May 20, 2025
MANZANILLO, MEXICO
We heard about a baby turtle release party and made arrangements with our tour agent from the Boat charter to pick us back up at 6:40 pm and take us to the turtle shelter. When we got there, we found about 30 babies were going to be released, they had all grown to 45 days old, in the shelter and sadly only 1/3 of them will make it once they hit water. Most of them seemed to be struggling directionally in making it to the waters edge, before the waves came in and washed them around. The volunteer would turn them over and set them up on the right path to the ocean. Very cute and we pray some of them make it to adulthood!
After the turtle release we went back to the Port where the locals were putting on a welcome show for us!
Somewhere in the South China Sea, i n a galaxy far, far away ... was the Odyssey and a bunch of fun loving travelers....who had an idea for a fun cocktail party!
Yesterday we joined in with many of our fellow residents to take in some of the many water spots around Coron . We signed up through Get Your Guide, others used Trip Advisor and they both contracted with Psalms Travel Services in Coron. As I've explained before, figuring out our excursions in each port, is a big time suck for me. We prefer to find local venders without having to go through the big agencies (because you usually can get better service, pricing and customization) but sometimes it is just easier to stick with the big guys, when the excursion is super popular. Psalms turned out to be an excellent operator and I laughed when I saw they had used the below images on their Facebook page today. Didn't realize my pink dry bag stood out so much!
We are currently docked at the port of CORON , in the Palawan archipelago islands, of the Philippines . While the port itself is nothing special, and the surrounding town is hardly thriving, the people here are amazingly friendly, joyful and so happy to be around! You can see from below, they have a ton of hotels and restaurants but mostly it's their water actives that attract a fair number of tourist. Known for their crystal clear water, dramatic limestone cliffs and powdery white sand beaches. June is the start of the rainy season, but so far the weather has been good.