Boracay beach 🏖

[sakik2024]

🇵🇭 White beach, Boracay, Philippines has become the best white sand beaches in the world !

[Horizondave]

16 minutes ago, sakik2024 said:

🇵🇭 White beach, Boracay, Philippines has become the best white sand beaches in the world !

As far as I am concerned it was always the best beach. I first went there in the 90s. It was ruined by the influx of Chinese tourists years back but after it was closed for a while for a good cleanup, it is again a beautiful beach.

I used to like the fact they had a few restaurants on the beach and you could sit and watch the sun go down but that has changed; there are more restrictions now and the influx of top quality hotels has not added to its beauty. It is still a lovely island but I prefer it the way it was back in 90s before mass tourism arrived.

[Stillearly]

I've never made it to the Philippines, but Boracay is top of my list of places to visit there 

[sakik2024]

Boracay tourism isn't what it used to be. Numbers are way down. I'm hearing that foreigners are being lured to other domestic or international destinations due to social media exposure. With 3 Boracay trips in the near future, this is good news for me....

[ChiFlyer]

I have been to Boracay twice, but 20 years ago. At that time it was becoming overdeveloped. I have read that they have turned that around. I enjoyed the first trip. The second at a lesser hotel during Golden Week not so much.

[Horizondave]

27 minutes ago, ChiFlyer said:

I have been to Boracay twice, but 20 years ago. At that time it was becoming overdeveloped. I have read that they have turned that around. I enjoyed the first trip. The second at a lesser hotel during Golden Week not so much.

It was great, stayed at Nigi Nigi Nu Noos twice near station 2.

I also stayed at another great nipa style place, forgot the name, but it burned to the ground years back.

[sakik2024]

I'm going to Boracay this week. My hotel's door is in the sand on the beautiful White sand beach. I chose this hotel, in part, because they provide beach chairs for their guests on their own property. Unlike Pattaya, beach chairs (even your own) are forbidden. 

[Horizondave]

20 minutes ago, sakik2024 said:

I'm going to Boracay this week. My hotel's door is in the sand on the beautiful White sand beach. I chose this hotel, in part, because they provide beach chairs for their guests on their own property. Unlike Pattaya, beach chairs (even your own) are forbidden. 

Are they allowing umbrellas, I believe a while ago they were not allowing customers to put up umbrellas. Defeats the object for me as I have to have an umbrella while on the beach as I have vitiligo. I used to stay by the hotel to ensure adequate cover.

[sakik2024]

31 minutes ago, Horizondave said:

Are they allowing umbrellas, I believe a while ago they were not allowing customers to put up umbrellas. Defeats the object for me as I have to have an umbrella while on the beach as I have vitiligo. I used to stay by the hotel to ensure adequate cover.

Watch this space for trip report although there's several FB groups with breathtaking daily photos. This will be my 4th visit and it never disappoints. After a few days, I am thrilled to get back to Manila. 

[Pumpuynarak]

On 6/8/2024 at 6:48 PM, sakik2024 said:

🇵🇭 White beach, Boracay, Philippines has become the best white sand beaches in the world !

Where is the Maldives on the list ?

 

Edited July 9, 2024 by Pumpuynarak

[lazarus]

Just now, Pumpuynarak said:

Where is the Maldives ?

[Pumpuynarak]

4 minutes ago, lazarus said:

I've just edited my original post lol. Having been a regular scuba diver to many Maldivian islands i think i know where they are lol

[lazarus]

2 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

I've just edited my original post lol. Having been a regular scuba diver to many Maldivian islands i think i know where they are lol

Until I saw the 😄 guy in the comments, I thought maybe the Isaan fever had clouded your geographic memory. 🧐

My  Geography degree makes it hard for me to pass up a "where is it" question if I can look at a map. Started when I was a young kid reading National Geographic magazine. Like the native gals too...  😁

I got certified in the Cook Islands back in 1990. One of the best things I ever did. Enjoyed many dives in amazing places. 

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Edited July 9, 2024 by lazarus
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[sakik2024]

Boracay has improved. Beach chairs for rent, few tourists, and my favorite bbq restaurant, andoks has opened on the beach. I had a delicious fish, grilled to perfection 🌹

[sakik2024]

[sakik2024]

An expat said Boracay is dying on its feet. I am the only guest at the hotel in the quiet station 3 on the famous white sand beach. 10 minutes over to the busier station 2 is predominantly Filipino tourists who stay an average of 3 days.

I'm not a great customer as I eat at home and don't go to the bars. 

I got some pussy from Filipino cupid and but I think most guys bring a girl from Manila. 

[sakik2024]

Enjoying my last Boracay sunset for now. Already booked trips in September twice and October.

It's a really good visit to do nothing but enjoy the local beauty and bikinis. There are many water related activities too. 

[Horizondave]

My next trip to the Philippines will see me going to Alona Beach, Bohol, wanted to go for a long time. Boracay is great and I might go back one day but need pastures new.

[sakik2024]

4 hours ago, Horizondave said:

My next trip to the Philippines will see me going to Alona Beach, Bohol, wanted to go for a long time. Boracay is great and I might go back one day but need pastures new.

Alona is much smaller. However, it's so easy to get from airport - hotel - beach comparatively. I recently went to Bohol twice. I rode a motorcycle a few kms to much cleaner and quieter beaches. 

[Butch]

we stayed for a week at the Bohol Beach Club, would you believe they didn't have any seafood on the menu because the manager didn't think it was a good idea. A beach resort with no seafood. Go figure.

I personally prefer Bohol to Boracay, and Palawan to Bohol - Bohol is nice but the fact that it resides on a major fault line plus all they seem to have done since the last Earthquake is sweep up a bit, the idea of retiring there (Bohol) has waned slightly. Not been there since pre covid though, so they may have done a bit of building work since.

[sakik2024]

On my last night, I was the only guest at the hotel. This is as quiet as I’ve seen the Island for a long time. Less than 1,000 foreign tourists per day.

[sakik2024]

Picked the right week for Boracay!

 

 

[sakik2024]

Booked 2 more visits in September and 1 in October. Trying different hotels in stations 2 and 3 at the same price. One has a pool and free breakfast. I am reluctant to stay in station 2 as it's the heart of the action although more bikinis never hurts? 

I know a few local ladies so it's all good, rain or shine. 

October hotel to be determined at a later date. 

[Yesitisdakid]

Fantastic report thanks for the update I was over there once and stayed at the Red Coconut I splashed out a lot of cash it was a special holiday expensive to get laid over there I guess with Filipino Cupid it's a little more affordable the freelancers were asking stupid money

[sakik2024]

2 hours ago, Yesitisdakid said:

 expensive to get laid over there I guess with Filipino Cupid it's a little more affordable the freelancers were asking stupid money

Aside from the local girls, those living on the mainland such as Kalibo, Catticlan, and Roxas are very lonely and without foreigners. They really have no option but to travel to Boracay. The girls working on Boracay have very little choice so it's either Filipinos or tourists. 

I prefer the mainland girls when they arrive with luggage as it's a sure thing, from a male's perspective.