| When I first went
to Puerto Galera, this was a flat rock at the end of the head land that
you had to clamber over. That was before a guy named Allan put The Point
bar on it and relocated Asia Divers below it. |
Of course the head
land is still behind it, and coming down the sides you'll find a couple
of huts belonging to El Galleon. |
I stayed here at
El Galleon because I was traveling with a friend of the owner. 10 years
before it was an open-front nipa hut restaurant basically with the broken
coral beach sloping down in front. Now it has a patio brick terrace and
poured concrete walkway in front. I think I sat at every one of those tables
you see on the right. I can most recommend the breakfasts. |
Right next door
is the Carmrob. Don't know a thing about it. Didn't look too attractive
or inviting to me, and didn't see many people walking in or out. Wasn't
there 10 years ago, so it must be new inside. |
The Sunplash almost
touches the Carmrob. It was there in a different form in 1993. I ate in
the restaurant and what I had was good.. |
The biggest surprise
was to see that what was sand and palm trees in 1994 is now the Club Mabuhay
Resort. |
Now, Puerto Galera
doesn't have any "hotels," mind you, only "resorts,"
but the Club Mabuhay definitely |
deserves to be
called a resort. It took five pictures to get from one end to the other
of it here. It appears to |
be Korean money
catering to the Korean tourists, judging by the blast of sesame oil and
soy sauce you |
get when walking
by the restaurant. (Don't forget my wife also happens to be Korean before
you flame me.) |
This is the Full
Moon, Since it was being torn down and renovated while we were here, I called
it "Half Moon." The old Asia Divers behind it, where I got my
dive license, is now called Tech Asia since tech diving is all the rage
now. |
Next door you will
find the SHA-CHE grocery store and Gerlie's Inn. I'm sure that it'll be
Gerlie's Resort by the time I get back. |
This is the name plate that I used for the original
version of this Puerto page (1998-2004). It was taken from from the
restaurant that occupied this building until 1994, at which time it turned
into Action Divers, which it remains today. The railing and table umbrella
pictured above are long gone. |
Rudy's Dive Center.
|
The Portofino.
You can find it at http://www.portofino.com.ph/ |
It looks pretty
upmarket, and it is also up steps from the beach. The combination of its
position and exclusive looks has kept me from entering. Probably a really
nice place to stay. |
To the west of
the the Portofino is the Deep Blue Sea. It used to be Carlo's, and I notice
that some web sites still call it that. Got to be nice see views from those
rooms up there. |
Carlo's used to
be the last place on the end of Small Lalaguna. After that was only trees,
and many of them still remain. |
However, now there
is the Red Sun Beach Resort and White House. Some time in 1998 some nutcase
emailed me an told me that the overview picture I had on my web site had
been taken from private property and that I was trespassing when I took
the picture. He sent a picture of a path over the head land with a "Keep
Out" sign on it that I had never seen before. Were they building this? |
The Red Sun Beach
Resort seems to be another hotel built of, by, and for Korea tourists. The
signs in front were in Korean and the boatload of people I saw walking up
in wet suits were all speaking Korean. You can see a walkway built up in
front of it leading to the steps up and over to Big Lalaguna Beach. |
These are the steps
going over. I know this picture doesn't look like much, but imagine you
went halfway up and then turned around and looked back down. There's the
water at the top and some trees providing shade from the noonday sun. In
the shade are some places for vendors to sit while trying to sell things
to you, and you can make out a red handrail for you to hold onto. Want to
go over to Big Lalaguna?
Just click here to walk over
to the other side. |
