Has 4 years swept by so fast?
When I was chilling in Boracay, I suddenly remembered this blog and thought of reviving this travel blog - hoping for many more adventures to come ;)
So my girl friends and I decided to take the weekend off to relax at an exotic island - and since we heard so much about Boracay from our Filipino colleagues, we booked our flights & hotel and zoomed away to the island.
Touched down at Kalibu airport after a domestic transfer at Manila, which we squeezed in our first meal of Jollibee - the palabok was yummy! Something similar to our mee siam, BUT instead of bee hoon, they used keng woon!
As per every trip, there will always be an airplane shot (: - couldn't resist as the clouds were absolutely fluffy.
We decided to pamper ourselves and stayed at Ambassador Paradise Resort which was located at Station 1. A 10 minute walk to Station 2 where all the restaurants and shops were, but it was fantastic because we had our own private beach. Really thankful we chose this hotel as it was more reclusive and the sand was definitely softer on our end!
When we reached Boracay island at around 3-4ish, we were welcomed by the blue skies and white sand - absolutely gorgeous! We were prancing around the beach like school children, squealing with delight.
And while we were walking along the beach, I saw this man paddling with a sort of surfboard and couldn't help but singing "dayung sampan" - a very pretty sight seeing different people doing the multitude of water activities available on the white sand beach.
And of course, the amazing sunset we were welcomed to on the first day of our trip (: Absolutely gorgeous.
The weather wasn't good to us over the weekend, so at my request, we decided to visit 7 Stones Resort (which I didn't know it was at the other side of the island!) We braved through the rain across the "less rich" area of Boracay - and the scene reminded me a little of Hainan Island and Siem Reap. Sharing with you a couple of pictures below.
En route, we got a little lost but a nice local led us the way! Good thing about Philippines is that they can all speak English. So we had to walk through this narrow walkway which was partially flooded.
All in all, we managed to reach 7 Stones Resort safely (:
The next day, we headed out to do island hopping and snorkelling and were astounded by how clear the water was! Can you spot how many starfishes there are in the photo below?
Braving through the flooded streets after the thunderstorms... unfortunately we couldn't head to Ariel's Point for cliff diving.
And on the last day, the weather was perfect! Fluffy clouds, blue skies, majestic sun and of course the white sand! Really love the shots I snapped.
Especially love the shot below, #nofilter. Think this was the best shot of my whole trip (:
Oh my - we're getting to the best part of the trip - food! Since the weather was being barmy and sprouting showers and occasional thunderstorms, the next best thing we could do was to stuff ourselves with the local (and foreign) delicacies.
*Disclaimer: beach photos are not edited - that's how nice the white sand beach really was! No kidding. I've heard some proclaim that Boracay was 'too touristy' or 'too crowded', but honestly, I think it's one of the best beaches I've ever been too save those in Greece. If you are afraid of the crowd, stay where we stayed in Station 1 where you have access to your own beach.
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