Our Chinese New Year R&R trip this year takes us to Boracay in the Philippine Islands. Boracay is located about 200 miles south of Manila and is an island only four miles long and a half mile wide. This location was billed by Kathleen as a "No-Sightseeing Zone" as she wanted a pure beach vacation with none of the work of seeing landmarks, historical sites, or other so-called educational things. The weather certainly cooperated with 90 degrees and sunshine every day.
We stayed at a very nice, small resort on the ocean called the "Two Seasons" and had a two-room suite. The location was very close to the beach as well as many restaurants and amenities. The pool area was small but the kids still liked it. There was a decent breakfast and cheap happy hour drinks. Our hotel was on White Beach which faces west and thus provided remarkable views of the sunset over the ocean every night. We give the hotel at least one and a half thumbs up.
A highlight was the family banana boat ride shown above where we sat on a cigar-shaped inflatable and got pulled around the ocean by a 12 year old Philippino kid in a power boat. The beach was also populated with professional sand castle builders who put up castles like the one above and collected donations to have them photographed.
We stayed at a very nice, small resort on the ocean called the "Two Seasons" and had a two-room suite. The location was very close to the beach as well as many restaurants and amenities. The pool area was small but the kids still liked it. There was a decent breakfast and cheap happy hour drinks. Our hotel was on White Beach which faces west and thus provided remarkable views of the sunset over the ocean every night. We give the hotel at least one and a half thumbs up.
A highlight was the family banana boat ride shown above where we sat on a cigar-shaped inflatable and got pulled around the ocean by a 12 year old Philippino kid in a power boat. The beach was also populated with professional sand castle builders who put up castles like the one above and collected donations to have them photographed.
3 comments:
That sounds like a great place! May be e-mailing for more details!!
Marsha Hicks
I think I want to go there! Sounds like a great relaxing time.
Marsha Hicks
Yeah banana boat.. What a lovely kids, they so cute. Where did you stay in boracay? how is your vacation? Loved your photos
Tanya Gemarin
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