Our flight to Kalibo was at 7 AM in the morning. So as early as 4:30 AM, my dad-in-law drove us to the domestic airport. Talk about early birds! Hahaha!

Anyway, it’s a good thing that there’s this Kiddie Travelers’ Lounge inside the airport so kids can play while waiting for the flight.

At about 6:45 AM, we were asked to go on board. And of course, before climbing up the plane, we took a lot of pictures. First time eh! Even inside the plane, super picture taking parin while waiting for other passengers! Hahaha.

We landed at Kalibo airport earlier than we had expected! It was a very smooth flight indeed. Before we got off the plane, the three of us said: “thank you, papa Jesus” in unison then laughed.

Then we took a van going to Caticlan Jetty Port and paid 175php per head. It took 1 hour and 30 minutes! The staff from the Blue Mango Inn, where we stayed for four days, was already there waiting for us. He was holding up a white board with my name written on it so it would be easier for him to find me. He assisted us with our luggages on our way to the resort. We took a 10-minute boat ride then took a tricycle.

The beach was beautiful as I had expected it to be (medyo malumot nga lang). The weather was perfect. Beautiful, sexy girls were everywhere flaunting their gifted bodies in skimpy bikinis. Oh what a sight. I was teasing my husband the whole time.

Anyway, when we were led to our room by one of the Blue Mango staff, I realized that it wasn’t the standard room I reserved online. It’s one of those sophisticated Deluxe gardens rooms that they have! So I told the receptionist that it wasn’t the room that I paid for. Then she said, our room was upgraded by the owner for free before he left for Boston! I couldn’t believe our luck! (Thanks, Mr. Vaughan Pratt, for your generosity!)

After breakfast, we excitedly headed to the beach and took a plunge! It was extremely hot that day but we didn’t care. We liked staying at Station 3 because the ambiance was peaceful and quiet. It wasn’t crowded like the other stations. We loved it there. Especially the hammocks by the beach right infront of the Blue Mango Restaurant. A perfect spot for relaxation.

At around 2PM, we went back to the inn, took a bath and had a yummy lunch at the Blue Mango Restaurant. We were so tired and hungry! We ordered sizzling gambas and sinigang na hipon for only 600php.

After our late lunch, we all sat on the hammocks by the beach and enjoyed the sun. Then went for a very long stroll around Bora.

We also went shopping at D’ Talipapa. We bought t-shirts for only 75 pesos each. Sarong is only 130. Board shorts, 150. Key chains, bracelets and necklaces are also very cheap. So perfect for pasalubong.

We went back to the inn at around 5PM feeling so exhausted and sleepy so we decided to take a nap. But it turned out to be a very good-night sleep for us. So we woke up the next day! In short, our first night in Boracay wasn’t wisely spent coz we fell asleep. Sayang.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Boracay get-away (Day 2): Island hopping trip

Heya, folks! We came back from Boracay yesterday afternoon. We had a very nice vacation. Our flight was safe and the weather was great. We did a lot of exciting things like island hopping by boat and land tour by tricycle. We went to the breathtakingly beautiful caves of The Crystal Cove Island, Leo went snorkeling at The Crocodile Island, had lunch at Diniwid Beach, went swimming at Puka Shell Beach – the most beautiful beach in Boracay. It’s flawless! You must go there.

We also went to Mt. Luho View Point where you can see all the different islands from above then headed to the most dreadful cave of all — The Bat Cave. There’s a lot of snakes inside. Definitely not safe for kids. Grrr…I am so glad my son and I didn’t go inside that cave. It stinks from the outside very badly. I hate it! My husband went inside with his tour guide and lo and behold, there were colorful snakes everywhere (aside from the bats!).

Anyways, I have lots of stories to tell you about our four-day trip but I’ll just post them some other time. May hang-over pa ako e. LOL.

By the way, I’m posting all of our pictures on my multiply account now and I’m not even half-way done. Check ‘em out later, okay?

There’s been an ongoing construction in our house for over a week now because we’re having another room built. And since our house is really messy, we are currently staying at my in-laws’ house which is just a few blocks away.

Anyway, this is the conversation that I had with my son when I arrived at my in-law’s house (from work) this morning.

Me: Baby, did you take a bath already?
Greggy: Take a bath with ate Jessie…(referring to my mom-in-law’s helper)
Me: With ate Jessie? Why? Where’s your yaya?
Greggy: Go home…
Me: Where’s your daddy?
Greggy: office…

Hahaha. Sa totoo lang, nakakatuwa kausap ang anak ko. He’s only two years old and yet his eloquence is very admirable. He enunciates very clearly and pronounces letters v, f and th perfectly. He knows a lot of words, phrases and sentences now — be it in tagalog or english. He’s also a great translator I must say. Everytime he speaks tagalog, we would always say “WHAT?!” (pretending we did not understand him). Then he’ll translate what he just said in english. LOL.

By the way, here are some of the photos we took when we went to Serendra last month. I forgot to post them before.

 My husband and I bought this AB King Pro at Market! Market! two days ago. We’re glad we saved 500 pesos coz it’s more expensive at Parksquare. As soon as we saw its price, we purchased it right away while little Greggy (with his nanny) was patiently waiting for us on the cute spidey cart that we rented. Then we headed to KFC to grab something to eat.

On our way there, I took some pictures of my super kulit na baby… I told him: “Show me your perfect teeth, baby Greggy!” Then he smiled like this… Ang arte di ba?

After eating, we took him to the playground. He wanted to try all the slides! (even the tallest ones!Hahaha!) He’s so happy. Here’s one of the videos that I took using my cellphone. Tuwang-tuwa ako sa video na ito kasi ang taas ng slide pero keri nya. LOL. He was with his yaya but she released him from the very top so he just slid all the way down alone.

O di ba, ang kulit? LOL. Medyo na-shock sya! More videos here.

We arrived at 8 Waves Hotel five minutes before our check-in time at 2pm (January 16, Greggy’s 2nd birthday). We stayed there for two days and paid 3,090Php per day with free breakfast at Pancake House.

This is the hotel lobby on the second floor. It’s really clean, cozy and quiet. I think we were the only guests that day. 

This is our room. I’m happy that everything looks clean and new. It has its own veranda (on the right) fronting the swimming pools. The bathroom is very clean — you can turn it upside down and you won’t even see a mole of stain (no bath tub though. hehe). They provide towels that are just as good as new and they all smell clean. There’s also a small, transparent bag of free toiletries in the bathroom sink with the hotel’s name printed on them. There’s two small bottles of lotion, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrush, shaving cream and a disposable razor –  There’s even two pairs of cloth slippers! We didn’t use them so we could bring them home as souvenirs of our stay there. (except the towels, of course!)

The Safari pool. See? there’s nobody here but us! It’s like we reserved the entire resort for us! Hahaha.

Father and son…Pinagbiyak na ewan. Hahaha!

Me and my precious li’l angel in the kiddie pool.

The birthday boy in his trunks.

The Pancake House and The Souvenir Shop are located in the entrance of the hotel. I just grabbed these photos from their website coz all our pictures are in my pc at home (I’m at work now…ssshhhh.) Then next to the Pancake House, there’s an entrance there to the 8 Waves Waterpark Resort. That’s not the main entrance to the resort though. It’s just exclusive for the hotel guests.

We just woke up. The breakfast at Pancake House was really yummy eventhough it’s free! LOL. The resort opens at 9 since it’s lean season. Boooh again. That is way too late!

Greggy and I love this kiddie pool a lot! It’s really big and its depth is just below the knee. Plus, the Noah’s Ark is fun! Greggy collected every leaf that he saw floating in the pool and when he couldn’t hold them with his tiny hands anymore, he told me: “Mommy, throw…”. Na-touch ako, pramis!

The WAVE pool without the waves. LOL. We were only about 10 guests in the entire resort that’s why they didn’t bother turning on the wave effects. Booohhh! We only experienced the waves they’re bragging about on our 2nd day. Medyo dumami kasi ang tao. Na bigla rin namang nag-uwian nung hapon na! Hahaha. So we had all the pools by ourselves again. My son loves wading all over the pool on his own. He fell down about three times and drank some water and he didn’t even care.

Anyway, athough our original plan was to go to Boracay (two days lang kasi na-approve na leave namin!),  nag-enjoy na rin kami. Coz it’s the very first time that we went out-of-town na kami lang tatlo talaga.

We’re still going to Bora this summer though. And I swear I will move heaven and earth to make it happen.