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Buceo Anilao Trip Report
I spent 11 nights and 10 diving days in late August of 2022.
I took a direct flight from Abu Dhabi to Manila on Etihad Air.
I arranged airport pick up and drop off through them. A little pricey at $240 but convenient. Vehicle is a typical Japanese mini van.
Total journey time of about 2.5 hours with traffic in some areas.
2 hours of highway at 90 to 100 kph and 30 minutes of winding roads at 20 to 40 kph.
Buceo is at the tip of a semi-peninsula and has no car access.
Transportation is through a nearby shore via dive boat - 5 minutes away.
A Spanish couple happened to arrive at the same time I arrived - around 7 pm.
Dave received us at the reception. Luggage was sent to room. Asked if we’d like dinner.
The rooms are very basic.
The property is built on a hill with many levels of terraces. Perfect! Because I am doing because I’m doing physiotherapy for a broke femur/knee and obviously being on vacation, any planned physio is a little out of the way. So the myriad of steps were perfect.
The rooms are on different levels.
Next morning I found my way to the restaurant - which in typical far east asian style is an open area with no windows or quartered-walls.
Breakfast starts at 7 am.
Breakfast is a live egg station, a buffet of some meat (sausage, ham, bacon) and rice. Two types of fresh fruit, long-life milk, cereal, and toast. And one fresh juice and, strangely, either powdered or juice from concentrate.
On weekdays when there aren’t many guests, theres no buffet. They bring out whatever you ask for from the above.
Buceo offers either an all-in dining option or breakfast only with other meals from the menu.
The menu is either Philipino food, italian pasta (cream or tomato), some seafood, some salads, and sandwiches.
Not to be negative but the food wasn’t very good and rather pricey - but thats subjective.
Crispy squid and garlic rice - I had this 14 times over the 11 days
squid stuffed with onion and sweet peppers & garlic
Chicken kiev
Spaghetti in cream sauce and mushrooms - and local chillies I found growing in the yard across my room