The sun shines in Boracay.

Goodmorning, Boracay! :)   Woke up to find my parents already done with their morning dip, and my brother still sleeping.  I really love the location of Sun Village. It's just ten steps from the water. :)  While waiting for my breakfast, I lounged by the beach for a bit. :)

These pictures were taken around 9am, where most were still sleeping.  :))

Boracay's infamous moss!  Konti pa lang yan sa lagay na yan! 

And as I was lounging, the Kuya who approached me yesterday and offered water sports activities.  Good thing I was able to convince Papa to go island hopping because he was originally hesitant to spend on such activities.  But what is Boracay without the water activities, right?  Problem is, Bioy was still asleep so we had to wake him up.

Tapsilog!  The tapa was well seasoned.  However, the eggs were too oily.

Pardon my vanity!  I wasn't really able to take that much pictures of me on the beach. :/ 

Oh, and here are some of the shots I took of Sun Village:

1. Bulabog beach; 2. Boats parked on the beach; 3. Our tiny boat! :)

And so finally, Bioy woke up and off we were to our island hopping adventure.  We walked to Bulabog beach and hopped off on our boat.  Unfortunately, the batteries of the camera weren;t charged the night before, so we weren't able to take pictures of us on the boat, snorkelling, or of the sights we saw along the way. Huhu :/ But nonetheless, we all enjoyed.  We passed by tons of resorts such as Shangrila's, and Manny Pacquiao's resort.  Until we finally reached the snorkelling area.  The first time I snorkelled was at Batangas, and the feeling of seeing fishes and swimming with them is amazing!  I felt that euphoria again in Boracay. :)  However, some of the corals were dead. :(  And the marine life there isn't as rich as the snorkelling sanctuary in Batangas.  But it's still an activity worth shelling out money for.  

While we were there, Papa had this stupid idea to stand on one of the rocks/barnacles.  I knew from experience that that's a bad idea, being a victim of cut flesh from the sea a couple of times already.  And cut flesh he sure had!  By the time we surfaced, one of Papa's toes was bleeding uncontrollably.  We were really lucky that our guide, Kuya Robert knows first aid, being a Red Cross volunteer himself.  Unfortunately, he didn't bring his first aid kit on that trip but he still tended to Papa's cut.  We weren't able to go to Puka beach because of Papa's cut, instead we went back to Bulabog.  In one of the sari-sari stores there, Kuya Robert bought a pill (forgot what it was!), broke it in half then applied it to Papa's cut.  It stopped the bleeding! Hurrah!

Kuya Robert doing first aid on Papa's foot.  Masakit ba, Papa? :)

After that exciting event (yes, that probably was the highlight of our trip! Haha), we went to D'Talipapa to have some sea food lunch.  I was too hungry to take pictures, sorry!  Tip though, trike rides are EXPENSIVE in Boracay!  If you can walk, just walk! Damn, that trike ride cost us 80php!  Ridiculous!  But since Papa was injured, not to mention the sun was scorching, we had no choice but to take the trike. 

The seafood at D'Talipapa are really fresh and huge!  Sarap kanin ng lobsters, clams at kung anu-ano pang mga isda! Yummeh!  Mama bought one whole head of tangigue and Bioy got shrimp.  We had it cooked at a nearby restaurant.  And because the food was too much for the four of us, we invited Kuya Robert to eat with us. :) After the scrumptious lunch. we went back to White Beach.  I'm not sure how the salary of guides work, do they get a cut from what we paid to the boatman?  Papa gave him a Php200 tip, and we thought it was too little.  Considering that Papa isn't that generous when it comes to tips, it would have been a good idea for the guide to have just quoted his price.  Really peculiar Filipino culture.  There are those who take advantage of others, while there are some who are nahihiya naman. Dapat may standard rate na lang! I guess Kuya Robert thought we were tight-budgeted because he never showed up in front of Sun Village in the following days. :(  I wish him well.  He seemed like a nice person.  If he happens to be your guide in Boracay, please do tip him well! :)

After a long nap, we went out to have dinner.  After a tiring walk towards Station 3, we ended going back to D'mall. We had dinner at Bacolod Inasal. The staff were friendly. :)  There was a bob-tailed cat lurkig around. We thought of Shadow, our own bob-tailed cat back in Manila.  :>

We ended the night with fire dancers. Dang, they're so talented and fearless! o_O