To get from El Nido to Coron, there are two choices: you can either backtrack to Puerto Princesa and fly, or take a direct nine-hour ferry. I chose the ferry. Since the departure time is in the morning, that essentially meant dumping a full day in getting from A to B.
As it turned out, the word 'ferry' was a bit of a euphemism: they used an average-sized Filipino bangka, cramming around 40 passengers onto the two benches running along the sides of the boat. Luckily, the waters were very calm, so I wasn't in any danger of getting seasick and could read as much as I wanted.
There were some gorgeous islands to be seen along the way, but mostly it was just water with a few hazy islands visible in the distance.
When we arrived in Coron, the sun had already set, revealing the bright sickle of the moon over a colored horizon.
