Enjoy the Sun, Sand and Sea

Our stay in Boracay was short. But all the laughter, the out of the blue chatter, the made up scenes in our head just so the cute aircrew from Air Philippines would notice us (ooppps! haha) has made my every minute of the trip worthwhile. The lovely ladies I'm with had so much energy and happy vibes in them.

Vain Plane Snapshot!

In the two days we were there, we stayed at Orinda Boracay. I found this place via booking.com (you can check them out here)

Despite being available to the public, Orinda Boracay's beach front is like a private beach since you can't really see a lot of people chillin' there. Its location made it one of the last options for tourists who are visiting Boracay because it is far from their mall, the happenings and to the other water activities station. But for those who needed some alone time, Orinda could make it to your list of place to consider.

We paid 5000PHP for 2 nights. Good for 4 persons. It includes free breakfast, free wifi,  free shuttle transportation from orinda to dmall and vice versa.

Beach Front.

Sorry I wasn't able to take pictures of the room we stayed in. :(

It is also in Orinda where we met our really nice tour guide, Jerone (not sure if I got the spelling of his name right). He was the only person we met that could speak Bisaya, so my friends and I instantly became comfortable talking to him. He convinced us to try the water activities and gave us a very reasonable price for each activity too. :)

Here is a picture of him.

I don't know if he is the only tour guide assigned in Orida or what, but if you happened to be staying there, you could ask the receptionist there for him to tour your around. :)

Some snapshots of Boracay

Clear Skies, Calm Seas :)

Kids and the Sand!

Before I forget, Here's a summary of my Travel Expenses

Dec. 20

P   85 - bus fare from Iligan to CDO

   300 - taxi from CDO bus station to airport

1,897 - Plane Fare (CDO - Cebu)

     30 - terminal fee (CDO - Cebu)

Dec 21

P 200 - terminal fee (Cebu-Caticlan)

   675 - Plane Ticket (Cebu - Caticlan : got a promo fare for this one)

   350 (divided by 3) - Fees from Caticlan Airport to Caticlan Jetty Port

     80 - lunch

   100 - Terminal Fee

   200 (split to 3) - tricycle to Orinda

5,000 (for 2 days, split to 3) - Accomodation

   260 - dinner

Dec 22

P 700 - Helmet Dive

   700 - Parasailing

     70 - dinner

     90 - Gelato :)

   115 - Coffee from Coffeeworks

Dec 23

P 100 - Terminal Fee (caticlan Jetty Port)

     25 - Bangka Fee

   350 - Van (Caticlan to Iloilo)

     50 - Dinner

   120 - Taxi from SM Iloilo to Airport

Dec 24

P   200 - Terminal Fee from Iloilo to Cebu

955.96 - Plane Fare from Iloilo to Cebu (promo fare)

        50 - Lunch

      200 - Terminal Fee from Cebu - CDO

   1,040 - Plane Fare from Cebu - CDO

        16 - Airport to Carmen, CDO

          9 - Carmen to Bulua Terminal

        85 - Bus Fare from CDO to Iligan

Miscellaneous Expense - 700

Total Expense (more or less) : 11,451

Despite the very short vacay, I was still able to do what I intend to do in Boracay. Enjoy the sun, play with the sand and experience the sea. I will sure to visit this place again, tagging along my lifetime partner. :)