Great NEWS...BUSUANGA AIRPORT in PALAWAN Philippines extended... now more flights,comfort...plus several Whaleshark sightings in the Coron Island area
NATURE is a lot closer now....
BUSUANGA AIRPORT Palawan Philippines...
CLUB PARADISE, EL RIO Y MAR
and the
DUGONG DIVE CENTER
Busuanga
Airport, landing point for
CLUB PARADISE, EL RIO Y MAR
and the
DUGONG DIVE CENTER now has a 1500
meter concrete runway plus a 400 meter gravel extension.
This gives a new dimension to tourism in the islands of the
Calamianes. Whereas before only 19 seater planes were able to land,
Busuanga airport is now being served by the super fast 32-seater Do
28 (needs only 35 minutes to get there from Manila) and the 50
seater Dash-7.
Starting next week, May 17, 2008 the service of a 72 seater plane
from Phil Airlines will begin daily flights. This will bring the
total seat capacity per year to about 100.000 seats yearly. New
hotels, lodging houses and resorts are under construction and on
the planning board. Present room capacity of 400 rooms will be
double within an
year.
© Gunther Deichmann - the spectacular marine life in
Palawan
The Government has decided to pave the road from Coron to Busuanga
Airport to modernize the road system and create more
comfort for all travelers. Guests of the
Philippine-Micronesia Alliance
and
CLUB PARADISE, EL RIO Y MAR and DUGONG DIVE
CENTER will get to
their destination a lot faster and more comfortably now.
This will increase their time to enjoy all the exciting dive sites
to see the Turtles, Dugongs, WWII Wrecks, a whole fleet was sunk in
this area and of course beautiful reefs in this area.
Another great NEWS is, several Whale-sharks have been in sighted in
the Coron, Palawan area, a good reason for planning your next trip
to PALAWAN...the Philippines best kept secret...NATURE at its
best.
© Gunther
Deichmann - the WWII Wrecks of Palawan
©
Gunther Deichmann - the WWII Wrecks of Palawan
NEW TRUK STOP HOTEL & TRUK LAGGON DIVE CENTER'S WEB SITE...Your tech diving experts...Your facility with HELIUM...TRIMIX...
See below some excerpts from their new HOME PAGE...
GD
Part of the NEW HOME
page...click on the image and go
direct to Truk Lagoon Dive Center
http://www.dive-truklagoon.com/main.php
The Truk Stop Hotel &
Dive Center is a PADI Resort Facility offering great
accommodations plus an excellent, full service dive center for both
the recreational and technical diver.
Truk Stop Hotel inventory of rooms include 2 apartments, 4 suites,
6 deluxe ocean view rooms, and 10 standard rooms. The apartments
are air conditioned and fully furnished with kitchenette. All
suites and rooms are air conditioned, have a balcony, private bath
and furnished with a refrigerator plus TV/DVD player.
LOCAL TIME: 03:20:58 pm | May. 05, 2008
The Truk Lagoon
Dive Center offers up to 4 dives a day (wreck, reef,
shark, night), and our private dock, dive lockers, rinse tanks and
shower make diving with us easy and convenient. We have Bauer
Compressors and use a Haskel Pump for blending Nitrox and Trimix,
and our expatriate PADI certified professional dive staffs take
care of the technical and recreational diver with equal care and
consideration.
Our Hotel
Restaurant serves international, western style and
local food daily from 6:00am till 10:00pm and offers inside dining
in air conditioned, smoke free comfort or outside on our patio
right next to the world famous Truk Lagoon. Enjoy our Wi-Fi
broadband internet connection in the
restaurant or on the patio – for FREE!
© Gunther Deichmann - the view
from your room Balcony at night.
http://www.dive-truklagoon.com/main.php
The Hard Wreck Café &
Bar is the favorite hangout for resident expatriates,
the traveling businessman, island visitors and local residents and
is the place to enjoy a friendly game of pool, your favorite
beverage, karaoke with friends, or just rest up for your next dive
or business meeting.
Other services available through the hotel include a relaxing,
stress busting massage at The Body Shop,
fresh breads, cakes and desserts from our Bakery, handicrafts &
souvenirs from our Gift Shop, u-drives from our Car Rental fleet,
and business services at our well equipped Conference
Facilities.