at the island were the safari was, we took a big tram to go and look at the animals. The animals were the giraffes, small deers, bear cats, porcupines and a crocodile. The crocodile was small though. I’ve actually seen bigger ones. I fed the giraffe and petted it. I’ve also fed the bear cat and the deer.

In conclusion, my vacation at Coron Palawan was fun. I hope you too could see what I have seen. So try going to Palawan and share the beauty with your family.

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