Philippines - New Years at Sangat Island Resort

On New Years Eve with picked up our friends John and Christine in Coron and then sailed to Sangat island with a brief snorkeling stop at East Tangat Gunboat, a Japanese Gunboat that sank during the war.  Evidently there 14 Japanese boats that all sank in and around Coron during WWII.  These are now some of the top wreck diving sites in the world. 

We then arrived at Sangat Island Resort  just in time for New Years Eve celebrations.
Sangat Island is a tiny island with only resort on the entire island it is about 2 km off the coast of Busuanga and close to Coron in the northern of Palawan.


At the resort they spent the day grilling a large boar on a spit and had prepared lots of other amazing local dishes for the special New Years Eve dinner.  They were also kind enough to allow us join the dinner and evening festivities though we were not guests at the resort. They also allowed us to shower in the staff shower to clean up a bit before dinner.  I am guessing after a day of sailing and snorkeling we looked pretty rough when we first arrived at the resort but we cleaned up ok.


I am pretty sure this pig was larger than me. 



After dinner we played lots of games, my favorite being the rice sack relay race we almost won! There was also a ballon popping relay and musical chairs but using newspaper instead of chairs.  It was a lively evening culminating with fireworks at midnight. 

At about 10pm the jet lag kicked in for John and Christine and they crashed for a few hours but managed to wake up and rally right before midnight.  It was a memorable New Years to be sure and we had fun ringing in the New Year together!


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