Honda Bay

The next day, the 8th, still on Palawan, at eight o'clock we were ferried to Honda Bay, just north of Puerto Princessa, where we again boarded catamarans. The tour was "Honda Bay Island Hopping", and that's just what we did.  The first little island was where all but me snorkeled, all for the first time, while enjoying beautiful fish.  Had we had underwater cameras, we could show you all the Nemos they saw! After an hour in the water, we returned to the boat and went out into the bay where we stopped atop a coral reef for another hour of snorkeling, viewing the amazing ocean beauties of reef and fish. Finally, we crossed to Cowrie Island, famous in the past for its large number of cowrie shells.  There we were offered lunch, rest, more snorkeling, and beach volleyball. We left the island at 2:00, to return to Puerto Princessa, return our snorkeling gear, and be taken directly to the airport, where they confiscated Maria's prized mangos before we could enter.

After a very long day, we arrived at our favorite Japanese restaurant, Kimukatsu, ate a delicious meal, delivered Jon and Maria to their motel, drove home, showered and collapsed.

Jon

Darth Northrup

Topside

Bottomside

We didn't have a waterproof camera, so I took this from the boat.

Jon and Maria, and David in yellow. They tended to kind of clump together as they looked.

I can't remember the name of this coral, but it was some kind of flower coral. It looked like a great big lettuce or cabbage.