Our final day at Boracay is made up of fruit shakes, sunburns, and lots of jump shots. :))

Despite the exhaustion brought about by our second day in Boracay, we had to wake up early so that we could spend more time at the beach. After the friends and I decided to extend our stay at the hotel (see costs here), we got in our beach wear and began the walk to the grotto (not sure if that's they call it).

Grotto

Are we there yet?

Finally!

so powder. much white. Also, guy in the bg running

So much powah!!

I find this to be the most interesting one

we have a thing called the Abbey Road jump shot. You can obviously see why

In my head, I call this the United Nations because it looks like what a first grade would draw for a United Nations-themed poster-making contest

If you look closely, you can see the agony in Rhey's (guy in leftmost) eyes. I don't know why.

Behind the scenes

When everyone got tired of jumping, we went out into the water.

If you're wondering what that green thing is, it's seaweeds. Apparently, they flood the shores every summer

Took photos at the grotto

I didn't expect to see fish by the beach

Hah! I bet you thought the jump shots were done!

No, it aint!

We tried the hair flip thing. It was... difficult.

Look at me go!

We went back to the sand after all that hair-flipping and began the beach bumming. We had Jonah's fruit shakes while we were at it.

Jonah's Fruitshake Snackbar

Avocado shake for me and Banana rum shake for the gentleman

My dear goodness, their avocado shake is out of this world

After chilling out and posting everything we can post on Facebook and Instagram, we shook ourselves of the sand and headed back for lunch. We had lunch at Johnny Rockets.

The staff is nice

But I was blown away by how pricey their meals are! I was not ready for this.

Some of us went back to the hotel to clean up and the rest of us passed by D-Talipapa to do some shopping.

D-Talipapa

They've got bags

clothing

sand art keychain

magnets

cute slippers

and cats

Rem and I decided to go back to the travel agent booth to get our CD from the Helmet diving activity. It was so far away and we had to walk. We were sick of walking so we rode a pedicab back to the hotel for php50.

But before that, I made him took a photo of my OOTD because IM Presa circle shawl looks really cute as a skirt.

When we got down the pedicab, someone approached us and offered us free dinner at Crown Regency. This was actually the second time we've been approached. The first was Astoria. I'm guessing this is for promotional purposes? Whatever the reason, it's too bad we couldn't try it because there wasn't any time. Next time, perhaps.

It's for two people only though

After the hold-up, we returned to our room and began the packing.

Last minute photo sessions at the room

The guys ready to go home

We waited for Island Star Express to get us at 4pm (we were informed by the front desk the day before). They arrived on time. Everything we rode going there, we rode going back. L300 van, then boat, then bus, then plane.Our flight was scheduled at 11pm so we had to do a little waiting at the airport. I was knocked out by then I couldn't keep my eyes open during the flight. We all arrived at NAIA safely. We then found ourselves a taxi who, of course, ripped us off and we got off along EDSA and went our own ways.

And that, folks, officially ends our Boracay trip. We weren't able to do a lot of stuff that were on our list but that means we have reasons to come back. Goodbye for now, Boracay.

Day 1: Pub Crawl
Day 2: Island hopping, cliff diving, parasailing, helmet diving, Talipapa
Itinerary and Expenses



Photo credits: Wendy Fraginal, Rem Calumba

Our second day at Boracay was the most eventful one. As I've mentioned on this post, we didn't do any preparations before the trip. The moment we stepped out of the hotel, a group of travel agents surrounded us. After talking a bit, they led us to their booth.

A bunch of different agencies ready to fill your trip with a variety of activities

We went with island hopping, cliff diving, parasailing, and helmet diving (you can check out the prices here). Let the adventures begin!

Island Hopping

To be really accurate, no island hopping really happened here. This is more like snorkeling at two different spots and that's it. We didn't even got to go to some beach. The reason for this is because of the wind. The wind was too strong and the waves were going berserk, hence, not allowing us to go to some of the islands that were included in the package.

So, anyway, the first spot was somewhere near Pacquiao's mansion.

is it? Is it really his mansion? I didn't do my research

We all got our life jackets and snorkeling gear and jumped from the boat.

Woohoo!

Look at all those colorful fish!

Calm down, my scaly friends, there's enough baked goods for everyone

I was surrounded by a school of this fish and it was amazing!

Our boat guide told us that we can actually remove our life jackets as long as we don't die know how to swim

The others still went

Cliff Diving

The waves were punishing during the boat ride and we were just grateful that we are finally going to walk on land

Unfortunately, there's a php120 entrance fee to the island premises so the other friends had to wait outside

geronimo!!

This idiot dove, ass-first, in the water. She came out alive but her legs were covered in black and blue. Huwag tularan.

"ANG SAKIT!" (IT HURTS) were the first words she uttered

We didn't notice that there were different heights. We jumped from the 7 meter diving block

Hi Crystal Cove! Maybe someday we'd be able to visit you

It was so darn cold because of the wind. We were shaking

Parasailing

The guy on the further right fed the fish with puke. A lot of us were dizzy, actually, because the waves during this time were even more merciless

Each pair spends 15 minutes in the air

I wish we had a camera up there because the view was BREATHTAKING.

Jhoy and I trying to recover from the seasickness. Good thing the boat guys had some scented oil with them to ease the dizziness.

Helmet Diving

A little bit of orientation before the dive

The helmet was so heavy!!

I didn't expect this to be so fun

they gave us bread for feeding the fish

The guy taking our photo and videos

The pressure in the helmets may frighten some people

It's really fun though. Helmet diving ftw!

Talipapa

Darn it Rhey!

Actually we went there on Rhey's recommendation. I can't believe we still listened to him after what he did to us.

We checked out the menu to figure out what we wanted for dinner

Then we did some shopping at the wet market

I wonder what that blue fish is

I never knew lobsters were colorful. I thought they were always orange  :))

Shellfish, anyone?

Squid squid squid

I've never had sea urchin before

Buttered shrimp

Squid gambas

Sinigang na mayamaya yum

Mangoes for dessert

1 kg Prawns	php600
1/2 kg Fish (maya-maya)	php120
1/2 kg squid	php170
Cooking services	php660
Total	php1550

After the scrumptious meal, we strolled for a bit and headed back to the hotel for a good night's rest. And that concludes our second day in Boracay. :)

Day 1: Pub Crawl
Day 3: Beach bumming, shopping
Itinerary and Expenses



Photo credits: Shingley, Wendy Fraginal, Rem Calumba