First, let me just try to explain where I am right now. Because actually I have no idea. Our flight got delayed to 12:15 and we are at the Kalibo airport. Except for here is the things about the "international" Kalibo airport. It doesn't have wifi or power and the waiting room is tiny so since our flight is so late we can't even go in the airport. We are all sunburned wondering around this tiny little place in the dark. No seven eleven or anything. We were walking down the street and we saw this gated place with all these tourists walking inside. Now we are noticing every single tourist is Chinese. At the end of this entrance there are two hidden jewelry shops with ridiculously priced stuff in either Chinese or American currency. Along the walkway are these little hits with red lights. We decided to lay down in one of these huts and now it is pouring and I mean POURING rain. A few drops are getting through the wooden roof but we are mostly staying dry. We still have three hours to wait it out so I doubt it will rain like this all night. Now back to the beginning. Another airport story. Our 2:30 flight was delayed until 5:30 and we got to the airport at 11:00. Security took about five minutes and there was no traffic because it was a holiday. We used up all our free wifi in a couple hours but luckily I had enough time to set up my new roommates! I am going to be living with Daphne, Keasha, Hadley Jensen, and one of Hadley's friends. Thank goodness I happened to get on Facebook for five minutes and see that first. Hadley is going to figure out where since neither Daf, Keash, or me live in Logan haha Sad not to be in the little grey house but five girls won't fit! Sorry Andrew! After a lot of waiting at the airport, discovering my kindle was dead and I didn't bring the charger, and that the audible Harry Potter didn't download we finally boarded. Thank goodness for the cherry sours mom snuck to the Philippines in David's suitcase. It took another two hour bus ride and a fifteen minute boat ride to get to Boracay and by that time the sunset was long gone. We walked up and down the beach for awhile. White beach is a fun place, I am sure it is even more fun if you drink. The beach has a nice path lined with shops and restaurants for miles and miles. Brad is pretty well traveled and even before we saw it in the daylight he said it was the best foreign beach he had ever been to. We finished off the night about midnight with seven eleven soft serve sitting on the beach with a bunch of guys trying to sell us stuff. The next morning I got up early and went on a run. It is beautiful. I had the hotel breakfast. I had my choice between a few things but settled for scrambled eggs and Tocino both times. I am pretty sure Tocino is a form of spam but I am over it. After I went straight out to the beach and plopped down for a good five hours. My chest got fried and my shoulders a little bit too. I am not as bad as poor Wendy though. We walked to the end of white beach that afternoon and got our free shakes from the famous Jonah's Fruitshakes. Of course, I had to go mango. We chilled that afternoon on the beach some more and walked around. That night I had the best pizza I have ever tasted. And it came free in our hotel package. We are still talking about it. Kind of reminded me of something at setabellos but better. We finished off the night with watching the fire dancers all along the beach at the different resorts and then out first halo-halo. Well not first halo halo ever but from a place called Halowich. Basically their halo halo or just what they call "ice" is tiny ice pebbles that kind of look like the little beads in a diaper you can see when it explodes covered in milk or sweet and condensed milk or something I don't really even know. It has all sorts of different kinds of fruit from watermelon to pineapple, mango, and banana. Theirs was topped with mango soft serve and chocolate sauce. Oh I forgot a very important part. In the middle are cornflakes and layer of powdery stuff that I thought kind of looked like evaporated milk. I know you are probably thinking this sounds disgusting but we went back Saturday night too. And instead of three of us sharing the "couples ice" just brad and I shared and finished it. Easy. We think they could be big in Utah. Call it the next frozen yogurt or soda shop trend. Saturday morning I woke up early to the sad sound of rain and no morning run. It rained until about eleven. After breakfast we bunkered down and watched American idol. Kelly Clarkson sang a new song while eight months pregnant at the end. I cried. We decided it would be fun to swim in the rain and headed to the ocean with our waterproof phone cases we bought for 50 pesos the day before. Of course it stopped raining right as we got out there which was of course a good thing but we were a little disappointed. We swam and then ate another killer free pizza from a different place in station 1. After lunch we decided sail boating would be a good activity. Because of the weather we couldn't go all the way around but settled on the cheaper hour long option that went up and back down white beach. It was so pretty and so so much fun! There were moments that were exhilarating and moments that were relaxing. That night Wendy wanted to get her hair braided and I did it with her for a good roommate bonding moment. Mine looked nothing like the picture I pointed too and I kind of look like the girl with the shaved head off hunger games but it was fun and only 150 pesos and I have no one to impress. We had another free meal that night of chicken and rice. The night ended with more walking around the beach and a halo halo. Sunday morning I was bummed because I learned there is no church on the island. I found that out when I looked it up Saturday morning but at that point there was nothing I could do. I just assumed there would be but we all know what assuming does. I did decide I wouldn't get in the water or put on my swimsuit. Thanks mom and dad :) We are breakfast at a place I had researched before and heard was great. And it was. It is called Sunny Side Cafe in Station 3. I got a veggie omelet and the other two got huge pancakes. One was a apple crumble thing and the other mango creme. I helped Wendy finish hers. It was really good. They claimed the best pancake they have ever eaten. I wouldn't go that far though. But I have tried plenty of pancakes stretching from St George to Logan thanks to Dad so maybe I am kind of a pancake snob. They are really thick, almost like cake or a sugar cookie even. Still way good though. I was happy I found a place that everyone loved. We walked over to the other side of the island and checked out the kite surfing. That is literally all there is over there. It is pretty amazing though. I thought of will and his kite. This is like one of those kites but even bigger and then you basically wakeboard behind it. There were so many kite surfers and it was really cool to see. Brad even did an hour and a half lesson. He said it was totally worth the money and the guy said a few more hours and he could be getting in the air and doing flips and stuff. Wendy and I hung out and took pictures for him. We walked back to white beach and I grabbed a few souvenirs. I have one that I think the family is really going to love. It doesn't scream Boracay but I am excited to give it to you. I think Davey will love it. We are lunch at a Mexican place but I still wasn't hungry. My first time eating Mexican food in over a month and I settle with a plain quesadilla what was a i thinking. But the mango salsa was amazing. I am buying some mango peach salsa from Costco as soon as I get home. And now a bus ride, a boat ride, and a lot of hours later here I am. We laughed thinking about how this can be a life lesson... You can eat breakfast in the most beautiful place and just in one day end up where we are now. Tomorrow will be long but it was a good weekend, even with sunburned lips and shoulders. The sand was incredible but I followed the rules and didn't steal any. Also, it is a tourist island... But full of Chinese and South Koreans. I hardly talked to any other Americans. I don't know why people don't come here! Compared to other islands like this it is so cheap! Definitely worth the money! And now only two and a half more hours to go... Until... We board. Hopefully.
Oh, I forgot about one more thing I ate. I had read about these calamansi muffins from a famous placed called real coffee and grabbed one on our way out. I just ate it while we were at the airport. Really good. Calamansi is basically there version of a lime. They are super tiny. Sometimes we squeeze them in soy sauce. They are everywhere. But yeah, the muffin, which was more like a cupcake, was super good like I read.
Update: 3:30 AM just walked in the door. The soft white sand and sun and ocean were worth it though.
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