Boracay, Philippines
11° 56' N 121° 54' E
Aug 17, 2006 10:16
Distance 1416km

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Life's a beach!

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Sara and I wanted a bit of an adventure so escaped the Hong Kong humiditity and took a week long trip to Boracay.. It's a small island in the Philippines (there are over 7,000 islands!) and was a bit of a mission to get to, but well worth the taxi, train, plane, jeepney, second plane, motorbike, boat and a lot of walking to get there!

Beautiful beaches and wonderful weather awaited us. It was a bit of a culture shock to say the least, but you soon get used to travelling around in motorbikes with sidecars. I think the boys would like it because a beer was 30 peseos! (100 to the pound). The locals were as friendly as you could imagine, and stared a lot at Sara as I think she was just about the only blonde girl on the island. We should have kite surfed, sailed, gone diving, climbed the local mountains etc... but insted we just laid around on the beach, ate cheap food, drank cheap booze and chilled out! I did manage to buy fresh fish from the local market and have a big BBQ but that was about enough adventure for one holiday.

If you get the chance GO THERE! But I must admit it's a bit off the normal tourist map.. It's getting busier now and some of the large hotel chains are getting sus to the place and have bought some land, but so worth the trip.

Ps. The "say JESUS" thing might need explaining... There were some american god squadders there.... you know "brother martha, sister william" trying to convert the locals... when they had their photo taken it was jesus not cheese!

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Boracay 2006 Manilla Madness... Dont drive a specific side of a road ... lucky if there is a road! Jeepnies, the local version of a minibus Our plane for the internal flight from Manilla to Caticlan, the closest airport to Boracay From the air Not a big airport believe me.. Plane had to break hard as the strip was about 200m long! Fast food Philippino style The port of Boracay Arriving on the island water wasn't too dirty Total gridlock! Hmm.. Diniwid beach Our hotel built into the cliff on Diniwid beach View from the balcony at Artista hotel View from the balcony at Artista hotel View from the balcony at Artista hotel The Rock! The Cliff! White beach .. 5km of very white sand spider-girl had to fight to find a spot on the beach say "JESUS" White beach boats Willy's rock Willy's rock Willy's rock say "MARY" White beach boats Like a mermaid... umm... Sara... and Willy's White beach boats White beach boats White beach boats Postcard views Sunset over the island say "Cheese" The crowded beach ahh harrrr.... me harty... Rum anyone? the Pirates garden the Pirates garden the Pirates garden the Pirates garden Dave's straw hat Inn Pig Waiting for food.... chef! prawns like lobsters So big we named him Dave (as we never worked out who Dave actually was) The end of Daves Local peoples pad Monkey Kiss the guns!
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