Saturday 15 October 2011

Coron DIY Adventure Day 3

Posted by clapalisoc | Saturday 15 October 2011 | Category: , , , , , , , , |

It's almost the end of our trip and we promised ourselves that one day soon, I'll visit Coron again. Our ETD back to Manila was at 230pm and we have ample time to chill and visit some stores to buy pasalubong. We were up at around (whoa early for someone on vacay!) 8am and decided to walk around town to hunt for breakfast. Right after, we took some pictures and headed for Coron Harvest.


That's the entrance to Coron Harvest
That's the owner!
Coron is known to produce cashew and one very trusted and popular store where you can get high quality and tasty cashew nuts is Coron Harvest. I was actually expecting a huge place where everything is organized (more like the factory-type of place as it suggested from it's name), showcasing each step in producing the high quality cashew nuts they offer. Surprisingly, I was able to arrive at a small store (converted from a regular house) full of stuffed toys that leads to what seems like the residence of the owner where everything is done - no tricks and frills, no hi-tech facilities, just plain manual labor (which she showed the secrets of screening fresh, quality cashew).


Newly roasted cashew nuts in garlic
Freshly packed!
Ready to be sealed - Garlic Toasted Cashew for 120php each
We bought 7 packs of the biggest size of their garlic toasted cashew and 4 packs of cashew brittle (forgot to take a pic but each pack is for 60php). Though their products are quite expensive as compared to those sold at the town market, you are assured that their nuts are always freshly cooked for each batch of order. This is a must-go place to buy pasalubong!


Around the area, you will notice that there are very few souvenir shops. We wanted to buy some shirts and we luckily got to this place: MJ's Souvenir shop. They have shirts and blouses, bags and accessories. 


After buying some pasalubong we went back to the hotel, sent a text message to the van driver to pick us us up, took some more pictures, packed up and enjoyed the last minutes of our stay in Coron.


View from the sun deck
Looking over Lualhati Park

Playing around at the sun  deck

Posing for the pole :p

We got to the airport an hour earlier than expected, so we checked out the food huts nearby and decided to take a quick lunch. 230pm came and it was time to bid Coron goodbye. We will definitely go back to this paradise -- soon.
Busuanga Airport: Terminal fee is 20php each
About to board the plane going back to Manila






P.S.
Just in case you need contact numbers, here you go!
- Land Transfer Services : Francis Tonel = 0929512562
- Boat for Island Hopping : M/B Unica Yza Vin (Alvin D. Balo) = 09283264480
- Tricycle Services : Ador = 09099386526

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