I’m finally done uploading all our vacation photos to my Multiply account. Click here to view them.

Anyway, I’m still very busy with work that’s why I can’t blog about our recent trip yet. Bohol is such an interesting place. Needless to say, it’s amazingly beautiful. You’ll miss half of your life if you don’t go there. I swear.

If you’re planning to go there in the future, let me know and I would be happy to send you the details of our travel expenses and itineraries.

I already booked a flight to Bohol three weeks ago. My husband and I went to Cebu Pacific to purchase the tickets but the line was too long that we ended up going home instead. It’s a good thing my mom-in-law has a credit card. She let us use her card to purchase the tickets via Cebu Pacific online and we just paid her in cash. She really made things easy for us!

:exclamation: Note: Deleted some private information for security purposes.

My original plan was to take a flight to Cebu, spend a day there to visit the famous Taoist Temple and Kawasan Falls in particular, then take a ferry going to Bohol the next day where we’ll be spending the remaining days of our vacation. But I had a sudden change of heart. I realized that it will be very tiring for the three of us.

So even if I wanted to see a glimpse of Cebu, I made a decision to just stay in Bohol with my family so the trip won’t be too tiring for us. We’ll be staying on Panglao Island but I’m still searching for a nice resort. I’ve already made some online inquiries regarding the cost of accomodation, airport transfers, island hopping and country side tours but haven’t made any reservations yet. Our trip is in January anyway. No need to rush. I’ll take care of everything when I’m no longer busy with work.

I’m so excited! I’ve heard so many good things about Bohol.

Can’t wait to be there!

I am not sure why I suddenly lost the urge to blog…

There are so many things I wanted to share but I guess I am just too tired to start writing about things that people won’t find interesting anyway. And besides, I don’t wanna talk about work all the time. That’ll be way too boring for my readers!

Moving forward, has anyone upgraded to WordPress 2.6 yet? I might upgrade this blog this weekend. But isn’t it weird (and at the same time – amazing) how developers can release a new version way too soon? I just mentioned on my previous post that I’d just upgraded this blog to 2.5.1 and then all of a sudden when I logged in to my WP admin page, there goes this UPDATE ALERT stating that WordPress 2.6 has just been released!

The bottom line is, I just wanna make sure that all the plugins I’m using on this blog are compatible with the latest version. Otherwise, I might as well wait for the plugin developers to upgrade all the plugins they developed so they will be compatible with WordPress 2.6. Waiting for a month or two won’t hurt for sure, will it?

Haven’t read Boracay get-away (day 1)? Click here.

We were up at 6am on our 2nd day and had yummy breakfast by the beach courtesy of Blue Mango Restaurant. After breakfast, we went for a swim and enjoyed the beach. Boracay was at its best during the day. The morning sun was rejuvenating. Then I spoke to Jelvin, (a very nice and helpful staff at the Blue Mango Inn and the same person who picked us up from the Caticlan Jetty Port the day we arrived), and had him arrange a boat for our exciting island hopping trip.

The boatman arrived at the inn at 9am to pick us up. Our island hopping trip lasted for six hours so we were really tired. Greggy slept on the boat on the way back to our room. Poor baby. Anyway, here are the places we visited.

The Crocodile Island
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This island has a shape of a crocodile’s head from afar so it was called The Crocodile Island. It is a perfect spot for fishing, snorkeling and diving. The three of us did not enjoy it very much though due to strong currents. Leo went snorkeling while Greggy and I were waiting on the boat. Sobrang nakakahilo ang waves dito! We almost puked. Because of that, di tuloy ako nakapag-take ng video. Di rin namin masyadong nagamit yung disposable underwater camera na binili namin. Nakailang shots lang kami. Pero in fairness, ang gaganda talaga ng mga fish! Very colorful. There were also small boats roaming around selling snacks. May tourist fee din nga pala dito na 20 pesos per head.

Anyway, we had to leave right away kasi nakakasuka na talaga ang waves. Haaay. Our next stop?

The Crystal Cove

I love this place! We stayed for two hours here I think. The caves are breathtakingly beautiful! You can tell that it’s well taken care of. So never miss to include The Crystal Cove in your itinerary if you’re going to Boracay. Never! Otherwise, you’ll miss half of your life! LOL. Entrance fee is 150 pesos per head, by the way.

We were accompanied by our by one of our boatmen to the caves. Each cave has its own guard to make sure that all tourists are safe. You can also ask them to take your pictures while inside the caves. Awesome! Too bad we were not able to swim coz the waves were too strong!

Cave 1

Sobrang ganda dito! The stairs going down to Cave 1 is really steep so you have to be careful. Or else, you will slip all the way down!

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Going inside the Cave 2 was quite an adventure. This was probably what I enjoyed the most during our trip. Pa’no ba naman until waistline ang lalim ng tubig papunta sa cave then we had to crawl all the way to the teeny-weeny entrance to Cave 2. Greggy didn’t even complain at all. Game na game sya! Haha.

When we’re all done sightseeing, we decided to go out of Crystal Cove and headed to our boat. But the crystal blue water was so tempting that we couldn’t resist it. Walang kalumot-lumot dito! (unlike stations 1-3). So we went for a quick plunge instead while our boatmen were waiting on the boat! Haha. They didn’t wanna swim. Sawa na daw sila!

Next stop?

Diniwid beach and Puka Shell beach! Pero sa next entry ko na lang…Hahaha. This post is way too long already.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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?