Boracay

After north Pandan we rewarded ourselves with some time at Boracay. This is easily the larges tourist destination in the Philippines. It would be equivalent to Phuket in Thailand, except it is manage ten times better. Despite being a tourist trap, it actually has plenty to offer, still is backpacker friendly, and was a really great place that I think I could safely say we all really loved ~ I fully expected my personal feelings to have gone the other direction.

It's easy to see why all the development. Without a doubt, it's a beautiful beach...A day at the beach...
Going for a walk... in search of food I have little doubt!
HEY GUNNAR... THIS RED HORSE IS FOR YOU! :)
Clearly after a few too many... not sure the full story behind it, but Jillene apparently gave Mouck a bit of a sand face wash...
The next day... and the main reason for coming to Boracay, Kite boarding! Mouck and I spent an afternoon in the water getting trained to handle a kite, then getting the kite to drag is in the water. Finally putting it all together with a wake board of sorts, and boarding... a truly challenging sport, but a freaking fun one!
My instructor launching a training kite...
Me at the end with a bigger kite and a board...
And the second best thing about Boracay (after kite boarding), the food! Thanks to some advice of travellers we met along the way, we visited a local fish market where you could purchase pretty much any kind of sea food you wanted (for unreal low prices), and then take it to a nearby restaurant and have them prepare it for you for just a few dollars... We went a bit seafood crazy here! Below was a great dish of Chili crab...
And a plate of over 1kg of jumbo prawns prepared in Mango sauce as recommended by the restaurant, a very good suggestion! So good...
Pure enjoyment...
Trying on some hats, we are soooo cool.
Another tough day at the beach...
And then another dinner... having a look at the seafood.
We decided on some scallops...
Some sweet and sour Lapu Lapu... we also did some steamed lemon grass Lapu Lapu, but it was so good we didn't have time to take a picture before it was all eaten!
Sizzling squid...
Yeah, we were really roughing it in Boracay. I could have spent our entire 2 months in the Philippines there, kite boarding during the day and eating seafood at a night. Just too good, a great place I really would recommend to anyone.