Mandala Spa Villas Boracay

... to see if there's more pubs along the way than our usual haunt! Just sat down and watched the sunset here for the first time too. We've always seemed to miss it so far. Very beautiful. Off to Oz on the 18th. Feels so weird to be leaving Asia!!! Still have quite a few more lazy days to go here though. Will update with more news when it happens.<br><br>Love to all!!<br><br>Adele and Lucy<br>

... chat. The owner is married to an English woman so he was all stories about how they met. <br><br>Out in the beach bars later, we met two more people who we had been chatting to at the Halloween party in Hong Kong! Small world or what. <br><br>Covered in Mosquito bites, have counted nearly forty on my legs alone. Not so pretty!<br><br>Miss you all,<br>Stories?<br>Lucy and Adele xxxx

... where we were staying. We showed her and she said that was her niece's place. We took a quick tricycle ride (tuk-tuks here) to the hostel and checked in. She introduced herself as Betty (bless!) and we've already seen her once again. Might become a bit of a fixture since we're here a while!<br><br>Our room is really big with big beds each. Such a nice change form Hong Kong. Full of mozzies though!! We went out for a walk on the ...

... we hoped to get rooms that wouldn't cost more than P2,000, preferably P1,500. This was the week after Holy Week so still peak season in Boracay. We were therefore pleasantly surprised when he told us we could get rooms from P1,800 to P2,400 near the beach and near the shopping center called The Mall. We ended up in the annex building of the hotel that Manuel and I stayed in last year with Michelle. In August, 2008, the room with two ...

... we were clearly playing the high-low game and I was fully prepared to settle on 300 or so. I'm so confused that I get a security guard to come over and explain to this guy in Filipino exactly where we were going and that the agreed fare was 100 pesos. He agrees again and so we get in. We don't go more than 100 yards before he says, "ok, so 100 pesos per person, right?" We all start shouting at once and eventually they let me talk (i'd been appointed official ...

Here's Amanda at the console -- video camera, GPS Chartplotter, wires and gear. Today was Sunday, so the boat came a little later ( Sunday Mass). We completed a third pass on the island, decided we need to take points closer together. Came in about 3:00. At 4:30 we went for a sail on a small boat with a big sail and two outriggers, which had a fishnet webbing to sit on, feet dangling in the water. We sailed south to the end of the ...

... us. The current was strong and when I tried to let go of a rope strapped to the banca, I couldn't fight the current. It's a good thing my friend Brenda pulled me back in time. So with one hand holding on to the rope, the other hand scrambling to put on my mask and snorkle, I was finally able to take a peek down below. Which became my second disappointment for the day since all the corals were dead. There were only a few starfishes ...

... walkway and sat on the beach to watch the sunset together. Dogs were everywhere. This one funny dog kept triyng to sit by Mike and he was NOT having it!!! The dog snuck into a family photo and then left after the picture was taken. He is one keen pup. Around 7PM, we met up with Melanie and walked south to Da Mario's Italian restaurant for a Hawaiian pizza. These places are not like anywhere in America... Boracay is touristy, but it is not ...

May 3-9, 2007 It's back to Boracay for the summer and I'm up for something different. It has become sort of an annual thing for mostly everyone I know and the same **** always happens: a day at the beach, have dinner, power nap until 11pm and then party on until the wee hours of the morning. This trip was different as i had intended it to be although it all seemed spontaneous and unexpected. This week in Boracay was an embrace to it's ...

Hey guys, yep you guessed it were still in Boracay we have been here for a week and just can't get enough of it. We actually moved today from one side of the island to the other side so we can see the sunrise instead of set. The place weve moved is so neat it's Robinson curusoe styles, little treeforts and we have the most amazing view palm trees and ocean from our huge deck outside can't complain for 8 bucks a night for 2 of us the place is called ...