Next time at Boracay

We missed a lot of activities in Boracay, which I planned to do next time.

1) ATV ride - it would be nice to see the whole island from the top. It costs P500 each. I was able to refund only P300/pax.

2) Paraw sailing - or sunset sailing / sunrise sailing, just an hour sailing on the boat watching the sunrise or sunset. It also costs P500 each.

3) Para sailing - since it's too expensive we didn't try it. But next time, we will. It's around P1500 for 15 minutes.

4) Bar hopping - party! party!

5) Food trip - seafood galore, isaw, barbeques, milkshake ... yum yum!

Island hopping at Boracay

We went island hopping for (P750ea). As usual, we went snorkeling, then Island hopping at Crystal Cove (P200ea entrance) and then another island for lunch.

We enjoyed the Crystal Cove at least there's a lot of scenic views here.

 For the first cove

Then the second cove, where we need to pass thru a small tunnel-like cave.

Then off we went to another island for lunch. (I forgot the name -- I'm really not good at names)

After this, we had reef walking / helmet diving. It's like having a prenup shot underwater. But the pictures are not so good. Will upload it next time ;)

Balikbayan Inn & Bamboo Beach Resort Review

Since we arrived late at Kalibo Airport (12:40AM Oct 13) we need to stay somewhere and continued with our journey the next day.

We stayed at Balikbayan Inn. But because of the Typhoon Ramon, there's a misunderstanding with the Airport pickup to their Inn. We took a tricycle which costs us P200 going to their place. And they were sleeping peacefully, a miscommunication with the agency and them.

I didn't like the place, it's kinda creepy. It's clean but it smells like old wet house.

At boracay, we stayed at Bamboo Beach Resort for P5600 (3D/2N). The room is not that clean and it's quite small. I was not able to take a pic because I'm already hungry for lunch. But the people there are very accomodating and friendly.

Fire Dance at Boracay

Fire dance is one of the entertainments at night in Bora. A lot of the resorts offer this Fire Dance. I just noticed most of the fire dancers are gay. We saw this dance at Paradise Garden Resort in Station 3. We had a chance to witness this on our 2nd night at bora last Oct 14, 2011.

 = Due to some blogger error I can't upload the video... :(  =

I had my picture taken with them and to my surprised he did the fire dance and the fire is already circling around me.  

Getting ready for Bora

In one week time, we will be in Bora. This weekend I need to pack our things since we will be having a night flight on Wednesday. We need to be at the airport at 8PM.So that means I need to leave the office at 5PM.

I told John that I think we need to just bring back pack since it's sandy. But he said that we could bring luggage. Well, he'll be the one to do the carrying.

Here's my list of things to Bring:
IMPORTANT:
- Flight itinerary
- Hotel Voucher
- Camera, Ebook reader, Cellphone
- Charger for Camera, ebook
- Pocket Money, ATM, Credit card (since there are ATMs and establishments that accept credit card)

CLOTHES:
- good for 3 days and 3 nights

FOR SWIMMING:
- Aquazorb towel
- Swim wear (2pc, sando, shorts, rash guard) 
- Snorkel

TOILETRIES:
- Shampoo & Conditioner
- Soap, PH care
- Lotion
- Sunblock
- Deodorant
- Toothpaste & Toothbrush
- Cologne

MEDICINE:
- My ever reliable Katinko (for itch)
- Biogesic, Diatabs, Nasatapp, Alaxan
- Betadine, Cotton, Alcohol
- We need to bring Anti-histamine meds (Since John recently acquire an allergy)

I think I'll be having hard time packing the clothes, what to wear for party and for the day's activity.
So I really need to start this weekend. ^-^

John's Boracay Team Building

John's company (ShipServ) had their team building last April 28-30 at Boracay and stayed at La Carmela de Boracay resort. Air fare, room accomodation and food are covered by the company.

He gave me this Malong for pasalubong. Anyways, I'll be seeing Boracay's beauty on October :)

Boracay Accomodation & Airport Transfer

We will be arriving on October 13 at 12:40AM in Kalibo Aklan. And we'll be staying at Balikbayan Inn till 7:30AM.

I can't find any website for Balikbayan Inn, but hopefully it's a nice place for a 800 pesos - for approximately 7hours. Our contact would be Ms. Lyn of Balikbayan Inn Kalibo (+639194096703). She will pick us up at the Kalibo Airport and then we will take us back to the airport for the Caticlan transfer.

We should be back at the airport around 7:30AM. Where we will ride the Southwest Tour Bus going to Caticlan. I was told by my friend that there will be a tour escort with a placard with my name on it. The person will assists us to the bus to register and claim boarding pass. He will accompany us to the resort.

At the Caticlan Jetty Port, we will be charged with terminal fee of P50 and Environmental fee of P75. A total of P125 per person.

Travel time from Kalibo to Boracay is approximately 1.5hrs - 2 hours. ( I hope)

We'll be staying at Bamboo Beach resort. Our friends are checked-in at La Carmela de Boracay. However, when we check the resort there's no more available rooms for us. Anyway, it's just a short distance from their resort. Our contact for the Bamboo Beach Resort, Boracay Island would be Mr. Nick (+639185004969).

Map of La Carmela Boracay and Bamboo Beach Resort

We paid P2650 per person. This includes accomodation at Bamboo Beach Resort for 3days/2nights, with Daily breakfast and Airport transfers. I hope it's a nice, clean place and really few steps away from our friend's place.

A total of P6100 for accomodation, airport transfers and breakfast plus P250 (environmental and terminal fee). Adding up the P4344 plane ticket we already shelled out 10k.

And still leaves us with the expenses for Lunch, dinner, drinks, water activities.

Despite having an expensive trip, I'm still excited. :-)

Looking forward

I've been looking forward for our vacation trips this September and October. I already filed my vacation leaves.

Starting off ...

When: September 3-7, 2011 (5Days/4Nights)
Where: Bohol
What: My 29th birthday celebration with John

Here's our already planned itinerary:
Day 1 - enjoying the hotel/beach
Day 2 - DANAO Extreme Adventure
Day 3 - Countryside Tour
Day 4 - SeaSide Tour
Day 5 - Souvenir shopping

Next ...

When: October 13-15, 2011 (3Days/2Nights)
Where: Boracay
What: Trip with Emerson friends

Actually we would be arriving at Kalibo at October 13 (12:40AM). But there won't be any trips going to Caticlan at that time. So I asked a friend to have us booked at a nearby inn. Then in the morning we would be travelling to Caticlan then boracay.

No itinerary yet, but I guess it would be beach bumming, island hopping, reef walking, parasailing (if we can afford it) and bar hopping.

Still 3 months from now, so I need to exercise for my boracay body. ;)

And finally ...

When: Oct 28-31, 2011 (4Days/2Nights)
Where: Singapore
What: Trip with College Friends

We will be staying with our other college friends that are now residing in Singapore. We will visit the Universal Studios, Sentosa, Singapore Zoo, Marina Bay Sands, etc. We haven't finalized our itinerary yet but we'll get to that.

Now that leaves me with 3Vacation Leaves to spare. :(

It looks like I'll be at the office during Christmas and New year. Since I'll use 2 leaves for John's bday and 1 leave for the next Singles retreat. I just hope there would be a lot of holidays to be declared. (goodluck!)