Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Boracay - Progress in Paradise


One advantage of a domestic air travel is the view of clouds. I realized when the Cebu Pacific plane took off from the international airport in Pasay City, Philippines. Our trip to the island of Boracay literally started in the clouds. The sky was clear and the Sun was shining from my window in row 2 seat. Suddenly we were flying over Taal Lake and saw the famous Taal Volcano in the distance. 21,000 Feet, the aircraft flew directly on the island of the adjacent volcano crater, and for the first time had glimpsed the blue waters of the Lake in the crater. It was a glorious sight that only God could create. Since that time, I could not return to sleep.

Instead of heading to the South of Batangas, the aircraft went eastwards towards the Quezon province in southern Philippines.The mountain ranges in the Tayabas Bay were thick with green, forest while further inland mountains were sterile and Brown. soon waters green emeralds entered the scene, and we were flying westward towards the island of Panay in the Visayas region.

Kalibo and Caticlan

In less than an hour we were approaching Kalibo airport on the island of Panay.From the plane, I saw a lot of green - rice fields framed by Palm trees and nipa about chozas.Me remembered rural paintings of Fernando Amorsolo national artist. The track was right smell between rice fields. Loved it.

Airport is 90 minutes bus ride to the port in Caticlan Jetty. My mother, whose birthday we post-celebrating, preferred to mount an aircraft Airbus Kalibo instead of aircraft smaller that landed in Caticlan airport. The main road "two-way" is concrete and short on rice, "chocolate" hills, mountains and villages in Kalibo.When we approached us on Caticlan, Ocean Road gave us views of the Sibuyan sea that made us excited of Boracay.

The port in Caticlan Jetty has a new, port where the base lines of Montenegro and other reaction speed boats.The scene in the port was pulses with many boats with batanga and small fishing boats. It was mid-morning, and Viridian waters were boyante.Me pleased only took 10 minutes to cross channel Boracay on lines of Montenegro as the winds were strong and the boat was balancing on one side to another.

Boracay

Soon we docked at port new Boracay Jetty island near of the population of Manoc-Manoc.Solía be Struts docked on the beach of white sand (season 1, 2 or 3), but no longer.From the new port, was another walk 20 are minute on the main road to Boracay Central where most of the stations were located.

Many things have been written about in Boracay and are being cierto.Las sands of the fine dust, which really are corals, divided only by shells and algas.El the sea water is alive with small fish. Beaches bordered Palm, parasailing, sailing, starry nights, Sun sunset views.Boracay is one of the ten best beach in the world and is equal to the bass drum, day and night.

The main road is now completely concrete with a pedestrian lane paved on each side. As a scene in Bali, tourists in flip flops on the pedestrian promenade to the beach and the main transport on the island is a pedicab that is similar to the tuktuk; a larger version of the tricycle urban.

There are many hotels and resorts that have been built in the last five years, from five star as Shangri-la - the Resort Boracay accommodation presupuesto.Pero hotels something special is to open this summer that would make tourists, especially members of the Club Astoria and shareholders of time Resort condominiums Inc. (RCI), happy and is called the Astoria Boracay.

Astoria Boracay

Astoria Boracay is in station 1, where he was the former Boracay Gold Crowne.Sits on a piece of 3,000 square meters of land which includes a first line Beach and extends to all the way back to the road facade principal.La double-decker Beach provides a sunset lounge and bar on the second floor, as well as meeting rooms.Restaurant and coffee shop is on the ground floor.

As members of Club of Astoria, we had a tour private resort with its Danny Resort Manager Molina who welcomed us with a hospitality and fresh coconut juice.We start from the second floor where we saw the first line of the beach and the sunset, then forward on the lobby the direction of the pool free that it includes a children's pool.The pool is 22 metres long and four meters wide and at night, water changed color from pockets.Surrounded by a garden, the pool ran the length of the property, and the rooms are located in villas of different type of cluster in the middle of the gardens.

The highlight of our tour was good for four ultra-modern room deluxe that you featured posts with quality hotel beds linens and pillows, air conditioning, TV LCD, TV screen by cable, access to internet, phone, refrigerator, safe, spacious bathroom with bath and comodidades.Era almost as being in a hotel room! from Mr. Molina we learned that there are a total of 39 rooms with an area ranging from 26 to 50 meters cuadrados.La deluxe room is the smallest of 26 metres cuadrados.También there is room for people with discapacidad.Las hotel rates are set including breakfast, taxes and service charge.

Looking at the design avant-garde, modern facilities and good location of Astoria Boracay, I was sure that would be popular once you abre.Otra Crowne Gold service similar to Astoria Plaza Suites in the city of Pasig.definitivamente classification I will return some day.

It was difficult to make an island paradise as Boracay, but even dreams may not last for the international airport of Kalibo siempre.En, I recognized the Group bronzed tourists queue in Mandarin Airlines towards Taipei.Me was surprised to know that there are direct flights from Kalibo to Incheon, Hong kong, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Guangzhou, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Shanghai and Singapur.Progreso had finally arrived in paradise.






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