Wednesday 1st October
Pete has very
providently stashed away a few special bottles of wine.
Yesterday we
celebrated two things:
The last day of September
The completion of our bookings for our return to
Tasmania in mid October
WEEHEE!
This bottle of
wine is extra special. Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon blah
blah never mind it is DELICIOUS!!…and given to us by – Claire and Stuart, with
whom we will soon be reunited! (Christmas 2006.) We made
sure to enjoy every single drop…
It was just about
cool enough for another gentle stroll around Coron after lunch yesterday. I discovered that the many dog residents of
Coron like to sleep at midday, often in the shade of a stationary tricycle. They are not out in the midday sun…
And that maybe some of them might have...rabies!! (I actually think rabies has been eradicated from Busuanga Island, mainly due to the efforts of Seadive Jim...)
So far they have
all been extremely docile…
As have the cats.
At the far end of
town we found a salubrious new resort, Corto del Mar Hotel.
We were welcomed
in by the courteous staff, who showed us one of the rooms, and apologised for
the view…
The view is being
demolished…
Some of the houses
are already wrecked.
Others are still
inhabited.
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| Pete & William |
Pete, who
describes himself as a recluse…(Nicky says, Have
you met yourself, Pete??)… has already made lots of friends in Coron. The first was William
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| Pete & William in William's cafe - note sign FREE INFORMATION WITH MEAL William is FULL of information! |
whose café is
opposite the Seadive office, where Pete also, and fortuitously, met Jim. We had lunch at William’s café today, and
received LOTS of free information…
He also chatted cheerily
with some equally cheery nuns.
And some infotech
students.
Reclusive and
solitary…I don’t think so!
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| Pete and Maine - SO helpful |
It had dawned on
me, in the early hours, as these things do, that our visas were about to run
out, just a few days before it would be OK for them to run out. William advised us to go
to a nearby tourist office and check out our possible complications. Germaine (Maine) was endlessly patient and
helpful and told us we would be perfectly OK; we will just need to pay a small
fine at the airport.
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| Lette & Lisette |
I was very charmed
by the fact that Maine’s colleague Lette, was able to have her little girl at
work with her. So civilised, and, and
pleasant!
I noticed, by reading the notices, that in Coron…cleanliness is next to godliness!
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| Mermaids are, quite rightly, a theme in Busuanga. |
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