Boracay, May 2007

May 18-20 , 2007

Boracay! Again?? Yes, again!!! :)

Was it the sixth time? Seventh time? More, less? Well I've reached that point where it really doesn't matter anymore. Much to the envy of my office mate, I've officially made Boracay my Filipino home away from home! Everytime we go, Marieke and kick ourselves for not going more often. Last time was last December, when the typhoon struck - half a year ago!!! To a tropical island less than an hour's flight away!!! Up and down for under 100 Euros, accomodation around 30 Euros a night for a great aircon room with balcony and sea view... why aren't we there every weekend!?! So we are making it a point to go more often now. The next trip is already planned somewhere in June!

This time the weather was gorgeous, as it should be. We did what is done best on Boracay: lazed on the beach in the afternoon, partied at night. Pete and Joelene were there with a couple of English friends, Daz and Gaz - very cool guys and total party animals - I think that first night I set another personal drinking record... well not quite, but it was full on for sure!

Amazingly, I felt fine every 'day after' - must have been the sun shine. One afternoon, Marieke and I went up to a small beach that's all the way up past station, behind some big rocks protruding from the island. It was very nice indeed - just the two of us and a Filipino family around. We just lay in the surf, in the sun, swam some, talked some, really relaxed. Just as we started walking back we also realized we got sun burnt - happened in like five minutes, I swear! But fortunately it was just enough not to hurt too much yet to leave you with a beautiful tan... HA! Who's your daddy!??

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