Day 3

On Saturday, R and I just relaxed and hung out in the Makati area without venturing too far out. We didn’t really do anything of interest and thus  didn’t take many photos, but it was a good day to relax and to save up energy. Little did we know what the next day would bring….

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Day 4

The day started off reasonably easily as we headed to the airport to catch our flights to Boracay. I was scheduled on a different flight than R, but we had a plan. Then, the best laid plans…. first we thought that the correct terminal was 2 since my printed ticket said so – turns out that was wrong. Who knew that the terminals were so far apart from each other? We had to take another taxi to Terminal 3, which was ten minutes away…lesson learned.

Thankfully, this was the correct terminal. I went to check-in and discovered that I am only allotted 20kg total for luggage regardless of how many pieces I had, so I had to pay an extra 73USD for my extra kilos since there is nothing to be done with the luggage that I have. Once that was sorted, I went to find R who had gone to the ticket counter to pick up his ticket. He was discussing with an agent about the fact that most of the afternoon flights had been cancelled and his flight may be re-routed to another airport, which complicated our plans. So, he check with another airline (Cebu Pacific) and was able to catch a flight with them. So, our plans were revised and I headed off to my gate.

The plane that takes you from Manila to Caticlan is a smaller one and definitely requires some calming of the mind to be comfortable with the reality of it all.

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Once in Caticlan, there is a tricycle, ferry and another tricycle rides in store before arriving at the final destination quite a few pesos lighter. Thankfully the weather was beautiful and we were together to be able to laugh through it all.

Our hotel, Alta Vista de Boracay, is a nice getaway from the busyness of the White Beach area. There is an hourly shuttle bus takes guests to the D’Mall, which is just an outdoor shopping area between the main road and the beach. We headed there for dinner after our pre-dinner White Russians. The rest of our first night is a bit of a blur after that…. ;D

More to come…

-T

Here are some pics:

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