Trannies and tricycles

Just landed on the island of Busuanga and headed to a town called Coron. We are in the jungle, the air is fresh, and the town is small. Surprising, however, is the amount of transexuals here. My cousin and I found an awesome resort right on the water and then hit the town to go have a drink. We asked someone where to go and they told us to go to this bar called Hard Rock- so we walk in and there are two trannies and a girl performing on stage. To make things more strange, the girl performing was on the same flight from Manila as us, as well as here overweight tranny friend. She/He noticed us right away and wanted us to sing with her onstage. At least here you can tell the trannies right away here, unlike Thailand where I most likely made out with one accidentally at a club. We sat down then noticed that it was blatantly obvious that we were having drinks at a gay bar- big deal. We made quite the scene walking in- it was a local joint and then all of the sudden two white dudes walk in. We ended up staying for way too many drinks- this was way too entertaining to leave. Eventually we ended up talking to these guys that looked like at the table next to us to get the lowdown on island hopping in the area. Someone came around and was selling Balut (its a fertilized duck or chicken egg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg)) We all ended up trying one- I've heard about this 'dish' before and wanted to try it as it was the perfect time- it was in a dark bar so I didn't have to see it, I was a few drinks deep, and I was able to watch Filipinos eat it first. Man, never again. It wasn't that bad, it really just tasted like a hard boiled egg but knowing it was in my mouth still is making my stomach ache. Gotta try everything once though.
Anyways here are some pics of the trip so far.....

This is a viewpoint from one of the islands we made it to.

Viewpoint from our rooftop.

Coral Reefs in the warm clear water.

Jamie sticking a pose

This was a view from the top of on island we hiked

This is a crappy pic of a sunken ship from WW2.


This is us at the top of Taal Volcano

This was on the Pagsanjan River