May 6, 2011
Oh Borocay, how I have mixed feelings about you. You were extremely beautiful yes and I had an amazing time, but I don’t know it just wasn’t me.
As much as the mountains had us feeling like we weren’t in Kansas any more Boracay had that feeling in a very different way. To be fair, a lot of it is timing. I’m not the kind of person that enjoys tourist destinations in the peak of their tourists’ season. Boracay is a hard-core tourist destination. There are people that go straight there off the plane, turn around get on the plane and leave the Philippines not seeing anything else of this country. Those people choose to do that this time of year. So it wasn’t so much Borocay that I didn’t like but the feeling like a tourist I had while there. Here is how wonderful Borocay can be though.
Beach Getaway: Monday we flew ourselves there got there just after sunset, found our room and then had some good food.
Island Hopping: On Tuesday H set us up on an island hopping snorkeling tour. We slathered on the sunscreen and hopped in the boat. The first place was a little choppy which made for not as fun snorkeling but there was lots of fish still the same. Even puffer fish spottings. The next stop was much calmer. We got to see more fish, and some corals. After this spot we went to lunch on a gorgeous beach with very few people (much more my scene). Then we went back to the water one more time. This time when we went snorkeling H was very surprised to see sea snakes. After calming her down we all got in. This place had manmade frames to help promote coral growth (most of the corals we saw were very much dead), more fish, starfish, and those snakes. We were actually kind of lucky to see the snakes, they are very skittish. We got back just in time for the gorgeous sunset then went to dinner. A very good day.
Beach Bumming: On Wednesday we did nothing. Which is what one does on a white sand beach right? It was nice, we set up on some beach chairs and lazed the day away. The water is so clear in Borocay. We walked out to our shoulders in water and could still see our toes. Which is amazing considering how many people visit Boracay. We hung out there all day. Grabbed food when we wanted, laughed, read, slept, everything you do at a beach.
Going Home: We took our time waking up, went to the airport and sat around and waited. That is the Reader’s Digest version. You can read more details in another blog post, keeping this one on the shorter side!
Love the Philippines!
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