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March 4th 2011
This morning around 11:15 I went back to the dive center to ask about their dives for the day and who would be the dive masters. I settle on a dive leaving at noon for Camia's Reef, a wreck dive nearby. This dive went much better and I went with Jade and a German girl doing her Advanced certification and they were both respectful and mindful of their surroundings. We saw a lot of cool things there but it was a short dive so I’d like to get my nitrox cert I think. This was about 29 meters so we could only stay 35 minutes without the nitrox. I talked with Jade about Oliver from yesterday because he’s the head of the diving center and he said he’d talk to him about it, but again didn’t ... read more
March 3rd 2011
This morning I went a little early, filled out a form with my information, gave the lady my diving cards, and got some equipment for the day. We had our briefing and went out on the boat. It was a short ride to Laurel, our first diving site, and when we got there we quickly got in and went down. I was with four others, one a couple, and one man who was to be my buddy, and the dive master, Oliver. When we got in the water my buddy felt uncomfortable and decided not to dive, so my buddy switched to Oliver. Well, we went down and saw the sloping reef populated by many soft and hard corals as well as fish, obviously. I am surprised they still have anything though, as my dive master ... read more
March 2nd 2011
This morning we woke up a little earlier than for our other flight because this time the maximum baggage allowed is only 10 kgs! I don't know how anyone can pack that lightly, but I think it’s because the planes they take to Caticlan are smaller than the others. Anyways, we needed to go to their cargo to send a bag full of our extra kilos, the cheaper option. We took a taxi, paid the 200, and weighed and reweighed our overweight bags until we had only 10 kilos each, sent the cargo, and walked to the terminal. The flight was very fast and didn’t even take an hour. They are in the process of building the airport building, so when we got off the tarmac we just waited by the side for our bags before ... read more
February 21st 2011
It's been a week since I came back to the US. It took awhile for me to get over jet lag. I posted 24 pictures up today on facebook (out of 240 altogether). Overall I had a great time there. It wasn't just a luxurious vacation, it was part adventure. The highlight was Boracay. White Beach, as of my visit, was beautiful and uspoiled. Manila was OK. The original plan was for us to come back to Manila and do a series of day trips. Easier said than done. Traffic in and around Manila was horrendous! It takes a hour of stop and go traffic just to get out of the city, then add to that the actual travel time it takes to get to your destination. But I did manage to get out with the ... read more
In Boracay I can’t help but Smile and fall In Love.
Published: February 27th 2011Asia » Philippines » Boracay
February 14th 2011
Boracay is one place that always strikes me in all the trips I’ve made in the Philippines. I think it’s the beach and the shimmering white sand that never fails to warmly welcome its guests. It’s as if I am a foreigner from another country seeing for the first time that pristine Boracay beach although I have been there many times now. This time I’ve taken a different route via Iloilo City with its gruelling 6 hours Ceres bus trip to Caticlan jetty port and I thought taking the Kalibo flight was bad this one’s worst. But on the good side, I was able to feel the country side, the views were amazing from the rice fields, pineapple fields, farm animals freely grazing by the hills, nipa huts and farmers waving each time a bus ... read more
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February 6th 2011
Had a late night last night. Went clubbing and didn't get back until around 3am. Today it's finally sunny. Since Friday it had been overcast. It was hot and humid. Mostly cloudy. The sun would come out 20 minutes at a time. It even rained a little bit. Today, knock on wood, has been hot and sunny. ISLAND HOPPING We went on a three hour island hopping tour yesterday. We went to Crystal Caves which was amazing. My friend had a chance to go snorkeling. ... read more
November 30th 2010
Så oprandt dagen, som ellers hele tiden havde syntes så langt væk.....-vores sidste dag i Boracay. Vi havde dagen forinden besluttet os for at tage på en actionpræget tur. Vi blev kørt gennem et golfresort op til et udkigspunkt hvorfra vi skulle fires ned ad en 300 meter kabelbane side om side kaldet Zipline. Turen gik ned gennem noget tropisk skov med landing på standen......-så det var en meget smuk udsigt på turen ned, dog varede det under 30 sek. så det var ikke meget vi nåede at nyde udsigten, men hvilket sug i maven vi begge fik :-) . Efter landing fik vi lov at ræse rundt på nogle firhjulede ATV maskiner på en bane tæt ved stranden. Det var meget sjovt, men ikke noget vi havde valgt hvis ikke det havde været inkluderet i ... read more
November 25th 2010
Dagen startede lidt gråt hvilket ikke gjorde meget eftersom vi havde fået rigeligt med sol dagen forinden, men vejret klarede langsomt op og det blev til et par afslappende timer på stranden. Resten af dagen blev brugt på balkonen hvor vores nyindkøbte spillekort blev taget i brug.....-Tussen vandt hele tiden!!! Solnedgangen nød vi med en sprudlende champagne....smukt!!! Tidligere havde vi mødt to amerikanske par (fra San Diego)som vi havde fulgtes med herud fra lufthavnen. Dem faldt vi i en kort snak med og aftalte at mødes på en strandbar senere på aftenen (det var deres sidste aften inden deres videre rundrejse). Så efter en go’ gang Mahi Mahi og sushi på en restaurant i D’mall, slentrede vi ned ad stranden til Club Parnaw. Vi sad der en 5 øls tid (ca. 40 min.) inden amerikanerne ankom ... read more
November 24th 2010
Efter en laaang nattesøvn tog vi endnu en formiddag på stranden, solen er så stærk at man ikke kan holde til mere end 3 timers tid!!! Tussen tog dog alene ud på en lille ekspedition for at lede efter en restaurant som vi havde læst om i Lonely Planet, men som vi trods oversigtskort, havde haft problemer med at finde den forgående dag. Mille blev lidt urolig da han var væk lidt længere end hvad hun syntes han burde....-specielt taget i betragtning at han skulle undersøge de halvskumle side”gader”, hvor restauranten skulle være beliggende. Men han kom heldigvis hel og stolt tilbage, som en pirat der har fundet den gemte skat....-han havde fundet restauranten!!! Til frokosttid blev vi enige om at gå en turlangs stranden og se lidt på hvad der gemte sig i den ... read more
November 23rd 2010
Den 22/11 blev mest af alt en rejsedag. Vi tog afsked med El Nido tidligt om morgenen, med hele personalet stående på kajen, syngende og vinkende indtil vi var helt ude af syne, en rørende afsked med et af de smukkeste steder på jorden. 2x flyveture og 2x betaling af ekstra bagage senere, ankom vi til et sted noget anderledes end hvad vi kom fra. Det måtte siges at være lidt af et kulturchok....wow, MEGET anderledes. Vi vidste godt at det ville blive noget helt andet, men alligevel kom det lidt bag på os hvor turistet, gøgleragtigt og meget” gang i den” der er her!!! Men vi fik et fint værelse med udsigt til pool og strand, dog er stranden lidt skjult af høje svajende palmer på promenaden, men vi kan da se vandet. Resten af ... read more
