G6: Travel Day? (BoCeBo)
Well what do you know. I finally found some little time to update the blog. Sorry for the lateness as things has happened fast and furious, well, kindof.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
This day was a travel day. We had a beautiful last breakfast at the top floor looking at the beautifull ocean! Maria had the usual mangoes and something else and I had pancakes. Wasn’t much of a breakfast for me, but I wasn’t really that hungry. I try not to stay around Maria when she eats mangoes as it just fuels my cravings for them. She’s done the tease me with the mangoes on the spoon bit. After some final packing and checking out, we met the owners Ariel and Mimi. They took a picture of us by the poolside and gave us a copy with a seashell frame as a little memento of our stay at Boracay Beach Club. They do this for every guests. Talking abit with Ariel, he is an Filipino-American who attended the Naval Acadamy at Annapolis, Maryland and did some 20yrs in the Navy. He majored in Electrical Eng. He said when he got out, he got a little tip about openning a resort in Boracay and the rest is history. Coincidentally, his son also attended the acadamy and just finished his obligatory 5yrs of active service and is in the reserves now. But, he’s travelling around the world at the moment. He was in Australia for the better part of April.
After the chitchat with the owners, we headed out. An employee of the resort help carry the bags and accompany us all the way to the airport, paying the fares along the way. A trike ride from the club to the jetty port, bangka ride to Caticlan, and another trike ride from the Caticlan jetty port to the airport and we’re ready for the plane ride.
The waiting room was small and cramped with tourists from all over the world. We waited for two hrs. When we finally boarded, Maria became nervous because the plane is a prop plane. Well, nothing we can do now.
In the meantime, we couldn’t meet up with my cousins in Cebu so we decided to go straight to Bohol.
The flight from Caticlan to Cebu was uneventfull, but was nerve racking for Maria as it was hot and loud inside. SeaAir must not turn the AC to save fuel.
Arriving at Mactan International Airport, we felt the intense heat of the day as we deplaned and walked to the awaiting bus to bring us to the terminal. After picking up the luggage, we looked for a Taxi to the Ocean Jet office to buy tickets for a ferry to Bohol.
We got there two hours ahead of time. The ferry will be leaving at 6pm for the 2hr ferry ride from Cebu City to Tagbilaran City.
The ferry ride was nice and comfortable. The ferry was a catamaran type and it handled the waves quite well. There were lots of passengers and we got seats way at the back close to the door for deferrying(?). Is that a word? Anyway, the views were nice and Maria really enjoyed the ride. The water was wavy, maybe 1-2′ waves at most. So it was an easy ride.
Getting to Tagbilaran, after deferrying (Is that someone going straight again!!! j/k), we hired a Van to take us to Alona Beach. At this time we had not secured a place to stay for the night. We’ve tried to contact the resort but couldn’t get thru. Plus, we hired the driver from hell as he was trying to make his van fly to Alona beach. I don’t even drive this reckless. He was trying to run people of the road as much as he could and constantly beeping his horn. We did not hire him again for any driving for us.
After getting to Alona Beach, I checked with Lost Horizons about getting our room a night earlier but they were booked. So was Isis Bungalows and Alona Palm Resort. We settled on Trudi’s Place. I checked the room and It was “ok.” It was getting late and we just needed a place to sleep.
After settling down in our room with a quick shower, we went downstairs for some grub.
After walking the beach for a while, We hit the sack dead tired. It was a long travel day for sure, full of uncertainty along the way.
Sorry for the late report and start updating more soon!
Until next time, bahal na!
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