Boracay has a lot going on for tourists! It has many restaurants, shops and activities such as cliff diving, diving, and parasailing. All of which we had run out of money to do unfortunately. It was a vey easy island to explore as most places are situated on one side of the island. If you wanted to explore some of the other beaches it was about a 15 min tricycle ride.
After catching a quick flight from Cebu City to Caticlan, we purchased a transport package to our accommodation for about ₱400. This is a great option if you prefer convenience and are running short on time but as we found out on our way back to the airport is that there is a much cheaper option by organising your own tricycle and ferry ride for about ₱150 all up. On arrival tourists must pay the terminal fee of ₱100 and an environmental fee of ₱75.
Fortunately enough we scored some amazing accommodation at station 3 through some family friend contacts we had. We stayed for 5 nights at Villa Oceana Boracay. Truely heaven on earth! If you have the money to splurge then I recommend you do it here! We were basically the only people staying at the villa and I think there was about 3 other rooms available. There are about 100 stairs to get up to the villa so the views were incredible, looking over white beach. 
Image 1: Relaxing by the pool at Villa Modern Deluxe!
Over the next 5 days we woke up to fruit and pancakes by the pool before we spent the day exploring the island on a budget! For lunches we managed to live off mangos, avocados and chips! When we did splurge, we ate out a place called sushi shi-ro! A great dining experience and we all left over loaded with delicious sushi and sashimi in our bellies. A few of the beaches we discovered around the island include Puka Shell Beach (lots of shell jewelry stalls here), and Ilig-Iligian Beach. These were beautiful! Ilig-Iligian Beach had some great snorkeling too!
Image 2: Wish I had saved enough money to take home one of these!
Image 3: Relaxing at Puka Shell Beach
Image 4: Igil-Igilian Beach
For dinner we managed to eat at the same place 3 times called Smoke Resto while we were in Boracay. This place is great! Traditional and cheap food with a consistent haze of smoke from the kitchen wafting out to surround us. This was located at D’mall where there other great places to choose and eat from. The other restaraubt we ate was called SpiceBird. Portuguese grill styled food with hot homemade sauces!
Well that’s the end of my trip to the Philippines! If you have any questions please feel free to comment on my blog!
Image 5: Exploring the street markets in Boracay after a dip in the ocean at Whites Beach.
Next travel recommendations will be for a snow season in Japan, March 2016!
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