May 22, 2025
TOPOLOBAMPO, MEXICO
View of cute town from the adjacent hillside. We are the first ship this town has had in PORT in 2 years! They literally rolled out the red carpet for us, and brought, what seemed to be 1/2 there population of 3300 people, to the Port, to perform and engage us in tourism!
Sadly it was a Monday and a lot of local businesses were closed - our residents would have spent money in Port, but they were limited things open. No grocery store and only a few restaurants open.
One of the more interesting houses we saw - all about the paint job, especially on the underside!
Note the Pelican through the opening in the letter P!
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.