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Boracay: Day Three

Our Saturday started early. The island hopping tour would start at 8:00AM. By 7:45AM, we are already on our way to Crystal Cove, Crocodile Island and Puka Beach. Our tour guide is Eli.

Crocodile Island

Crocodile Island is good for snorkeling. From afar, the island looks like a crocodile, thus, the name. Since my niece and I are not in our swmisuits, snorkeling is out of the question.

Crystal Cove

Our first stop is Crystal Cove. This island has two caves which tourists can enter and see a big crystal formation sitting in the middle of the cave.

One has to go down a series of steps to enter the first cave. Once in, you'll be in awe by what you will see inside, as the waves splashes along the caves walls. In the middle of the cave is a formation of crystals, a small mound with a big oval made of crystals on top.

The second cave would require you to wade through the water to reach the mouth of the cave. Once there, you have to crawl on all fours to reach whatever it is at the end of the cave/tunnel. Started to do just that, then my muscles ached. Have to go back. According to the kids who were ahead of me, what they saw is a bridge made of crystals.

Puka Beach

Our next stop should have been Crocodile Island. Because of the waves and because we have no plans of snorkeling, agreed to proceed to Puka Beach. Here, we would be having our lunch. Puka Beach is a good site for diving and snorkeling. We had crabs, prawns and chicken barbecue for lunch. While waiting for our food, several vendors are showing their wares. Mostly necklaces and bracelets made of shells and pearls. We got good price as we are their buena mano. When another couple went inside the restaurant, the vendors are quoting them five or six times higher than what they gave us. (Guess, although they are Filipino, they don't know how to speak Tagalog, making them a rich local tourist.)

Banana Boat

After the tour, dropped by again the fishermen's store so that my niece can buy a pasalubong for her dad. We got another discount on our purchases! c",)

Rested for a while, watched Star Mandarin in cable TV and took a banana boat ride around 4:30PM. A couple joined us in this activity. All other banana boats we passed by tipped over their passengers. We must be good in balancing as we never fell in the water during the entire ride (or is it because we told the one driving the speed boat not do so..? hehehe!).

Since it would be the last sunset we would be experiencing at Boracay, stayed at the beach for a while, taking some shots of its awesome beauty...

posted by ~GFA~ @ 5/06/2006 11:51:00 AM