Boracay Spells - FAVE!

dexter, makoy, jb and tof

monsoon rains and boracay sand - makes a good combo!

before anything else let me offer my sincere condolences to the 3 koreans and dennis trillo's friend who perished in boracay at almost the same time we were their (it was indeed a shock.)

last may 2008, when i went to bora with my scammers inc friends, i told myself that it'll take some time for me to go back to this island...maybe 3-4 years, then again i'll have the opportunity to experience boracay once more...roughly 10 months after i was infront of the cebupacific website and w/ my phone on my right ear - i was talking to dexter and fixing my itinerary for my next boracay trip in september. i was going to boracay again after a year. i didnt expect my fourth time in this beautiful island will come really soon (in just a year and 4 months). no ifs no buts, i booked the ticket and yes the trip was confirmed.

september came swiftly and i dindt feel the need to get into so much excitement w/ the trip. for one, it was off peak (my first time to experience bora at this season) and the other one was bagyong labuyo was just around the corner. i was pretty sure i was not expecting the usual boracay that i know. bora by this time should be different. i thought bora then will have to show us something new and something worth the experience.

DAY 1
on september 4, at around 11am dex and me (jb and mckoy were on zestair) off on a cebu pacific flight to kalibo (they had to redirect all caticlan flights due to some runway restrictions). it was quite a bumpy ride. i got a bit scared even if i've been into a plane for countless times this year. when we arrived we were ushered to a van that would bring us to caticlan. quite hungry and a bit frustrated w/ the 1 and a half hour land trip, we didnt fell asleep, worse the whole time it was raining! now add that to our frustrations. we arrived at the jetty port and transfered to the boat that would bring us to the island. 20 mins and we were on boracay sand - and it rained hard...the best way to welcome toruists in boracay!

we arrived in la carmela de boracay (boy abunda's very famous greetings anyone?). special thanks to jb alvarez, who booked us to this place because he knew the manager. we got 1 night free and all the breakfast and dinner too! more than worth it i may say! we wasted no time and strolled around station 2 and the beach front.


'unsa man ni SIARGAO or BORA?!' - this was the only thing we can think of when we saw how rough the water was in the beach. it was also very mahangin! we immediately went to jonah's the makers of the ever famous boracay shake and chilled for quite a time until it rained hard. we opted to go back to the hotel to SLEEP. yes we slept for about two hours while waiting for makoy and jb - this was for the reason that we were preparing for the 'bora night life' haha!


by around dinner time the two boys arrived and we immediately had dinner,some chatting w/ yong the manager then we were off to another strolling in boracay. station 1 to 3 and back. we ended up in juice bar at around 11pm to start off the 'bora nightlife' after about 2 hours it was time to go back to station 1 and go to guilly's to party the night away.



DAY 2



day 2 started with lunch in Andok's (wa na kay lain makan-an didto nga barato kundi andoks ...branch here there everywhere haha). after lunch we were off to the watersports that jb and makoy was earlier in the day able to haggle and cut the price to more than half the package.

ATV, underwater helmet, banan boat, flyfish and parasailing all at Px,xxx only! what a bargain! ukay ukay ang watersports during off peak mga kaigsuunan ko! haha!





we started at around 2pm w/ the banana boat, the underwater helmet and the flyfish. unfortunately we werent able to continue w/ the parasailing because of the bad weather and the accident that happened to the koreans. i must say we were so blessed and our guardian angels were with us all the time. praise God!

by around 430pm we were done. jb, makoy and i decided to stroll in the beach front and take a dip in the really rough waters while dexter went back to the hotel to sleep (such a sleepy head, kabalo man lagi ka matug dex?). now besides the flyfish, the ligo2x in the dagat was by far one of the best experience i had ever! i must say when its typhooning in bora and the waves were like the biggest, its the best time to go and just ligo ug dagat!.(this was what dennis trillo and his friends did, at the same place as ours only a day after). we had a blast! we went back to the hotel at around 545pm and took a dip in the hotel's pool (nanghunawnaw bitaw to)...took a few mins to dress up for the night and had dinner again courtesy of yong. bora night life during off peak is a bit lousy bit nevertheless still its in a party mood. started our bar hopping at hey jude had some cocktails there and when we were a bit tipsy we went back to guill'ys to dance the morning away. went back to the hotel at 4am.



DAY 3











the 3rd day started off later than lunch (as expected). after lunch we strolled around talipapa and d mall to look for pasalubongs and then we were off again to finish the remaining watersport and the atv. again, never in my dreams i would be able to ride a parasail, not even in my plans. thanks to jb for a superb bargaining expertise haha. after we were now ready to take on the ATV...but my slr wasnt. it died on our way back to the shore. we had to let do w/ mackoys mobile phone for pictures...watda. this was another fun yet very exhausting experience. we were done by around 330pm. went back to the hotel to freshen up but we ended up sleeping until dinner time (kapy na bitaw kaau). we decided to not kill ourselves by partying hard again. instead we chose to go to this reggae bar to chill and just drink. we cant consume too much alcohol now because me and dexter's flight is early morning the next day. it was very evident that we were all dead tired.



saw doi mariano a highschool batchmatewho happens to work as a chef in shang bora. he let me try the 'ricky ocho' (jb where's my video?), it tasted like caramel somthing with little alcohol presence but when i stood up...wala na zigzag...payter kaau to doi haha! the reggae music was really appropriate that night that up to now it makes me miss bora (the whole trip actually). by 2am we were back in our room and passed out.

DAY 4
woke up at 630 am prepared ourselves and we left jb and makoy since their flight is still after lunch. painful realizzation that in roughly two hours time were back to reality....

it was indeed a blast! i had the best of fun! thank you very much for the nicest, coolest, awesomest, kickass companions of jb,makoy and dexter - you guys rock! nalingaw ko...inamaw kung inamaw! haha...


badtrip lang kay daghang boring and walay gwapa kung off peak haha!