October 22, 2010. The afternoon our family arrived in Coron, Palawan, we were taken to Maquinit Hot Spring a few kilometers from the center of town. Tourist brochures and guides claim it is the only saltwater hot spring in the Philippines, where the water temperature can be as hot as 40 degrees celcius.

(The hot spring is apparently within the private property of some company, so they charge an exorbitant entrace fee of P100 per person for the natural wonder of no one’s making.)