Tropical Paradise - Boracay Philippines - If you need to get away this is it!
Boracay has got to be one of the most beautiful spots on earth!
We flew into Manila then off to the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport in Caticlan
One of the first adventures was the small tipsy ferry ride over to Boracay. But we made it.
This is the Lingganay Boracay Hotel Resort where we stayed and had a great time. Very reasonable too, only about $500 for the week.
Here is the location on the map
This is the road looking back from the entrance of the resort
The view looking out from the resort
One of the private beaches for the resort
This is White Beach. Not the best sunny day but absolutely gorgeous still
Absolutely loved the food
Local transportation in Manila
This was actually at the SM Mall of Asia in Manila
These were all original photos by me.
Check out some of my other stories:
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- Moving to paradise. From creating QuickPay for Quicken to living on a sailboat in the Caribbean - Part 1
- Moving to paradise. From creating QuickPay for Quicken to living on a sailboat in the Caribbean - Part 2 - Sint Maarten to Virgin Gorda and almost crashing on the rocks
- Our Aqua Safari at Bora Bora - What a wonderful time
- My introduction
I also heard the Philippines are getting out of the UN. I'm loving the Philippines more every day.
Yes I was just reading that this morning too and that is what promoted me to post these pictures actually :)
The current president of Philippines, seems a lot like Trump in the US. All the people who need the government to hold their hand as they take risks, really hate that kind of leadership. Not that I care either way. But I have always loved the Philippines and Japan as awesome places on the world map I will never have the money to go visit.
@luke490 you sure don't know Duterte, the news that's going around is all manipulated. They just can't make him dance like a puppet in their hands so some people in power are destroying his reputation. I've lived in the Philippines for 33 years - we had no president like this one - most of the past presidents except Magsaysay kiss the Filipino Illuminati's asses but not Duterte. Before he became president many teenage girls were raped by drug addicts and most heinous crimes are caused by people who abuse drugs. Some drug users got too high and killed their own parents or family members. Beggars sniffing rugby roam Manila and late nights were not safe to take a stroll alone specially if you live around those University Belts in Manila. Plenty of dealers and users have surrendered to policemen and you know why? If a dealer or user is reported as one first, they send them a memo from the "barangay" that they know he's a user or a dealer and that if they surrender they'll send them to a rehab. No media has written that they only wrote about the killing in raids but those people where threatened by drug lords - that they'll hurt their family or kill them so they don't want to be caught alive because if they do they will have to blow the whistle against the drug lord. Sometimes they fight the police and so some of them die. I am not pro killing - I never would be I was damn glad when the stupid death penalty was vanished by another president years ago, but you see - I prefer a drug free Philippines than one that has plenty of people so hooked into it with dark futures and ruined lives. You have no idea what it's like to be hooked in drugs in the Philippines and once someone becomes a dealer - the only way out is death there not because of the police but the drug lord. He's not like Trump and I bet you don't understand Tagalog so I don't get it why you compare him to Trump. They're way different . He's the only president who never wears thousand peso worth of tuxedo in the office. He doesn't have a flawless reputation - unfortunately his opponents during the candidacy were worse that's why the masses voted for him. The media doesn't talk about his other programs - he's the only president who decided teachers' should get raise, to investigate on what happened to the million donations the country got for Haiyan back then and many more. When he was running for candidacy one of his promises is to make Philippines a drug free country and the people voted for him - because that's what we all want - minus the killing. He promised and he delivered - the Filipinos are happy. Of course, no one is happy about the killings - but if you were a policeman - would you not fireback and choose to die and leave a few mouths - depending on you hungry because you choose to die - for a drug user or dealer who's ruining other people's lives? I doubt it.
The post is about Boracay so I don't get it why you have to reel Duterte in here. Do you speak and understand Tagalog? Have you ever lived in the Philippines? If not - you know nothing of what really came out of his mouth and some video they air on the news are possibly spliced. The vast majority of the Filipinos have chosen him leave our President alone!
Thanks, It's hard to get good information. I kind of guessed Duterte was just trying to do what is right. And seeing that he is trying to manage a smaller land mass than Trump, I'm definitely more on his side than Trump's if it came to that.
looks amazing, especially that beach.. would love to visit here one day
Mabuhay! Enjoy Boracay and I hope you feature more! Try looking for Ariel's point - you can go up and dive from the cliff - love the view there!
wow, we were just talking about Philippines today... how it must be really beautiful, but also kind of unsteady right now (I would be too chicken to visit at this moment :) ) you sure know more about this, so feel free to share if you like - the news here in the U.S. are not to be trusted, so I'd not be surprised if they are messing up the real picture once again