this is not a review on anything bora because it would be overrated and unnecessary. haha!
DAY -1
I went drinking with "friends" and had a busy day thinking my flight to Bora the following day was at 12 midnight. (don't react yet) I got a text from Gar saying she was going to pick me up at 8. so okay! i went home at 3am, slept at 4...
see. 12 midnight.Gar texted "ano gusto mo from starbucks?" and i said to myself, half-awake, ang aga naman nito magtanong! mamayang gabi ba yun ah! i replied that i didn't want anything, thinking I didn't want coffee at 8pm. an hour later, someone rung the doorbell. I woke up and went to see who it was, as i was not expecting anyone that early, not the laundry ladies, not the guard, not delivery guys. It was Gar. I stared for awhile, and she finally said "timee 12 ng hapon flight naten!!!" HAHAHAHAH So i flew around my condo, took a bath under 3 minutes, dumped whatever i could pack (good thing i packed 80% of my bag a few days earlier) and left. HAHA SORRY GAR!
The hotel staff picked us up at the airport, and then met up with Lei and Nino at the jetty port (they flew to Kalibo instead of Caticlan) hay nako, hangover. hahawe didn't do much anything that day, since we arrived in the hotel at around the 430. We stayed at the Royal Park Hotel in Station 1. You know that place at the end of the path going to Station 1? The hotel before you turn right to where Club Paraw and Guilly's are? The hotel before that big big private lot? That's Royal Park!
During my past trips to Bora, I would see this place everytime we pass by, and assume that it was very pricey since it was super Beach front. (as in no restaurants or anything in front, outside the hotel is the beach!) But no! for 4 nights and 5 days, with free breakfast daily and 2 dinners, free transfer from airport to jetty port to hotel, you'll only have to pay as much as P12k! (thank you to our sponsor ehem, thanks Garnet Keh!) And because the service was really very welcoming and friendly, I RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL!! They're all sooo nice and so accommodating! The room wasn't bad! Since we spent most of the day outside, our stay in the hotel was really relaxing. No problems with the airconditioning, the bathroom was soo huge you can do a cartwheel inside, and there's free wifi! WE LOVE ROYAL PARK! :)We ate at I love BACKYARD BBQ in the D'Mall. Delicious dinner! We had Pork Belly and Chicken BBQ, suuuper yummy! You'll only have to spend P200-400 per meal. Place is nice and very BBQ-y. whatever that is. haha
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pic from hereThen we headed to this place called Bombom Bar just outside D'Mall. It's a very cozy place to hang out, drink and listen to reggae music, sometimes acoustic. and then you'll hear Boracay locals singing their singles like "Bora, Bora, Bora, Boracay" and "I want to go back to the island of Boracay" HAHA! Cool waiters. "kuya, anong best seller cocktail nyo?" kuya: "ewan" hahaha!
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pic from hereWe met up with Vic in Bombom too, it was his "last" night in Bora daw. HAHA! Who else did we see in Bora? LOTS OF ATENEANS!! Some from our batch, some from very older batches, and most from the graduating batch. We saw so many familiar faces, it was like walking along SEC, just with sand. I wanted to order something with milk, so the waiter (the one who had a clue) suggested White Russian and Boracay Mix. (turns out, Boracay mix wasn't on the menu and the Barista had it made especially for us. haha!) Pero White Russian na talaga favorite ko. sobrang sarap. It wasn't so tapang, tama lang. :)
DAY 2
We had breakfast in our room, and headed out to the beach to swim. After that, we waited for Keshia to arrive. For lunch, we wanted to eat in Andoks and Mang Inasal para tipid. But there was just sooo many people, wiz. So we went to this place called Smoke along the small alley behind Andoks. Buti nalang it was already 2pm and there were fewer people, unlike Andoks, 24/7 may tao. haha You should try their Sizzling Bulalo!!! SUPER YUMMY! The dish is good for 2-3 people already. Their liempo was good too, according to Gar. I ordered Pork Belly (or something to that effect haha), it was okay. :)
busog and satisfied turistas! haha!
(pero sa picture di pa kami kumakain nyan, kunwari nalang haha!)
We went around a little bit, shopped a little. Went back to the hotel to drop some bombs (TMI!!! AHAHA) Had our coffee fix at Starbucks. The funny thing was, on our way to D'Mall, someone said "pa sosy!" to us while we were drinking our starbucks drinks. "LIBRE PA KITA EH!" sabi ni Gar hahaha We went to D'Mall for manipedis (pero sa totoo manicure lang haha! para kunwari "sosy" haha!) at Chanet Spa in D'Mall. Nice ladies. Though nagkwentuhan lang kami all throughout and someone shushed us. Lei and Nino went for a massage just outside the hotel. After our afternoon rendezvous, we all went back to the hotel to relax.
For dinner, we went to OBAMA Grille. We had Crispy Pata, Liempo, and Kangkong. SUPER YAMMY!!!!!!! I've heard bad reviews about this place, like it was too pricey (yes, it was kindof) and the food weren't that delicious; i think you guys just ordered the wrong dish!! haha We loved Obama! They ordered a bucket of Red Horse, while I, non-beer drinker, got my White Russian fix. EH MAS MATAPANG!!!!!! hahahah but it was still zooper yummy. :)
nahilo sa mas matapang na White Russian.
happy obama customers! bwahaha
We weren't exactly your partypeople, so we stayed at Bombom Bar again. Victor, who decided to stay for one more night, went drinking with us too. haha!
There were 6 kinds of shots on the shooters menu. Since there were 6 of us, Nino ordered ALL. The deal was, the waiter wasn't allowed to tell us what the shots were and what was in it. And we had to GRAB whatever we could and drink it up.
you can see my perfectly manicured hand grabbing the "orange drink" first, violating our "rules". The waiter was lighting up the other drinks, and I didn't want to drink the shots with flames, so i grabbed the safest looking drink. (eh bakit di ko nalang kinuha yung may milk)
before
after
please also ask Lei, Gar and Vic how the shot was. HAHA
DAY 2
We had breakfast in our room, and headed out to the beach to swim. After that, we waited for Keshia to arrive. For lunch, we wanted to eat in Andoks and Mang Inasal para tipid. But there was just sooo many people, wiz. So we went to this place called Smoke along the small alley behind Andoks. Buti nalang it was already 2pm and there were fewer people, unlike Andoks, 24/7 may tao. haha You should try their Sizzling Bulalo!!! SUPER YUMMY! The dish is good for 2-3 people already. Their liempo was good too, according to Gar. I ordered Pork Belly (or something to that effect haha), it was okay. :)
busog and satisfied turistas! haha!(pero sa picture di pa kami kumakain nyan, kunwari nalang haha!)
We went around a little bit, shopped a little. Went back to the hotel to drop some bombs (TMI!!! AHAHA) Had our coffee fix at Starbucks. The funny thing was, on our way to D'Mall, someone said "pa sosy!" to us while we were drinking our starbucks drinks. "LIBRE PA KITA EH!" sabi ni Gar hahaha We went to D'Mall for manipedis (pero sa totoo manicure lang haha! para kunwari "sosy" haha!) at Chanet Spa in D'Mall. Nice ladies. Though nagkwentuhan lang kami all throughout and someone shushed us. Lei and Nino went for a massage just outside the hotel. After our afternoon rendezvous, we all went back to the hotel to relax.
For dinner, we went to OBAMA Grille. We had Crispy Pata, Liempo, and Kangkong. SUPER YAMMY!!!!!!! I've heard bad reviews about this place, like it was too pricey (yes, it was kindof) and the food weren't that delicious; i think you guys just ordered the wrong dish!! haha We loved Obama! They ordered a bucket of Red Horse, while I, non-beer drinker, got my White Russian fix. EH MAS MATAPANG!!!!!! hahahah but it was still zooper yummy. :)
nahilo sa mas matapang na White Russian.
happy obama customers! bwahahaWe weren't exactly your partypeople, so we stayed at Bombom Bar again. Victor, who decided to stay for one more night, went drinking with us too. haha!
There were 6 kinds of shots on the shooters menu. Since there were 6 of us, Nino ordered ALL. The deal was, the waiter wasn't allowed to tell us what the shots were and what was in it. And we had to GRAB whatever we could and drink it up.
you can see my perfectly manicured hand grabbing the "orange drink" first, violating our "rules". The waiter was lighting up the other drinks, and I didn't want to drink the shots with flames, so i grabbed the safest looking drink. (eh bakit di ko nalang kinuha yung may milk) 
before
afterplease also ask Lei, Gar and Vic how the shot was. HAHA
THEN. I felt my mouth bursting into flames (metaphorically). It was soooooo hot I screamed for water. literally. The waiters, upon hearing my "WATER KUYA!!! TUBEGGGG!!!!!" laughed so hard because they knew i got the shot with tequila and TABASCO. i died. The next round of shots, I quickly grabbed the one with milk, not knowing it was also the one with flames. KEBS! I'd rather drink flames than TABASCO! (or walang difference) It was yummy, except I think I tasted the gas of the lighter, so I screamed for water again, thinking I was going to die, again. The rest of the night was just fun and EPIC HAHAHA (diba Gar? details shall not be expounded further. hihi!) I really really want to blog about what happened later that night, as those were the highlights of this trip. HAHA!! wag nalang baka masampal ako! hahahah!!
Ordered another round of Boracay Mix and Baileys with Melk. HAHAHAHA (meanie!) It rained hard that night, and I got so wet (idk why) so we had to go home already. I CANNOT KWENTO FURTHER HAHAHA!!!
DAY3
Whatever happened to early morning swimming and breakfast. We all woke up at 11am and still went swimming. Keshia's mom invited us for lunch so around 2pm, we went to Boracay Regency in Station2 for their buffet dinner.
Thank you Keshia's mom!! :)
Ordered another round of Boracay Mix and Baileys with Melk. HAHAHAHA (meanie!) It rained hard that night, and I got so wet (idk why) so we had to go home already. I CANNOT KWENTO FURTHER HAHAHA!!!DAY3
Whatever happened to early morning swimming and breakfast. We all woke up at 11am and still went swimming. Keshia's mom invited us for lunch so around 2pm, we went to Boracay Regency in Station2 for their buffet dinner.
Thank you Keshia's mom!! :) Walked around D'Mall a little bit, went shopping, etc etc... we were too tamad to do anything that day. haha So we slept a little in the hotel. HAHA!
This time, we went to Summer Place to see what the fuss was about in ETC's Summer Switch party. Keshia's friend was from Polecats (pole dancing school), so we went to see them pole dance too. It RAINED. So they had to transfer everyone, everything, the poles inside. Ang galing nila!!!!!! Wala akong masabi. Kaya wala na akong sasabihin.
DAY 4
Lei and Nino had to leave since they booked their ticket a day early, so it was just Keshia, Gar and I. we transferred to a smaller room, which was the same size. haha basta the accommodations were so nice! :) we just went around, nag sawa sa isaw and chori burger, jonahs and yellow cab.
finally decided to push through with the Helmet Diving.
at first i thought i was going to die. promise. not because nakaka claustrophobic yung helmet, or feeling mo malulunod ka dahil sobrang bigat nung helmet, haha. But the pressure in your ears as you go down kasi, nakakabaliw!!!! as in feeling mo sasabog na utak mo ganung level. the key is to just keep on swallowing your saliva daw, or blow through your nose. after awhile, nag normalize na yung pressure and i was able to enjoy 10 minutes under water. although parang hassle siya kasi we couldn't move so much. parang, sana, nag swimming nalang talaga ako, even without the helmet at kahit goggles nalang. i think 15 minutes would've been enough. 30 minutes daw kasi dapat eh. hahahaha!
after helmet diving, we had super late lunch at 4pm at Yellow Cab. bagong bago. never tried it before bwahah tapos natulog, yun lang naman.
during our last night we had drinks at Epic! this waiter looked like Gerald Anderson, di namin napigilan kumuha ng picture. hahaha
Kami na. ang happy bora vacationers.
what is super late post. HAHAHA hope everyone enjoyed their summer! :)
(but i promise, you should stay at our hotel. if you don't necessarily need fancy accommodations, and just a matinong place to stay, should definitely go to Royal Park)
This time, we went to Summer Place to see what the fuss was about in ETC's Summer Switch party. Keshia's friend was from Polecats (pole dancing school), so we went to see them pole dance too. It RAINED. So they had to transfer everyone, everything, the poles inside. Ang galing nila!!!!!! Wala akong masabi. Kaya wala na akong sasabihin.
DAY 4Lei and Nino had to leave since they booked their ticket a day early, so it was just Keshia, Gar and I. we transferred to a smaller room, which was the same size. haha basta the accommodations were so nice! :) we just went around, nag sawa sa isaw and chori burger, jonahs and yellow cab.
finally decided to push through with the Helmet Diving.at first i thought i was going to die. promise. not because nakaka claustrophobic yung helmet, or feeling mo malulunod ka dahil sobrang bigat nung helmet, haha. But the pressure in your ears as you go down kasi, nakakabaliw!!!! as in feeling mo sasabog na utak mo ganung level. the key is to just keep on swallowing your saliva daw, or blow through your nose. after awhile, nag normalize na yung pressure and i was able to enjoy 10 minutes under water. although parang hassle siya kasi we couldn't move so much. parang, sana, nag swimming nalang talaga ako, even without the helmet at kahit goggles nalang. i think 15 minutes would've been enough. 30 minutes daw kasi dapat eh. hahahaha!after helmet diving, we had super late lunch at 4pm at Yellow Cab. bagong bago. never tried it before bwahah tapos natulog, yun lang naman.
during our last night we had drinks at Epic! this waiter looked like Gerald Anderson, di namin napigilan kumuha ng picture. hahaha
Kami na. ang happy bora vacationers.
what is super late post. HAHAHA hope everyone enjoyed their summer! :)
(but i promise, you should stay at our hotel. if you don't necessarily need fancy accommodations, and just a matinong place to stay, should definitely go to Royal Park)
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