Boracay and the Adventures

 If there is a place worth visiting despite of the noise, the partying crowd, and the too commercialized establishments around, that would be the island of Boracay. This is a piece of heaven on earth where fun, food, booze and excitement never cease.

It is a wrong notion that visiting this island paradise would cost you a fortune. Just take extra precautions on what you wish to buy and the services you wish to avail. Haggle like a pro. Leave when ignored. 

You may want to go on with the water adventures. Most tour coordinators around are under the same operator, so before making a deal, be sure it won't hurt your pocket. Haggling is island-wide, be smart enough on how to lower their rates especially if you're on a group.

 Since I've tried helmet diving, parasailing is one super fun venture.  

  The next day, you may want to pursue on island hopping to see the other side of Boracay Island, from beach hopping to snorkeling to another adventure of "flyfish-ING".

 Before sunset, you can go on ziplining in the island's highest spot.

Just some of "What To Do's" while in the Philippines famous beach. 

If you just wish to relax and enjoy the beach, the island is big enough to accommodate everyone even on peak season.

Real Buy to Boracay

Boracay is one of the liveliest tourist paradise in the the Philippines.
May it be summer or rainy season, people would always flock the island for its beautiful beach and its fine white sand.

A tour to this island can cost a fortune if you fell on traps. The island is too marketable that everything seems to be at a premium. Disregard those people asking your information for a free buffet dinner. Ignore agents asking you to try the adventure packages nicely, and if in case you avail one, haggle to 50% right away, especially if you're on a big group. They won't give it half the price though, but they will lower their prices to  more moderate rates.

Airfare can be costly too, so plan your trip months before. Grab the promos offered by most budget airlines. Kalibo bound routes are often on sale.

First timers to Boracay need not be afraid of what to do next once landed in Kalibo. From the airport, there are are numerous shuttle vans going to Caticlan Port. Do not avail of the "transfers" offered by the hotels for this will cost you double. Instead, take the shuttle van from Kalibo airport to Caticlan Jetty Port. Then secure a boat ticket at the ticket booth once in 

Caticlan Pier going to Cagban harbor.

Once you've reached the Cagban Port, take the tricycles to bring you to your hotel or where you wanted to be dropped. Maximum of 3 people per tricycle or pay the "special" ride so it can leave.

Hotels aren't that expensive if you have the chance to scan their rates.
Since you're in Boracay and your agenda is to walk the shore barefooted and to stay outdoor most of the time, pick the popularly priced accommodations.

Foods aren't that pricey at all. There are fastfood chains around with the usual meal value.

Your trip to Boracay isn't complete without spending a night to whatever kind of partying or celebrating that suits your mood- may it be jazz, soft, live or loud dance music, name it, it's all there! 

"What happens in Boracay, stays in Boracay", so party your heart out! :-)

Boracay is not Bora

 When talking of white sand beach, the first place on my mind is Boracay, voted many times over as the finest beach not just in the Philippines but the entire world. 

Unfortunately, the island is too commercialized and the ingrate businessmen are flocking the island, building establishments without concerning the natural environment. It is only fair that those establishments listed as "destroyer" of the beautiful island of Boracay must be put down.

For a traveler like me, I am not after those 5-Star accommodations that proudly showing the magnificence of the establishment's architecture. Even if I have the money, I won't stay to such a place that damages the environment and its natural assets. I won't even take a picture of how beautiful the engineering behind the pricey property. 

If for some the place is tiring and misquoted, the island of Boracay isn't just a paradise, it's my sunny place. Been there many a time, but always excited to land my foot and walk the exceptionally fine white sand of the famous beach of Malay, Aklan. 

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Boracay

Boracay is an island located at the island of Panay in the 

Western Visayas region.

The island is under the administrative control of the Philippine Tourism Authority in coordination with the Provincial Government of Aklan.

Boracay's two primary tourism beaches- White Beach and Bulabog Beach.

 White Beach faces westward and Bulabog Beach faces eastward. 

White Beach is the main tourism beach. It is about four kilometers long and is lined with resorts, hotels, lodging houses, restaurants, and other tourism-related businesses. 

Bulabog Beach, across the island from White Beach, is a secondary tourism beach and Boracay's main windsurfing and kiteboarding area.

Leisure activities available on Boracay include scuba diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, kiteboarding and beach relaxation.

**Transfers by shuttle vans or bus to the Caticlan Jetty Port may cost you 1000-2000 pesos from Kalibo Airport (with ferry provision and hotel transfers), depending on your chosen mode. From standard to VIP to the very stylish chopper ride. There is also shuttle only arrangement available at the airport (Kalibo) and pay only P200.00 and P50.00 for the ferry, but this will make you wait at the Jetty Port. Kalibo is about 1.5 hours away to the Jetty Port, while from Caticlan Airport, it will take you less than 10 minutes.

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