Blogs from Boracay, Philippines, Asia - page 8

Ok, so it has taken me some time to get round to writing about Boracay but I think I have only just recovered from the experience! You can't sell me a bottle of rum for 70p and expect me to walk away in a straight line! So that was pretty much all there a to do on the island apart from soak up the scenery. Boracay's White Beach was voted World's number one Tropical Beach back in 1996 (when the island clearly had much fewer visitors)! But now every Summer it sees an influx of tourists - mainly Swedish from what I saw! Most of the people I met there were Swedish! They were either travelling or just taking a holiday there! Suppose that all contributes to their dodgy year-round tan! Anyways, the name Boracay literally ... read more

Totally speaking Boracay is one of the wonders of the world for vacation. The climate, the sea, the beach, accomodation, entertainment, dining and wining, reasonable prices make this wonderland. The Alice in Wonderland Resort, about 200 meters away from the beach, fully satisfied us ( 1960 PHP/night with free full access internet in the room). Usually we had our breakfast at the balcony of our bungalow. For lunches we often went to wet market ( D’talipapa) where they sell fresh seafood. There are restaurants surrounding the wet market that cook the seafood we bought; 1500-2500 PHP/kilo lobster, 400 PHP/kilo fish, 400-1000 PHP/kilo prawns according to their sizes, 1200 PHP/kilo crab. We spent sun set time usually on the beach at Nigi Nigi and we dined there. Before breakfast we made our beachwalk about one hour ... read more

Well, I knew this would be the hardest blog yet to write. After all, how can you detail the mind altering activities undertaken while living in paradise for 4 days? How can you emerge from the numbness and make it seem more real, uninflated? There were the trials of having to work my abs while rolling over in the beach chair or the day we were told that there might be a cloud in the sky along with an apology for the weather and a big smile, with Philippine island accent, saying “I hope not mum. We’ll hope for no cloud.” Yes, Jessie had the stress of having to leave the beach to walk back (through paradise) to our room for her forgotten iPod. And Matt endured the pain of sunburn because I was too lazy ... read more

Sun 27th: Came to Boracay, via Kalibo airport, a couple of hours later than we expected. We have a way of being booked on flights that are last minute delayed. Checked in at Dave's Straw Hat Inn, a highly recommended place to stay if you're thinking about going to Boracay. The cottages are great, modern and clean with warm water showers, cable TV, fan, air con and the staff are courteous and very personal and friendly. Went out to dinner along the beach, accompanied by some lady boys doing fire poi and singing rather dreadfully, haha. Mon 28th: Headed down to the dive shop "Water colors" first thing in the morning. Both Johan and I planned to do the Open Water Diving course, so we had to fill out some health insurance forms and since both ... read more

After leaving Manila, we booked a flight on Cebu Pacific, and headed off to Boracay Island, in the center of the Philippines. What we got was a stark contrast from the city, as this was a tropical island with crystal clear water and probably the nicest beaches I've ever seen to date. The only crappy thing was it was a little touristy but definitely a change of pace from Manila. We stayed at Frenz hostel which was the budget backpacker hub of the White Beach, which was the main area of this small island. It was sick how many different restaurants, bars, nightclubs, shops, etc and again very touristy so we kind of had to pick and choose where we ate and be economical. Still sometimes it was difficult, and I did end up splurging at ... read more