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Boracay 2016 Day 1 - Arrival, and ATV


Our long awaited trip has finally arrived. This flight has a lot of firsts for us. It is the first time I will be flying for a personal vacation without BJ.  It is also Janine's first time to ride an aircraft. It is also a first for me to ride a Skyjet plane and fly on a lower altitude.

We left for the airport 3 hrs prior our flight. To our surprise, the streets were flooded due to the heavy rain the night before (Insert "Ganyan kami sa Makati" meme).

We managed to arrive in the airport about 2 hrs prior our flight (Our flight is scheduled at 11:30 AM). During check in we were advised that our flight may be delayed because Caticlan Airport was a no fly zone due to the monsoon (Wow! Really?!). At around 10:00, an announcement that a certain flight bound to Caticlan was definitely cancelled due to heavy down pour and advised all passengers to reschedule their flights. At this point my head was getting hysterical and different scenarios was already flying. Thankfully, by 11:00 a flight bound for Caticlan from a different airline was called to enter their gate. Janine and I were finally relieved.

At 11:15 our flight number was called to enter our gate. our plane was jam-packed, mostly likely because most of the passengers from the earlier flight was transferred to ours. Our travel only took around 35 mins, this is quite faster compared to the regular flights which normally takes 1 hr from Manila to Caticlan.

 During our land transit (both from airport to sea port and from sea port to hotel), we saw why the airport was classified a "no fly zone" that morning, most main streets were flooded. That was not a normal sight for a tourist based location such as Boracay.

 So by the time we reached our hotel we just rested for a while, called Felix (he was our contact for all our activities last time we went to Boracay in 2011), filled our grocery needs, took our lunch and off we go to our much deserved Vitamin Sea. :)

At around 3:00, we met with Felix for our ATV.


We opt to get the mountain tour instead of the Puka Beach tour because Felix says that he'll make a way for us to stop by Puka Beach in the coming days.


After our ATV, we dropped off by the beach to see if we'll be able to glimpse the Boracay sunset but unfortunately it was still too cloudy.

So, we just returned to our place to wash up, then returned to the beach (since it was still a little early for dinner) for night sea breeze.

Unfortunately, after a few minutes, rain starts to drizzle. So, we just grabbed a quick dinner and called it a night.
Boracay 2016 Trip Blogs:
Day 2 - Helmet Diving, Parasailing, and Puka Beach
Day 3 - Island Hopping, and Toilet Restaurant
Day 4 - Departure
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