Boracay in July

pete taking a break from the top chef masters marathon we had going in manila airport

Peter and I had the amazing opportunity to go to Boracay for our Fourth of July weekend. The water was clear, blue, warm and absolutely beautiful.

here are some things that happened during our trip:

Boracay is accessible only by boat, so it takes some energy to get there. First, we flew from Korea to Manila. To save some money we bought plane tickets that had a long layover, so we ended up staying in the Manila airport from 12 midnight until 5:30am! it was kind of crazy, but we had fun chilling on the airport floor watching Top Chef Masters. Once we boarded our flight in Manila we landed in Caticlan Airport. Shortly after landing one of the baggage attendants told the passengers that none of our bags were loaded on the plane. what!? they said we all needed to fill out a form indicating what our bags look like, what's inside the bag and what hotel we were staying at so they could deliver our bags to us. i was so sleep deprived at this point, someone could have leaned over to tell me my bags were stolen by pirates and i would have replied, "cool. good for them." anyway, i start to fill out this pretty sketchy form while imagining some random strangers loafing through my luggage to find the dvds and snorkel gear i listed on my form. haha. so nuts.

we completed the form and handed it off to the baggage attendant (who looked like he was still in the 8th grade). it didn't seem to promising, but we walked away with faith & hope that we would be reunited with our swimming suits and snorkel gear.

from caticlan airport, we took a van to the jetty port where we got on a boat to boracay island. from there we hopped on a golf cart type van to our hotel. no cars are allowed on the island, only small buggies or motorized vehicles, so most people get around by bicycle, walking or tricycles. it was really interesting seeing the island and the people hanging out, walking in the streets. i enjoyed looking at the little markets and huts selling bunches of bananas and mangoes. we were going on hour 24 of little sleep and traveling so the ride to our hotel was blurry for more than one reason, but a lovely, colorful blur. : )

(our boat, the smaller one in front is what we rode to boracay island)