our Bora trip (part 1)
Posted on March 7, 2008
We’re back! We stayed in Boracay for three days and two nights only. How we wish it was longer. The whole vacation was really cheap for us since we have sponsors but any amount is still painful for an empty pocket. Haha! Nevertheless, despite the travel and our much emptier wallets, it was worth it.
My dad and mom fetched us from our house in Antipolo as early as Saturday afternoon. Instead of us driving over to Novaliches on early Sunday morning, I requested that they come get us. Ramil and I wanted to save on gas and we didn’t want to put too much stress on our beloved red car by traveling that far. Before heading back to my parents’ house in Novaliches, we met up with my sister in Trinoma where Mateo got his very first pair of Crocs (a gift from my sister). We walked around, and got home at around 7 pm. Since we all wanted to have enough sleep before our early flight, we all went to our respective rooms at around 9 pm. Everyone except Mateo. He’s so excited not being in his house that all he wanted to do was to explore and play with everyone. Good thing he got tired out after a few minutes.
Mateo loved the fountains. He kept saying ‘teh teh’ (for water).
Mateo loves malls now
The next day, my parents plan to leave as early as 6 am for our 9:25 am flight. They plan to leave the Revo in ParkNFly and we wanted to check-in early so that we can still have the first row in the plane. I wanted as much space as I can get because we don’t know how Mateo will be inside the aircraft. We reached the NAIA Terminal 2 at around 8 am and we were able to get the first two rows. We passed time walking around the airport and eating some snacks. Mateo was a happy baby, excitedly walking around and almost bumping into people. He’s in that stage when any wide open spaces makes him excited to run around.
walking like he knows where he’s going
Since we have an infant, Mateo and I were allowed to board ahead of everyone else. It was a good thing because he had time to get used to the airplane before it got full of strangers.
exploring the insides of the plane
Unfortunately, he got cranky while the plane was getting ready for take-off. He was getting noisy and my solution was to give him my breast. Before the plane even took off, he was sound asleep. He was asleep during the whole 1-hour plane ride and woke up only when I stood up to get off the plane.
sound asleep
Of course, since it was Mateo’s first plane ride we didn’t forget to take pictures after getting off the plane.
me and a still sleepy Mateo
While waiting for our bags, I made arrangements with one of the vans going to Caticlan. It was an uneventful 1 1/2 hours van ride for us. Since Mateo was still sleepy, he resumed sleeping a few minutes into the ride. We reached the Caticlan Jetty Port at around 12:30 in the afternoon. We all decided to eat there first before heading for Boracay island.
If the plane and van ride were relatively uneventful because Mateo slept most of the time, the boat ride was a different matter. Upon settling ourselves near the window, he excitedly looked out and enjoyed the seawater splashing on the sides of the boat. However, once the boat started its engine and the splashing became stronger because of the boat’s movement, his hold around me got tighter and his eyes got bigger. My baby had his first scare of the trip. He was nervous the whole time, he’d try to go to Ramil, or my mom, or my sister. He was desperate to go anywhere because he was scared. We tried to console him by distracting him with songs. He’d clap along with us despite the nervous look on his face. Good thing the boat ride was a mere 15-minute ride.
Upon reaching Cagban Port, we took a tricycle that would bring us to White House resort. Although we still had to wait a few minutes while the room was being readied, we didn’t mind because we were upgraded to the best room in the resort. Instead of our original booking of the resort’s 2nd floor family room, we stayed at the ground floor. The ground floor was perfect for us, it has a kitchen, a living room, a dining room, and a very spacious bedroom. It was right beside the pool and you could see the beach even from the kitchen. Really perfect.
To be continued…
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wow! i can’t wait for the part 2 of your boracay trip! as in natakot si mateo sa boat ride?
kame din we are thinking of going to bora this year, kaso budget is so tight! hehehe… ok ba sa White House Resort sis?
looking forward sa part 2…
Hi Kathy! Oo, dun sya talaga natakot nung travel namin to Bora pero nung pauwi na okay na sya. Hehe! Okay sa White House, ideal for a family lalo na kung yung Ground Floor ang kukunin nyo. Pati service nila okay. It’s in Station 1 kaya quiet and it’s the best part of the beach. If you like yun mga gimik places, medyo malayo pero if you’re the one who likes to enjoy the beach lang, perfect sya. We really like the place kaya nga kung babalik kami ng Bora, dun kami ulit magstay
Hi Litzie! Regular talaga kita…