Boracay 2012 - Day 3

July 31 - Day 3

Weather update: Sunny, a bit windy

Looks like the sun will really shine!!! First we buy pasalubongs, of course we stroll along D' Talipapa, wherel else could be the cheapest sellers of pasalubongs.

We only spend little time for buying pasalubongs, as we don't want to waste our precious time (again), 'coz we can see that the sun SHINES in Boracay (FINALLY)! It's beach time baby! ^_^

Loving our last day in Boracay!

As we reach Station 1, we notice that a lot of people is coming to the beach specially in Station 2, there are lots of people in there. They must visit Station 1 'coz this part of the white beach is really awesome! I know they were excited as we are 'coz the weather's not that good the past few days.

After soaking in at the beach and really feeling the heat of the sun, we head back to Station 2 and had our late lunch at Smoke Bar (again), hungry much!!! Managing our time 'coz we need to leave Boracay at around 3or 4pm, our flight is 7pm in Kalibo International Airport.

Done with our late lunch we take a tryke from D'Mall to D'Talipapa, looks like we still have an hour to enjoy again the sun! Beach baby one more time! ^_^ 

It was already 4pm when we leave Boracay Courtyard, we take the tryke at Tabon Port, fare is 100php for the 3 of us. Then we paid 200php for the boat and van fee, it was a short boat ride from Tabon port. Vans are waiting already when you reach the port, a sticker was given to us to let them know that we already paid for the van fare. 

At first we occupied an empty van, then I asked the driver if they will still wait for other passengers to fill in seats,  'coz we are in a hurry and need to catch our flight at 7pm. Then, he transferred us to the other van and we leave Tabon port around 5pm, then the rain begins to pour again! It was an hour and half from Tabon port to Kalibo and we reach the airport just in time! 

My insights

Definitely this month is not good to visit Boracay, it's a rainy month or should I say a moonsoon season! ^_^ If I would compare Boracay from 2009 to present, there's a difference in terms of being too crowded and the cleanliness of the island also differ.

Though some of the areas were just like the same way back 2009, I remember when we stroll D'Mall seems like nothing's changed it that area. It's just the amount of people roaming around the area, oh I noticed that there are really lots of Koreans in Boracay! My first thought is "Is this Boracay? or Seoul?" ^_^

I learned that there is already an airline from Korea straight to Boracay, so no need to be surprise! Actually I love Koreans, they are wonderful people! 

Guess that would be it, I enjoyed this vacation with my friends despite of the bad weather. I'm looking forward for more travels with my friends. I might consider to visit Boracay again, but of course on summer! Some of the reasons to be back here: other water activities that must try such as Fly fish, para  sailing, zorb, etc., other reason is the "paluto", and the braid thingy too! Another thing is to watch the fire dance, will definitely be back here in Boracay! 

There you go, another HAEppy moments for me with my friends!

Boracay 2012 - Day 1

July 29 - Day 1

Our flight to Kalibo is 8:20am, it's already past 6am when we reach NAIA 3. The weather is fine, a bit cloudy though. We are the first batch going to Boracay, so excited but also worried because of the not so-good-weather! Well... what can we do?! glad that our flight was not cancelled ^_^ We just need to relax and enjoy this vacation!

This is my second time flying with AirPhil and I'm happy with their service, no delays at all despite of the bad weather. Good job AirPhil Express!

It only takes an hour from Manila to Kalibo, we arrived around 9:20am and it was raining. Outside Kalibo International Airport, a lot of "vans" are waiting already bound to Tabon Port, thought that we will be heading to Cagban port, coz' way back 2009 it was in Cagban, anyways as long as it takes us to Boracay it'll be fine. The fare for the van + boat fee is 250php. It takes 1 hour and 30 minutes ride from Kalibo to Tabon port.

At the port, we paid 75php for the environmental fee and 25php for the terminal fee. We had a very scary boat ride experience for 10 minutes! It was raining hard, I almost got wet but still manage not to (a bit). But most of the passengers were so wet, this is how the island welcomes us! Watta wet and wild ride!!! ^_^

After the boat, we need to ride again ^_^ a tryke for less than  20 minutes to reach the Boracay Island! The fare is 15php per person, it took us to D' Talipapa which is very near to Boracay Courtyard. We had our lunch first, got so hungry after that scary boat ride!

Boracay Courtyard
After our heavy lunch, we search for Boracay Courtyard which is just a short walk from D' Talipapa, I'm familiar with the place so it's not actually that hard to find. We reach the place at around 1pm, they allow us for early check-in but only 2 rooms were available that time. The room is too small, it has a cable television, A/C, hot and cold shower. Our room is good for 4 persons, it has two(2) complimentary breakfast at La Carmela de Boracay (a short walk from Boracay Courtyard), the free wifi use is also available here, so sad to say that there is no FREE wifi at your room, though they have charge internet service, which is kinda pricey like 100bucks for 1 hour usage!

We don't wanna waste our time, we stroll a bit on the beach until we reach La Carmela de Boracay. You can also use their pool, it is just a mini pool.

What a windy afternoon in Boracay, so hard to take some photos at the beach 'coz your hair will just wind up to your face! ^_^ Seems like the weather would  not be that kind to us as it rains again while we keep on strolling the beach.

But the rain continuously pours in Boracay, suddenly it'll stop and it'll rain again. As we don't want to stuck ourselves in the room, so me and Mylene decided to take a walk at D'Talipapa to take a look on some pasalubongs, we even bought on our 1st day. ^_^

Night at Boracay
We stroll again, it was so windy that night that the sands keeps splashings on our skin!!! (ouch!) Still Boracay keeps livelier at night, as the bar along the beach shore are opening one by one, acoustic starting playing! Time for some party on  a rainy day! ^_^

We had our dinner at Smoke located in D'Mall, a lot of people eat hear. Nothing really special about the food, don't know if I'm just hungry or what ^_^

Guess we are all tired, no time to celebrate for Eunice "Nice" birthday! Since the weather is also not so good, we just call it a day and just start for tomorrow's adventure!