Tubbataha (May 2025)

The transfer from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2 was quite troublesome, even if one take PAL. I had to collect our luggage, take a bus outside the terminal after passport immigration and get transfer by PAL bus to Terminal 1 for the domestic flight. There was a gap of 7.5 hours in Manila Airport before the next flight to Puerto Princessa. The lounges in Terminal 2 did not recognise Priority Pass, so i couldn't enter the lounge. The aircond in the terminal was at full blast. The flight from Manila to Puerto Princessa took 1.5 hours. There was someone wearing green shirt holding a signboard M/V Maris Stella, the name of our boat. There was a group of Taiwanese divers (ex colleagues from Trend Micro) as well as two ladies from Canada (G and A) in the same flight as me. The French Canadian lady currently stay in KL while the other Canadian lady was based in Hong Kong. There was a Japanese diver from Hiroshima, who has visited Tubbataha 10 years ago. A van picked us up and sent us to the je...