Boracay Beach

 After a tiring activity we headed to the beach. Yes Boracay it is! But honestly speaking I didn’t enjoy much the beach. Firstly, good thing its low tide and we had the chance to climb the Boracay’s  Groto. Secondly, there is a lot of moss and got a second thought if can really swim with those mosses but my sisters, they forced me to join with them and they’re really enjoying the water. So I forget about those mosses and join with them! 

But honestly boracay has a spectacular view and perfect place to spend your vacay. Too bad for us we went during rainy season! Maybe that’s the reason why there’s a lot moss? I guess? Ummm..  Oh well, to forget about mosses, we decided to try Boracay’s nightlife!

sisters

Nightlife in Boracay is so fun! For me.. hahaha.. Well on the other side, imma party goers too! *wink*. And if you’re tired of few hours of dancing and drinking few bottle of liquors, you can leave the club and go offshore and spend few more hours or till the sun is rise..  really cool! Above all, we enjoyed staying and spending our vacay in Boracay eventhough we lacked of time and didn’t visit some of their islands..

with my sister, a party goers too! :)

Well, I think I’m gonna go back here again and visit Boracay’s puka Shells Beach, Crystal Cove, and Crocodile Island.

View from the whole Boracay Island
Photo taken at Ocean Tower

- Boracay Island, Philippines

Coron || Maquinit Hot Spring

After a whole day activity, what about having a natural spring above body temperature in Maquinit Hotspring, Coron Palawan? My boyfriend and I, we listed and arranged all our possible activities since day 1. The girl staff in Mt. Tapyas Hotel after we unload our things in our room, she suggested if we want to have a hot spring first. We told her we’ll think about it and let us eat first. While having our lunch we had the chance to manage all the possible activities. It’s already 430 in the afternoon after we finished our meal. And then we decided to go trekking/climbing Mt.Tapyas first since its 5 min away from the hotel (click here) while Maquinit Hotspring is 1 hour land travel away from the hotel.



It’s our 3^rd day. We woke up at 6 am and had our breakfast around 7 am. The receptionist at the hotel called a tryc for us. We rented the tryc and it costs 300 php only and that’s for 3 hours only and if you exceeded, let’s say 30 mins or so, you’ll add 50 php. We thought of going here in the morning, well i  highly recommended it. 


Our service,

took a photo while we’re heading to Maquinit Hotspring.. The road!

We arrived here almost an hour, of course you can’t enter to Maquinit Hotspring without paying for the entrance fee. It costs 150 php per head. The question is? Is your 150 php is worth the pay? The answer is, YES! I’ll tell you why.

As you’ve read back up, that it’s the best time to go here is on the morning! Yes, cos Maquinit Hot Spring has a spectacular view, that you won’t really, missed it; Cold and fresh breeze. And in addition to that Maquinit Hot Spring has a few cottages and cool chairs and cool wooden crafted. It also has a mini “tindahan” store, if you might get hungry or thirsty or you can bring your own food. It’s also cool to go here at 4pm or 5pm I guess, to witness the beautiful sunset in Coron.

Maquinit Hot spring is above body temperature, 40 degrees to be exact, and it is the only known saltwater hot spring in the Philippines. It’s really hot but when you soaked in your body about 5 mins or so, then your body will get used of it. But before we come down to the big hot tub, we tried first the warmer area. Maquinit Hot Spring has a floating cottage and connected it to the raft bridges with Coron’s much owned Mangroove trees.

The warmer area, with mangrove tree!

Of course if you really want to enjoy the hot spring, let say you want to extend few more hours, you just need to inform your tryc driver so that he should know and that will cost you 50 php per hour, the second thing is you can tell him (the driver) that he doesn’t need to wait for you. But it will cost you more pennies, cos it will charge you 600 php back and forth. So it’s up to you *wink*


Maquinit Hot Spring big tub!

Btw, Maquinit Hot Spring has four shower rooms with cold water. We stayed for about 3 hours and left the hot spring feeling pampered from head-to-toe! It’s so relaxing. Don’t forget to bring water! *wink*