Hi i am mother of three boys. Most of us will say that i am just a typical mother. Yes, I am? Maybe my journey is different or maybe the same with some monthers out there. But, all i can say that i have a great journey with my 3 boys, 11,9 and 8. After 11 years of being a mother, it's my first time to really enjoy going a long vacation which is far away from home. By the way, my second son has a William syndrome, doctors consider him as special. Yah, he is really special to all of us.
Our first long vacation is in boracay. It's our first time to enjoy the beautiful island. We love the place despite the controversies of closing it. But if will be open again after six months if closure.
Here's the thing that we did during our stay in boracay With a low budget.
Our first day
- Book a flight either caticlan or Calibo.
Although flight from Calibo is Cheaper but you need to ride on a ceres bus or van going to Jetty port. I would recommend for the mons with younger kids to book your flight directly to Caticlan although its prize is not so cheap but you can book a low prize depending on the season you are planning to go to boracay. So if you Booked directly to caticlan, you need to ride outside the airport with the e-trike with the fix amount which is 100 PHP for the five of us of course, my husband is included
We take a look at the beach outside Caticlan airport, the view is nice. My sons thought that we already arrived in Boracay since the place has a great view..
After 20 minute ride, we arrived at the Jetty port.
- Pay terminal fee Php 100 per pax
Environmental fee Php 75 per pax kids are free
Boat fee 25 per pax.
You need to walk inside the terminal port for a few minutes the all board to the boat.
Well my second child who is diagnosed for William syndrome has the difficulty of walking on the stiff plank going to the boat. - After 25 minutes, we arrived at Cagban port. That was exactly 1 PM during that time. We are all exhausted and so hungry. So we rushed to the e-trike terminal.
At the Cagban port, the port is well-maintained and the water is crystal clear. My second child has a bit Tantrum because he wants to swim already.
We went to terminal FOR e-trike. Guest what we only pay php 30 / pax going to City mall. The key word is individual instead of one way. Along the way, i have observer busy street and small road. Many establishment once you arrived at the station 3 ,then station 2 and forward.
Arrived at the city mall. We are all so thirsty and hungry. We bought a bottle of water FOR 38 php, my gush so expensive. No choice since the water that we brought are consumer. I would recommend for book for Condo unit. FOR us we reserved a Condo for only 2k php per night.
We waited for 15 minutes and we ride on the van going to the reserved Condo at oceanway. At the lobby, we are eating our baon for lunch while waiting for Marlon. Marlon is the agent incharge if the unit.
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Yehey.. We are all ready to relaxed inside the unit. Try to see the unit for yourself. Everything you need is here. From stoves, to washing machine.But good good for four days and three nights at City mall. If its your first time, you will be shocked by the prize. Rice per kilo 61 php. Water 1 gallon 150 php. Everything is all expensive based on Filipinos cost of living. Our Grocery cost almost 2200 php that includes our toiletries and personal things. The we ride the van going back to oceanway FOR free. And we prepare our dinner and we enjoyed the cold Bath in their swimming pool. We rushed earlier in preparation for our journey in the morning.
Second day
- We woke up very early and prepare our meal to bring. I Cooked ham, egg and tosino. It's very early then, we need to take a walk since no van available during that timeAlong the way, we saw a wide golf corse. We have fun pretending that they were playing
- We arrived at the gate of Boracay Newcoast
and rode an e-trike. And we only pay 30 php for the five of us going to our first beach hopping, the PULKA BEACH. We are our breakfast with the BEST view ever. The kids enjoyed it so much because if the waves.
We stayed in the place until 11 before going back to oceanway FOR lunch. - At 2pm , after eating and made a short sleep, we made it to the popular white beach in Boracay. Although, the beach has long beachline and Powdery sand, during our visit, it was untimely messy. There were Lots of green algae that makes my kids prefer not to swim. So we just take a picture because we dont want to miss a thing.
- Because if the mossy issue, we decided to go back to oceancoast and explorer the private beach of oceanway. We feel so relaxed and the kids feel that they own the place. No tantrums ever.
We state thier until dark. Fyi, the private is open until 6 pm. We ate our dinner and have a good night sleep.
Third day
Exploring the second private beach or the third cove in the boracay newcoast .
The third Cove is still under construction.
Since the boys prefer to stay the whole morning in the private pool, so we decided to stroll in the afternoon.We stroll the beaces inside the newcoast and we find out the first Cove that is called as paradise beach owned by fairways and bluewater but we are allowed to stay once you stayed inside the boracay oceancoast .
We rested and prepare our dinner. Packing our things for the flight..
Fourth day
Preparing food for breakfast and FOR lunch. We have so much fun and the kids enjoyed it so much. They always cheerish the moment FOR thier first time travel to boracay. It's there first time to ride actually on plane..
Enjoy and have fun with out breaking your bank.