Surprising Crystal Cove

Another part of the island hopping we had when we were in Boracay is Crystal Cove. It was a surprise what this place has to offer. Simply amazing....

Puka Beach

Part of the island hopping we had in Boracay is going to Puka beach. It also has a white sand but not as fine as the one in the white beach of Boracay. The beach is secluded and a great location for relaxing. 

A Weekend of Everything that Flies

It was February 14, Valentines day, and we decided not to have the typical Valentine date everyone is used to, the flowers and the romantic dinner. We wanted something different this time. And so Me and my boyfriend together with a friend decided to spend it witnessing the hot air balloons fly high in the sky.

We arrived on Clark Freeport Zone around 4 in the morning and to our surprise there are already tons of people lined up in the entrance, guess we're not just the one celebrating valentines here. But its a good thing that we arrived on time, we were able to get at least a decent spot on the site. As when the entrance gate opened, people rushed into the viewing site where the hot air balloons will fly. Some brought their tents but we decided to just bring news paper so it wont be a hassle for us to bring as we only took bus going to Clark, at least we have something to sit on while waiting.

waiting while while watching them prepare the hot air balloons

After sunrise, they began to fly one by one and the view was just amazing.

There were lots of booth around the place for foods, souvenirs and other stuff. One booth catch my attention as there were 2 mute offering face paint and got my face painted.

They also have display of some air force crafts.

How we get there:

- Ride a bus bound to Dagupan, we took Solid North as Victory Liner was packed with people and the next bus going to Dagupan will depart after an hour. It took us 1 hour to get to Dau. Bus fare Php 139
- From Dau we took a jeep bound to main gate. Fare Php 7
- From the main gate we took another jeepney going to Clark Freeport Zone where the hot air balloon festival was held. Php 10

Around lunch time, we decided to go on a side trip to sandbox. We went back to SM clark to look for a jeepney going to Porac, however after waiting for 15 minutes we didnt see any, so we decided to ask one of the drivers how can we get to Porac. While talking to the jeepney driver, we found a couple also going to Sandbox and we just rented the whole jeepney to bring us there.

Upon reaching Sandbox, there were already lots of people in line to the entrance. They are also controlling the number of tickets they will be selling for the attractions as there was already a lot of people on queue. Because of that we only tried the giant swing and didnt bother ourselves to buy tickets and fall in line to the other attractions as to the long queue that it would take us hours just for a 10 second ride.

To our frustration, we just head back to SM clark to eat as we are already tired specially for me going straight from a night shift, we decided to go home after.

Going back to Manila was hard as we did not bring a car. There was a long line for jeepney going to the bus terminal and it took a long time for the jeepneys to arrive as it was traffic in the whole area. I think it`s still better to bring car going here.

Expenses:

532 Transportation
350 Entrance to the hot air ballon festival
180 Entrance and giant swing ride at Sandbox
300 Food
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1362

Cohiba Villas, Boracay

Since it was our first anniversary celebration, we looked for a perfect place to celebrate and of course a perfect place to stay. We went to Boracay not just to have fun but also relax. Cohiba Villas was just perfect and such a great value for money.

Cohiba villas is situated on Bulabog beach, Boracay Island, though its not located on the white beach, they have provided a shuttle that would only take 5 minutes to get there and its for free.

Our apartment is just so breath taking, its feels so like home. It has fully decked out kitchen, flat screen TVs, very comfortable bed and my favorite was their jacuzzi. Yes you read it right, the unit has its own jacuzzi! Can you imagine how excited i was when i first look around our unit?

They also got this very beautiful view from our apartment.. Oh my very relaxing...

The food was good, i was just not able to order and eat that much as we choose to eat more in the white beach area.

The infinity pool was just amazing. You can swim while enjoying the view of those doing parasailing, banana boat, wind surfing etc.

This place is just ahhh...perfect... It was a very good stay...