Mabuhay Boracay : Day 1 - Island Hopping

Good morning Boracay... I woke up early in the morning to enjoy the sunrise view. Similar like Sabah in Malaysia, the sun rose quite early here around 5.45am.

Such a view. Serene and peacefull.

Photo taken from the veranda where you can see the Bulabog beach.
Oh My Geography Fact : The Bulabog beach is facing the Sibuyan Sea while the White Beach on the other hand, facing the Sulu Sea.

From here we could also see our neighbour's veranda.

For your info in Boracay Island, sun will rise at Bulabog Beach and set at White Beach. Since we were staying at Bulabog, we will witness the sunrise first from other people in Boracay, however as we came here during monsoon season, the weather was a bit cloudy and we couldn't get the perfect sunrise view.

However I'm satisfied with this.

Don't let the mother nature spoil your mood. It's still a picturesque view over here.

Had enough with selfie+taking photo at the veranda, I went in only to found that Lina and Miss Yar already prepared breakfast.

What we got here.... well Spaghetti, Bread and Chilli Tuna brought from Malaysia while the eggs we bought it at one of the grocery shop located at D'Mall yesterday's night.

Alhamdulillah, once finished breakfast I went out again to Veranda and continued taking unlimited photos again.

I already donned a swimwear for today's activity.

More selfie. (Yg lain sibuk mengemas, I busy amik gambar :P)

Another view of Bulabog Beach

i) Island Hopping - Starting Checkpoint at Station 3.

So what was our plan on that day. Well we start with question, what is the activity that synonym with the island? Yes, you got it right. Your Boracay trip or even any island's trip won't be completed if you didn't go for island hopping. So like I had mentioned in preparation post, we already asked Dexter to arrange for us. He had called his friend for a quotation. After negotiation and things, we settled with 4hours Island Hopping to Crocodile Island, Magic Island, Crystal Cove and Puka Beach including HALAL LUNCH at PHP 800/person with a professional tour guide to assist you all throughout the tour.

Talking about Halal lunch, basically the idea is the tour guide, in our case was Alex will buy the seafood at the wet market early in the morning first before the trip. He asked us what we wanted to have for lunch. We asked him to buy fish, prawns and crabs estimated for 7 adults. After that he came to meet us at our house around 9am and from there, we took the tuk-tuk to Station 3. For your info, Station 3 and Bulabog Beach are actually a station for boats to pick up and drop tourists for the water activities. We started our trip at Station 3 while returned from island hopping to Bulabog Beach so it's quite convenience since we didn't have to walk far or took tuk-tuk in wet condition after the island hoping activity. :D

Entrance to our house. You can see the steep hill from here.

Went down the hill straight to the beach.

Tuk-tuk to Station 3.

Once reached Station 3, then we boarded to our boat and started our tour. The seafood that Alex bought earlier was kept inside the container and only at Puka Beach it will be cooked for our lunch. You can see in the photo below, the guy with colourfull pants was our guide, Alex.

Alex directed us to get into the boat.

Written there, the boat can be occupied up to 8 pax.

Then off the boat sailed....

Hanging there was our guide's bag.

Lots of ferry and boat here

Selfie in the boat

We asked Alex to take a group photo. That was in his job scope as well :D

Enjoying the boat ride. It was a nice ride, very calming.

ii) Snorkeling at Crocodile Island.

The first stop on most island hopping adventures in Boracay is usually The Crocodile Island which named after its crocodile-like shape. It is well-known for its pristine setting, post-card perfect beaches and fascinating marine life and corals in the water that surround it. While here, scuba diving or snorkeling is a must. Don’t forget your underwater camera, you’ll most certainly regret it if you do!

After about ten minutes of our ride, the boat parked an anchor near where many other boats were also parked. Alex informed us that it was up to us if we just wanted to relax and lounge around on the boat or be active and get into the water with snorkel mask and fins.

Getting ready with our snorkeling gear and safety jacket. Emmer Musa had a great time napping.

Why would I opt to stay on the board? Of course, I chose to get in to the water! After getting my SJCAM and everything set up, I followed the other fellows into the water.

Sadly the wave was so rough and because of the cloudy weather, the underwater view was not so pretty. In a normal hot weather, the water will normally crystal clear with turquoise colour. But during our time here, it was quite grey/dark blue. Due to strong current also, we didn't dare to swim further from the boat and kept holding the steel structure there, because everytime when I let my hand free, the wave will push me far from the boat and to swim nearer back was really tiresome .

Fizah and Miss Yar dah gave up.

While the other had it enough snorkeling, I was still "syok sendiri" trying to capture the underwater view with my newly bought camera. Well dah beli, kena la guna. Nak try performance camera pun ya juga. So here are photos taken with my SJCAM. Not bad huh!!

Adekah kaki digunakan sebagai umpan?

It was a frenzy of fishes. It was overwhelming, so many different kinds of fishes. They were so beautiful, so colorful. I was awe-struck as I swam through this school of fish.

Smaller fishes.

Fishes and corals

The coral reefs. They were really deep. It was fun exploring them underwater.

Beautifull isn't it?

Alex provided us with some bread to feed the fish so it will come closer to us. He went into the water also and fed the fish.

Can you see all the fishes swam towards the spot where we threw the bread.

Can you spot a chunk of bread floating here?

Alex swam deeper and show me variety types of coral and anemone for me to take photo.

Bamalex and Alex berlawan diving. Mind you the water was quite deep but that's not really a matter to Bamalex. Abg navy la katakan.... Honestly I envied him. Nampak cool jer diving macam tu.

Ok ni xbole tahan. Sempat suruh snapped gamba dia.. Kata lepas ni nk suruh dia amik gamba kitaorg banyak2 plak kan. Layan je la...

After all that fun with the fishes for about thirty minutes, I got back on the boat and continued for next place.

Muka dah start tanned a little bit.

Lawa rambut brother nie.... waiting turn to leave the island.

To be continued....



Trip to Boracay, Philippine Fast Link Here
Pre-Journey Tips
Preparation before Trip
Day 0 – The Journey KL to Boracay Island
Day 0 – 1st Night and Emmer Mosa Birthday Party
Day 1 – Cliff Jumping at Magic Island
Day 1 – Crystal Cove Island Resort
Day 1 – Luncheon at Puka Beach
Day 1 – 2nd Night at Boracay Island
Day 2 - ATV to Mount Luho
Day 2 – Fairway, Bluewater & Happy Planet ZIPLINE
Day 2 – Strolling Along White Beach
Day 2 – Last Night, Shopping at D’Talipapa and Paluto Dinner
Boracay Last Day
Boracay 2015 Total Expenses