22nd February - leaving Coron for Busuanga Yacht Club harbour

Sunday 22^nd February

Big mistake - Chris's splendid penguins are Emperors, not Adelies!!

This morning we are leaving Coron to go back to Busuanga Harbour.  So…not so much great and constant internet coverage over the next few days.

Yesterday we busied ourselves around Coron, and spent a bit of time with lovely, helpful Maine, who we had met last time.  She gently led Pete to yet another phone shop, to buy yet another lot of top-up for his phone.  We go through our phone cards so much faster here; it is more expensive than in Thailand, Indonesia or Malaysia.

Pete and Maine

In her agency, we met cheery lone sailor, Harike, from Holland.  He attracted our attention because of his glasses…Two pairs, neither of them worn on his eyes.  I asked WHY and he said: one pair for reading, one pair for seeing, plus sunglasses, on his pocket, and binoculars at the ready on the boat.  I imagine his sloop, Serendipity, absolutely bedizened with glasses of various strengths and functions, all waiting to be strapped onto his head – he says he has more than 20 sets…

And did we stop at the hardware shop??  Yes of course.  Not for enough time for me to find The Chair.  But enough time for Pete to buy U-bolts just SLIGHTLY too short, and for me to take a photo of the opportunistic dog which makes a comfy bed in any unoccupied tricycle.