There's more to Boracay than White Beach. Yesterday morning, we were scheduled to go snorkeling and have a lunch picnic in Puka Beach. But since it was raining, that did not materialize. But we went to Puka Beach anyway and had lunch indoors at a nearby restaurant called Tesebel Ihaw-Ihaw.
Puka Beach is named after the puka shells which are abundant in the beach. Puka means "hole" in Hawaiian and these shells are pieces of the cone snail shell and are so named because of the hole which occurs naturally in the shell fragment. They have been popular material for necklaces, bracelets and anklets and there are a lot sold by the beach.
You could see nearby Carabao Island, Romblon which they say is the next big thing. I heard they are planning to build a better airport there to serve Boracay as well as the future development on Carabao Island.I didn't stay too long since I had to rush back to Manila while the rest of the group stayed behind. So after a souvenir photo, I left for the hotel to get my stuff ready for the trip back.
In Boracay were: Abe Olandres of Yugatech, Lauren Dado of Flail at Life, Noemi Lardizabal-Dado of Touched by an Angel, Anton Diaz of Our Awesome Planet, Eric Dormido of Byahilo, Gail Villanueva of Kutitots, Marc Villanueva of SheeroMedia, Melo Villareal of Lakbay Pilipinas, Eugene Villar of Lakbayan, Karla Redor of RockersWorld, Ferdinand L. Decena of En Route and Fernando Martinez of ShutterBox. Thanks to Anton for the photo!
Wow. All of my favorite bloggers in one photo. Great. Hope there will be a gathering of some sort also for Northern/Central Luzon Bloggers.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I have updated your link. A great blog, really. Keep it up Ivan.
hi ivan. updated your website link in my humble blog :-) thanks and have a blessed (and trip-filled) new year.
ReplyDeleteSayang talaga you had to cut short your stay.
ReplyDeleteLove the new header by the way!
Sayang naman you had to leave early. You missed the sun on Sunday!
ReplyDeleteThanks Norman and Oggie!
ReplyDeleteHi Ferdz and Eugene, sayang talaga! Bitin ako! But I'm graduating this semester. So what the prof says is law! Hehe! Bawi nalang sa Coron. I'll make sure not to sleep din. Haha!
you know what?!
ReplyDeletei sometimes don't like to visit your blog coz looking at your photos only brings back memories of home and makes me miss home more.huhu
but your blog is like a drug, a daily dose gives me a different high!
Thanks Jaja! At least when you come home, you've got a long list of things to see and do :)
ReplyDeletePartner!!! Haven't been surfing the net for a while and upon visiting your blog now, I realized that I've been missing a lot!!! LOL!!! Grabe! Dinner naman to catch up! :-)
ReplyDeleteWow lovely photos. Is near this puka beach in the hotel??
ReplyDeleteTanya Gemarin
this brings back memories of my honeymoon (with my wife, of course!) in 2006. we dropped by this beach during our island hopping around Boracay. We had our lunch at Tesebel and the prawns-with-honey dish was simply the best!
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