Remembered on Thursday that the Super Ferry from Manila to Coron on Busuanga Island sails on Friday afternoon so I made the executive decision to take the first outrigger from Sabang to Batangas at 0545 so that I could get a nice early bus to Manila. The plan was to get in nice and early so that I could get to a bank with a functioning ATM and to the ticket office in time to secure a ticket. It was all going according to plan, the crossing from Sabang to Batangas went smoothly, I found the bus to Buendia (the closest stop to the harbour) and got on and waited, and waited, and waited.....
Two bloody hours later it leaves and makes so many stops along the way that I get into Manila with barely any time to do the things I need to do. I would have been better off sleeping for another two hours and using the 0815 service back to the Swagman Hotel.
So here I am on the good ship “Our Lady Of Good Voyage” Super Ferry ticket office Pier 15 South Harbour.
www.superferry.com.ph info@SuperFerry.com.ph
The ferry was scheduled to depart at 1600 but ended up departing at 1720, I hope this means a slightly later arrival in Coron tomorrow morning, the scheduled arrival time was 0530.
Impressions of the ferry; after experiencing the Osaka to Shanghai Ferry and the ferry up to Hokkaido, this is something of a step back in class, akin to comparing the Shinkansin with a China Hard Sleeper train. However it seems seaworthy enough and for the price of the ticket 1,331.59 Pesos it's difficult to complain. For that price I get to share a cabin with 359 other passengers, I think I'll be flying back to Manila from Palawan.
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