good morning and welcome to the back of my taxi at 3 a.m. yes 3 a.m. and I'm on
the way to the airport it's farewell to Cebu, the beautiful
Queen of the South I am heading to the beaches of Boracay so come on
let's see what it's all about there
okay I'm at the airport that was a nice quick ride one of the advantages of going
early in the morning is you miss all the traffic so instead of nearly an hour ride
to the airport it only took 20 minutes so that's good went to the self check-in
checked in through security now I was gonna go get coffee at Starbucks but
they're closed
so no coffee at Starbucks for me so I'm limited
Krispy Kreme, donuts for breakfast? I'm hungry,
the question is am I that hungry?
Good question
Pusalog Center, pusalog is souvenirs, t-shirts more souvenirs
I've got to at least have a coffee
okay let's go through to the other side to the other side and see if there's
anything I can get there for breakfast
now the advantage of cheap flights, no,
the advantage of these early morning flights is they are often some of the cheaper
flights that you can get the disadvantage you get up early you go to
the airport sometimes have to struggle to arrange transport, although in Cebu that's not a problem
the advantage is that although I'm complaining now,
you and I will be sharing breakfast
on the beach, soon
quite soon, as soon as I get coffee
and got on the plane and
get on the boat and get on the bus
yeah come on lets go
we have arrived in Boracay well actually we're not quite yet we're at Caticlan
Airport which is on the island next to Boracay, because Boracay doesn't have an airport
on the island because it's too small which is nice you got no planes flying over
so when you arrive in either Kalibo which is a bit further away or
Caticlan which is right by the port then you have to go to the port get a
boat then you go to Boracay
so it's this close
let's get to Boracay now
now I'm at Caticlan and the 2 desks over there you can see they're for transfers from the
airport to Boracay Island now you can with Cebu Pacific buy it on the plane so
pre-booked, the first desk is pre-booked and I bought it for 550 on the plane if
you buy it here it's 675 so it is better to buy it on the plane you save a bit on it, you can
also do it by yourself you can walk and get a trike to the port just through there
and then you pay for the boat your terminal fee and transfer on the other
side it might work out a little bit cheaper but not much so I'm just going
to go to the desk there show them my pre-booked ticket they're gonna give me a
sticker take me the boat and take me to Boracay!
off the bus and into the port, go through security
then you have to come here
and …...
register
all visitors have to register so you come through security
you come to this desk and register
then you go to the boat
and I'm on the boat,
the ferry boat, it's actually quite a big ferry boat
the boats across to Boracay from Caticlan
and Kalibo
because even if you arrive in Kalibo you drive to Caticlan Airport
I mean ferry port
to get the boat across
so they can vary in size
this is actually a really big boat sometimes you go on a little pump boat
this time I've got this massive boat and I've got it all to myself so
going through the process because I can, where is Boracay?
I can't even see it yet,
so you get your plane to either Kalibo or Caticlan
then you get a bus transfer from the airport to
Caticlan port
if you don't have a bus transfer you can
get trikes there are trikes available just outside but most people get a transfer
if you get the trike from Caticlan it's about 250 pesos I believe
from Kalibo its a longer way it's 40 minutes by bus so I
don't know if the trikes do that
it'll be about five to six hundred if it does
you then have to, if you're going by yourself you play the port fee if you
paid for the complete transfer the port fee is included, Port Fee is twenty pesos
per person you then come down onto the ferry as you can see the ferry is now
moving off we're actually going to get, oh boy I can see, I can see Boracay
come on, there it is it's right over there it's just peeping around the corner
show you how close it is that there peeping out from behind that boat let me
zoom you in a little bit so you get a slightly closer look
that, that over there in Boracay Island
Sun has come up when I left the hotel
this morning it was dark,
when the plane took off it was dark
saw dawn from the plane
and now
the morning sun, breakfast on the beach
wanna join me?
thank you very much
touchdown
and I have officially made it to Boracay Island off the ferry on to the pier I'm
on the island one more stage to go to get to my accommodation go down to the
port here and then get my ride to the hotel
and then in you get here, oh, there we go
and you can only go up to a certain point with the vehicle
so a little bit of a walk but
included in the transfer is my free porter who's carrying half my bags
Island Jewel Inn
mind the step
and down we go
good morning
good morning sir
good morning
thank you very much sir
"enjoy your stay" thank you
and now arrived at my accommodation which is Island Jewel Inn at the quiet end
of Station three
let's check in and let's go check out my
room here we go put the key in the right way that will help
there we go, ahaa
okay so an air con, tiny TV, a fan, a fridge
there's a safe
my bags the bed
of course essential, a towel, by the way
there's the safe
now I have noticed the plug sockets are these style plug
sockets which will be interesting only
so I hope I've got enough plug things and
let's go and have a peek in the bathroom
nice big and clean bathroom
shower and toilet
there we go
and there we go, Island Jewel Inn station three (3)