Before I continue with my UK and Europe travel days, I would like to write about my very recent trip to Boracay! As I'll compile my 4 days 3 nights trip into one post, the post might be a little long, but don't worry, I'll let the pictures do most of the story telling! =)
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| Sand castle built by the locals to earn tips |
Boracay is one of the best getaway island where it's famous for its powder-fine white sand and crystal clear blue water. As Airasia offer a new path to Kalibo, which makes the journey to Boracay become much more simpler as we can skip the flight transfer in Manila. So we took our flight from the newly built KLIA 2 to Kalibo Internation Airport in Philippines. The duration of the flight took about 3 and a half hour, and there's no time difference between Malaysia and Philippines, we did not experience any jetlag, but since Boracay is located far east, so the sunrise and sunset time is different from what we had in Malaysia.
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| Airasia A320 Model in KLIA2 |
We departed at 11.30am in the morning, and arrived at Kalibo airport at 3.30pm, the very first thing we did when we touched down at Kalibo is to get our transport to the Boracay Island, the moment we got out from the airport, we saw some booths offering transfer service from Kalibo airport to Boracay.
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| A glance of Philippines from the plane |
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| Booth selling tickets to Boracay |
It took us 1.5 hours to get to Caticlan Jetty by van and another 30 minutes to Boracay Island by taking the boat. As I mentioned earlier, Boracay is located in the east area, so the time we arrive at Caticlan jetty, the sun has already set.
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| The ferry that we took from Caticlan to Boracay |
Soon, we arrived at our hotel - Mecasa Hotel, we quickly check in to our own room, and without as soon we get our luggage into our room, we headed out to the famous White Beach to fill up our empty stomach after a long day.
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| Our hotel room |
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| Night walk near D' Mall |
So, we finally found this restaurant to have our dinner after some walk at the white beach, it's a buffet style dinner where you can eat as much as you can with bottomless iced lemon tea. There's not much variety of the foods provided by the restaurant, but the price is reasonable and the food taste very good! We ended up eating lots pork, crabs, and of course oyster! My favourite food of the night would be the banana cake, it's so tasty that I couldn't stop eating!
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| Outlook of Deparis Restaurant |
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| Buuuuffeeeet Diiiinnnneeer! |
After we've done our dinner, we take a little walk and explore the nightlife along the White Beach, things that you probably get to see the most is fire dancing! We did stop by some of the bars to watch some of the performances.We ended our first night in Boracay by having a little romantic walk along the White Beach before going back to our hotel to get some rests.
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| Fire-dancing performances offered by some of the restaurants and bars |
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| Some very nice "shell" lamps hanging on the coconut trees. |
I must say one of the best thing in life is wake up in the morning and your breakfast is ready! We get to chose our desire breakfast from the menu provided by the hotel. I must say, the portion might not seems big, but it does taste wonderful!
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| My very small American Breakfast. |
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| Outlook of our hotel |
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It's time for the exciting island-hopping after having our wonderful breakfast, so we get ourselves to Station 3 where most of the activities take place at. We then met up with our boat captain who will be in-charge of our island hopping tour.
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| It would be such a waste not to take a photo with the beautiful beach and weather! |
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| Our boat and crews during the island-hopping! |
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| Let's ride with the wind! |
The first stop of our is Puka Beach, it was very quiet as not much people were here as there's not much activities can be done here, so we didn't stay long, and very soon move on to the next destination!
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| Puka Beach |
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| The sea water is so blue and clear! |
So eventually we arrived at Crocodile Island where we actually won't land on the island, it was called Crocodile Island because of shape of the rocks which look like crocodile and not because there are crocodiles in this area. So, the activity where everyone did in Crocodile Island is snorkeling and so did us! The water is crystal clear and there are so many different kinds of tropical fish, lobsters and coral. To be honest this is the first time I do snorkeling, and I'm so not used to the snorkeling tube where I removed it and finally swim like a mermaid! Haha...!
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| I finally removed the tube! Lol~! |
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| Happy Snorkeling |
Soon, we used up the energy that we obtained from our breakfast and get up to our boat, we then move to Magic Island, final stop of our island-hopping where we take our lunch!
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| Magic Island! |
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| Delicious lunch cooked by our boat crews! |
If you did some researches on the activities in Boracay, cliff diving at Ariel's Point is a thing you don't want to miss here! Unfortunately, we did not have our chance to get there as it was closed due to raining season. But we still get to do cliff diving at the sister island of Ariel's Point which is the Magic Island. You get to choose the jump from several heights, 3 meters, 7 meters, 9 meters, and of course10 meters! Don't worry if you don't know how to swim, because there's lifeguard down there to help you, so everyone with guts can do cliff diving! Haha...
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| Posing on the 7 meters diving board! |
It might not seems to have much different between 7 meters and 10 meters, but when you stand on both diving board, you will a totally different feelings! It's not the same at all...! But we still did it for the 10 meters cliff diving and got addicted to it, we jumped few more times before we finally ended our island hopping tour. No doubt cliff diving is the highlight of the whole island-hopping.
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| Never look down before you take the leap! |
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| Selfie on the tip of 10 meters diving board! |
Me jumping off from the 10 meters cliff! Awesome!
We didn't just end our island-hopping tour by jumping off the cliff but instead we make some awesome Taiwanese friends! We added each other facebook, and promised to visit them in Taiwan! I must say the island-hopping tour ended in a very wonderful way!
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| A group photo with our captain before we ended our island-hopping! |
It was quite exhausted after island-hopping, so all of us went back to our hotel to get some rest. I know the sunset in Boracay is definitely something that I wouldn't want to miss. So, I took a quick refreshing shower and head out to the White Beach again! It was still early for the sunset, so my friend and I decided to grab a Fruit Shake from Johna's while waiting for the spectacular sunset.
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| White beach in daytime~! |
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| Sunset is on its way soon~! |
Apparently, the bestseller fruit shake is Avocado milk shake where it was sold out by the time we get there, so I get myself a Mango Milk Shake as I know the mangoes are the best fruits in Phillipines! It was very delicious, fresh and refreshing, somehow, it was a little too sweet for me, that I was craving for water after finish the whole bottle of it! Lol~!
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| Johna's Snackbar |
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| Yum yum~! Mango Milk Shake~ |
So finally, the moment had come, the beautiful sunset in Boracay, while most of the tourists chose to do Paraw Sailing, I chose to enjoy my little moment on this beautiful beach. When the sunset is about to set, you notice everyone on the beach become so quiet and calm, you get to listen to the sounds of waves hitting the shore, and the sun slowly make its way down to the horizon. From a big, bright, scorching, shiny fireball, it transformed to an orange egg yolk, then slowly becoming red when it reached the sea horizon, and with just blink of red light, it sink down to the sea, leaving a dark blue sky which slowing turns dark. Awesome isn't it? I'm sure it would be very romantic to enjoy the sunset with your love one!
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| The sun is sinking~ |
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| Just before the sun goes down... Beautiful right? =) |
After enjoying the magnificent sunset, we went to one of the high-rated restaurant Tilapia 'N Chips. No doubt the the foods served here is very tasty and in a big portion! I ordered a fish and chips sandwiches, and out of my surprise it taste really good that it reminds me of those I had in UK!
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| Yummy! Fish and Chips Sandwich~ |
After a fun and tiring day, we decided to end our night by enjoying an hour of relaxing full body massage before heading to bed! Opps... No picture for that, because it was too dark and I'm so enjoy with my massaging session~
Very soon, it comes to the one last day that we had in Boracay before we left on the very next day, so we decided not to make our day packed with too many activities. All of us was actually plan to find some excitements and prepared to get wet by falling into the sea, so we signed up for Banana Boat, cause from our previous experience, banana boat is one of the cheapest yet very exciting sport. Somehow, it was a little disappointing in Boracay, it' more like a photographing session instead of having some great fun. We didn't fall into the sea, and we went from yelling and shouting, to chatting on the banana. The very first time that I didn't get wet with banana boat... Blaaa... Not recommending~ Opps...
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| Taking a speed boat to the floating hut in the middle of sea |
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| The captain actually allow us to drive the speed boat on our own~! Lol~ |
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| Finally arrived at the floating hut where we board onto the Banana Boat~ |
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| Say Cheeeeese~! |
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| One last pic before we ended our not-so-exciting banana boat |
So, next... We planned to join an water activity that we never heard or experience before, and it is one of the famous thing you will find in Boracay - Helmet diving. Unlike scuba diving, you don't get to swim under the sea, but instead you walk around with a bulky helmet. I must say it was a new experience! But I will still go for scuba diving if I had to choose. Ha!
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| Helmeeeeets! It's very heavy! |
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| A nice group photo before wearing the helmet! Opps... |
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| A group photo with the ugly, bulky helmet under the sea... Lol~ |
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| Fish feeding session with breads given by our instructor |
The night before leaving, we decided to have a great seafood feast before leaving this beautiful island, so we went to Boracay Uptown for our dinner. The dinner was great! It was so delicious that I could have finish everything by my own....! Haha... So what do we had for our dinner? Tadaaa.... Lobsterrrrrr! Big prawn with garlic & butter, Squid stuffed with vegetables, steam fish and our favourite belacan kangkung~!
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| Seafood to be chosen! |
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| Big big lobster....! Yay~ |
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| Dinner served! Let's eat!!! |
If you think, my last night in Boracay ended with this wonderful dinner, then you are wrong! The night before this, my friend and I actually signed up for the Bar-hopping party organized by Pubcrawl, and I must say that it was awesome! It turned out to be the most enjoyable and fun moment I had in Boracay. Upon signing up for the event, we were given a yellow Pubcrawl T-shirt, a shot glass, and a wrist band. Basically, the theme is Turning Strangers into Friends, and yes, we make some great friends from different places~ Haha...! So let's the pictures do the story-telling.
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| Pretty girls from Singapore~ |
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| Friendly staff from Pubcrawl~ |
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| We-fie session while hopping onto the next bar! Lol |
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| Awesome Lady Captain of the night! Lol... |
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| Photographer and a handsome Filipino guy |
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| Great pictures taken by Pubcrawl photographer~! |
That's how I ended my awesome trip in Boracay, partying..... but not get wasted! Haha...! Before I end this post, I'll share a little tips in below, please take note of it if you're planning to travel in Boracay~
There are some fees that you need to prepare besides your flight tickets & accomodation:
175 php terminal fee and environmental fee at Caticlan
250 php transportation fees from airport to Boracay island (Boat & Van)
500 php terminal fee when leaving Kalibo airport
*Do not simply receive helps from locals, or take any pictures... It's all about TIPS!
All of the water sports price can be negotiated with the dealers,
just try to get the lowest price possible~
Foods doesn't seems to be very cheap, so prepare for extra money~!
I think that's all I can share with you guys... Tata~!
