TRAVEL + LEISURE Number ONE Island in the world 2012 is BORACAY

Posted on Aug 18, 2012 in BORACAY | 0 comments

Okay this is a bit delayed but I just wanna have this on my blog for posterity’s sake. BORACAY is TRAVEL + LEISURE’s No. 1 Island for 2012. It is up from being #4 in 2011. I am so happy that Boracay is getting some love and is ranked up there with other island paradises such as Bali, Santorini, Hawaii, etc. Even surpassing them! Wow! 

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TRAVEL DIARIES ✈ Boracay Sunsets

Posted on Aug 3, 2012 in BORACAY | 0 comments

Just going through some old photos. I was recently asked, what are you lusting after right now? I would love a good ol’ beach vacation. I’d like to say somewhere fabulous, like the Maldives or Carribean. But to be honest I really just miss Boracay. Growing up having summers in the Southern Philippines and traveling with family from Luzon to Mindanao, my default vacation would always mean going to the beach – not just having a drink beside the beach, but really walking barefoot in the sand all day and jumping into warm, salty water, resto/bar hopping in bikinis, then jumping back in the water. Repeat. There was even a time when I would go surfing every other weekend in La Union.

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HOLDING HANDS. More fun in the Philippines

Posted on Jan 21, 2012 in PHILIPPINES Good to know, to dos | 0 comments

I’ve always wanted to go parasailing with TD in Bora. It was the plan when we were in Boracay island in 2009 – except my husband and I both got sick. Blame it on exhaustion (having way too much fun)! So I’m totally loving this meme from Currystrumpet! 

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