vange's nest: August 2008

1st time at bora

Since it's too far from Manila, I only have Dennis to join my mega travel in Boracay. We booked our tickets waay before our Baguio trip and since may ticket na, wala ng atrasan :)

So just a week after our Baguio trip, here we go again, travelling, this time by plane, going to Kalibo, Aklan.

I arrived earlier at the airport and since I'll be coming from Makati, I decided to take a jeepney ride from makati through buendia and just ride a cab there for a cheap fare :)

Dennis arrived right after me and again, we were both excited, just like our Cebu trip.

excited as usual

on board to ^^

our plane

and my date ;)

inside :)

another plane ride

eto bagong trip ni dennis :P

sa cr

o sya!

lapit na :)

beautiful Kalibo ricefields

And I have seen a different airport..a very provincial one, in which you can see the ricefield in the backround and not typical buildings.

ako...

at ang date ko :P

We arrived at around 10am in Kalibo and since we didnt plan at all on this Boracay trip, we took a van that were waiting just outside the airport. You won't miss it cuz there were plenty of vans and buses that will bring you along the port.

we rode in front

Kalibo Town proper

Though travelling was about an hour and a half, the driver was soo accomodating and like a tourist, he gave us description on everything we saw in Kalibo.

45 mins more :(

with this, you won't be bored..

at last, sa port

sa ferry

It was just a short 10 minutes ferry ride from Caticlan port to Boracay Island, which you can see from afar. It wasn't like Puerto Galera that you arrive on the same area where you're gone swimming. You have to ride a tricycle going to the resort. As we know, Boracay has 3 stations: 1, 2 and 3.

sa tricycle

kulet!

and this is BORA!!!

modern street

At first, I was a bit disappointed cuz all I know about Bora is its beach. But where the hell is the beach?! Wala akong makita but the modernized streets in the middle of an island.

When the tricycle stopped, our guide started walking through some resorts which is kinda like a subdivision until we reached the end line, and from there, I gasped and say my "Ohhh my goodness!!" and had my foot stepped brought me to Boracay for the first time.

the beach

I was mesmerized by just looking at the beach while we're on our way to the resort. I got the resort's contact number through Pinoyexchange.

Since we were planning to stay there for a cheaper rate, I contacted Ate Jean for the cheapest rate that we can get for a room per day. Well, good thang we have a good contact, we got the room for P1,000 per night!

We stayed in Sanderswhite, as we requested Ms. Jean (if you want the number, msg me :P) to give us a non-airconditioned room with 2 beds inside. Yun lang. But the room gave us more than what we really need.

dennis at the resort's entrance

and this is Sanders

moi at the stairs going up to our sole room

and dennis too!

and sitting on the couch at the veranda :)

This veranda has a hammock (where I smoked most of the time) and two chairs perfect for a one-on-one drinking session.

..Here's what's inside..

the bedroom

the restroom

What's good inside is the sawali walls and ceiling which makes the room cold even if we're just sharing an electric fan. The restroom has a shower too but don't expect a hot one.

Sanderswhite is located at Station 2 where the party centers it all..

...and this started our first day!!

high blood bago umuwi

From the market and Grotto, we asked Manong driver to bring us to Victory Liner to buy tickets. Morning shift people will leave Baguio 5 hours earlier than the evening shifters but just to be sure that we will get tickets, we wanna get it earlier too.

Grabe! super haba ng pila!! and we might get stuck if we choose to ride Victory Liner since they don't sell tickets for the time we were scheduled to leave Baguio.

We were about to leave but I've seen familiar face on the line. Tsk!

monayyyyyyy!!!!

Since I have been closed to IT people at Tektite, I kissed him on the cheeks. I didn't notice that he was with his girlfriend pala. And the girl was looking at me intensely, I never thought she's Monay's girlfriend. Aba! ano namang malay ko!!!

We left Victory Liner and we decided to book for another bus line. Then our stupid driver announced that he couldnt pick us up at 2am since his service daw was done starting at 5pm. TSK!!!

I told him, we didnt specify time and he should have drop us on time that we will leave Baguio and that will be at 2am. He said too much reasons that I couldnt bear at all. I started raising my voice.

Junel noticed that I was at peak of my behavior and onti na lang, I'll curse that bitchy driver. Junel and others talked to the driver but the driver still stood with what he said to me.

My day was ruined from then on and we decided to just get an FX to pick us up and leave Baguio at the same time morning shift left.

to market to market...

It's always been famous for anyone who goes to Baguio to go, not in some known places, but to the market-- yeah...veggies and ukay-ukay.

So just right after that sumptous lunch at the other side of Baguio, we cross the street and found ourselves busy checking the market.

not as busy..

According to Dennis, there are ukay-ukay's that are expensive. After all, we're in Baguio, we have to look for some cheap but quality stuffs there. I've seen many people wearing furry jackets and I wanna buy one.

From the restaurant/carinderia haven that we had lunch on, we passed the busy street of Baguio and found ourselves walking in an airconditioned street of ukay-ukay.

and yes!! sabi ni Dennis, mas maraming pang cheaper pa jan!

I'm like, "hey! dami nitong ganito sa Manila a" but I haven't been to one in Manila. Prolly, my first ukay-ukay experience was in Baguio. And I was kinda like... tsk. This place is real! Puro may tatak lahat! I bought one blouse and a sun dress. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the jacket I've been looking for :(

hanggang Baguio ba naman!

dennis!! pang babae yan 'pre

si eggie, matinding tumawad!!!

Eggie and Anya bought 2 pairs of shoes. :( Too bad for me, I have big feet :P. Hirap maghanap anything that fits me. Junel's friend bought a furry coat but we were in the market when I noticed it.

We went inside the market and to my surprise, it isn't the same market na puro chicken, gulay and the likes ang tinda. We found almost everything inside it.

souvenirs..

I was about to buy these souvenir items but it scared me just by looking at it. I was thinking, if I'm gonna put it somewhere. It will just give me this goosebumps everytime I look at it.

Just at the souvenir area, I almost have my sack full. Dami ko na nabili, when Dennis informed us that we will buy some tamtaco's and ube jam and strawberrys and... arrgh! can't wait!

strawberries

everlasting

oranges

choose ur pasalubong

They all bought vegetables but since I don't eat any veggies, I just managed to fill my sack with these ^^.

And we walked towards the van na medyo malayong malayo pa, so there were kids who offered their help just for 20 pesos to carry all our sacks. Parang lugi, but then again, you won't imagine those lil fellows can carry a 10 kilo-sack each on their hands.

I was soo tired then but they are still planning to go to the Grotto. I told 'em I couldn't do it, so they can leave me at the van. Jumpy joined me then. (read ______)

ayan, itsurang pagod :(

Grotto

pagakyat...

istasyon...

kaya pa!

lapit na!!!

at last!!!

a view from the top

parang nakarating sa summit :)

serious mode...

pray along

with Her

Ma. Regina :)

pababa, masarap magtaho

models :P

It's late at night when we decided to go home. Well, obviously, we have visited only few places, those places where any people can visit, and we're kinda like bitin. Uuwi na kami tomorrow. :(

Of course Baguio isn't complete if we don't share horror stories. LOL. Wala kaming experience on horror stories at the place that we stayed but we just saw this famous house along the street. I guess everyone who have been gone to Baguio is familiar with this white house.