The news feed on my Facebook account is being bombarded with #Laboracay pictures, videos, and status updates. I can’t help but reminisce what it’s like to party all night in Boracay and explore the island all day. Looking back more than ten years ago, I felt at that time that I should experience party life in Boracay during my twenties. 🙂 And I did and had the time of my life. Twice, with my friends from law school. Two of our batch mates in law school hail from Aklan, which is the reason why we felt not that touristy when we went there, since we were accompanied with friends who are very much comfortable (and influential) in their own territory. 🙂
This is my first time in Boracay, during the year 2004 (it’s been eleven years already!). It was also my first time to travel in the Visayas.
My first glimpse of the island
My knowledge about the island is limited to what I have seen ten years ago. Back then, we party at Cocomanga’s and Summer Place, eat chorizo sandwich sold by beachfront vendors, drink mango shake at Casa Pilar (for me still the best), buy souvenirs at Talipapa and D’ Mall.
The bucket at Summer Place
We went to Boracay for the summer for two consecutive years, during the year 2004 and again on 2005. Since then, I was not able to come back because I have been busy with law school and with practice after passing the bar. But it’s fun to look back to my younger years, the carefree days of hopping on a plane bound to Kalibo with my classmates.
We climbed the roof of the boat during an island tour.
On my second summer in Boracay, there were so many of us that it felt like a field trip on our way to Kalibo. That time, we tried going to Aklan by a passenger vessel, then by plane back to Manila.
at the beachfront with my girl friends
Puka Beach
And since we’re talking about ten years ago, there’s also my Boracay beach body ten years ago.. 😦 How time flies. 😀
at the Grotto, on the Boracay Rock
Since I have already experienced partying like there’s no tomorrow in Boracay, riding the banana boat, island tours, and other water activities, my dream really is to go to Boracay during off-season. I want to experience Boracay in seclusion, with my hubby, just lying by the beach all day, and going to spas for a massage. That is what I have not yet experienced in Boracay, and what for me I should experience during my thirties. 🙂
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