Around 6PM of March 2, 2012 everybody at the beach anticipated to witness the ever magnificent sunset view. It was just a wow! The moment I saw the sunset the more I am in awe of God’s wonderful creation. The experience is just priceless.
The magnificent sunset view. Photo by: Nino Montojo
It was like everyone had been waiting for the sunset. People hurriedly get their cameras to take a still of the sunset. It was a feast to everyone’s eyes. My camera did not do any justice. But they say pictures paint a thousand words so I’ll show you what I got.
Right after we checked in our things in Boracay Courtyard Beach Resort around 1PM March 2 we decided to go to the Talipapa Market to eat our lunch. The Talipapa Market in Station 2 is just a few meters away from our resort.
The market has many stalls where a variety of pasalubongs can be bought – t-shirts, key chains, bags, boardwalk shorts etc… every stuff you need that has to do with Boracay beach can be bought in Talipapa Market.
As planned we need to wake up as early as 5AM so we can leave Iloilo City at 6AM. But in reality, we left Iloilo City at 7AM. We bought our breakfast in Jollibee and just ate inside the van. We hired 2 vans just to accomodate all of us. You know, we were all 21. The deal of the van transportation was PhP 835/head back and forth, that is Iloilo City – Caticlan vice versa. Our goal was to arrive in Boracay before lunch.
The Panay Island. The red line shows the route we drove from Iloilo City to Caticlan, Malay, Aklan. Courtesy of Google Maps.
Oh yeah. It was a four hour long drive. You see I was not able to sleep inside the van. I forced to close my eyes but still I was not able to sleep. I instead forced myself to find pleasure of the places we passed by. Well, I was intrigued to see Panay Power Plant. It is so unusual to see such plant. I think it was the first time I saw a power plant. Was not able to take a picture of the said plant though. Also, there is another city of Iloilo and that is Passi City. Hmmm… many cities in the Philippines. And if you find Makati City in the Philippines, there is a place called Makato and that is somewhere in Aklan. haha See, I learned something in our road trip. LOL
When everyone talks about the beaches in the Philippines probably the number one spot on their list is Boracay. You agree? Well, my teammates in my previous company invited me to join the fun.
My first impression about Boracay is too luxurious for an average earner like me. You know. So I was hesitant at first to join them. This adventure was planned like 5 months ago. They already booked their piso fare roundtrip tickets with Cebu Pacific Air. And I got my roundtrip Cebu to Iloilo tickets for only PhP 969.00, still a good deal. I wish Cebu Pacific had more Cebu to Caticlan promo fares.
I just love to go with my friends so I thought if I really save a little money then I could go. We were so blessed to have Marvic who has all this talent of negotiating hotel and transportation prices just to get us a good deal.
Alegria Beach in Burgos, Siargao Island is known for its long stretch powdery white sand. After our sightseeing in Magpupungko we headed to Alegria Beach. It was around 2pm. The weather was not nice it was drizzling. We did not actually plan to stop here since we were all tired and hungry. But it was Ivan’s uncle who recommended to visit this place.
At first glance, the beach was empty. There were a lot of short coconut trees. I am thinking Alegria Beach is ideal for family outings based on the cottages that are present around the area. It was quiet and peaceful. We did break the silence when we arrived.
Probably if you plan to go to a beach you would wish that it will be high tide. Right? Who would enjoy the beach if the waters are all gone? Well, it might be a different case if you plan to go to Magpupungko Tidal Flats and Lagoon in Pilar, Siargao Island. You’d wish it is always a low tide. You can only appreciate the beauty of the beach much when it is low tide.
Right after we checked out at The Boardwalk Resort in Cloud 9, we immediately headed to Pilar to visit this place. And yes, we already made sure that it was low tide. We arrived at around 1PM. It was raining the whole time so the weather was not cooperating that time. As posted at the gate, there is an entrance fee of PhP 50.00/head. We did not really take much of our time since we just did sightseeing and a short splash so they only charged us PhP25.00 for the whole group. Plus, the amenities were not so good. The showers were not working, good thing it was raining so my friends only used the rainwater and rinsed themselves.
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