Another Way to Enjoy Boracay
By Jeffrey Baluyot

BORACAY DURING THE LEAN SEASON? WHY NOT!

Night parties, overflowing drinks, too much crowd, polluted shoreline, and so on are the prevailing comments we see (or hear) referring to the famous island of Boracay nowadays. This is not so surprising since the island has become one of the most, if not the top, prominent tourist destination in the country over the years. Just like any other now-commercialized tourist destination islands, Boracay was once a quiet and more picturesque island than it is today. I can definitely and personally attest to that owing to my first ever Boracay experience that can be dated back to 1999.

Roughly, fourteen years after my first visit. I took my wife, and I decided to have our 2nd honeymoon there to renew our vows. We were booked for a 4-days, 3-night stay on December 10-13, 2013. A month prior to our travel date, the Philippines was hit by super typhoon 'Yolanda' (Haiyan) where most of the Eastern Visayas Region was hit, including Boracay. Flights were cancelled and guests were stranded for a couple of days. Some of the guests scheduled after the typhoon up until those booked around December, foreign and local, intentionally cancelled their hotel bookings upon seeing how massive the damage was and expecting major rehabilitation and on-going relief operations. And so, I made sure that hotels and commercial establishments were up and running before we came. I kept on trying to recall the vivid memory I had in Boracay when I first came to visit. It's a bit hard but one thing's for sure: I cannot, in any way, remember any resorts and restaurants just right along the shore line. In a normal pace, December would have been a peak season in Boracay but because of the typhoon, we were lucky to have witnessed what Boracay is like during the lean season.

I was looking for the "crowded and polluted shoreline" side of Boracay which I had seen countless times in the news and in Facebook. I was, in a way, frustrated because I saw it myself that Boracay was not as exploited as how they portray it to be. There were only a few people and it was peaceful, and the water was so clear. The beach was still picturesque just the way I remembered it fourteen years ago.

After more than a year I had, once again, an opportunity to go to Boracay, this time together with my growing family. Around first week of April 2015 when my wife was four months pregnant, I had a chance to see Boracay on a peak season. So, again the beach was filled with a plethora of beach going vacationers. All frolicking on the white sand of the beach by day and partying in one of the many night clubs and bars at night.

Don't get me wrong I still had a blast with my family and friends but I can't help but yearn for the peace and quiet I enjoyed on my second visit back in 2013. So I guess visiting Boracay island during the lean season from the first week of June until the last week of October, might not be a bad idea.

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6 places you have to visit before you die

6 places you have to visit before you die 

1.  Daring Tourists flock to Trolltunga, Norway to stand on the edge of this knee-knocking ledge.

Formed 10,000 years ago, Trolltunga is a popular destination for adrenaline junkies. The famous rock formation juts out 700 meters on top of Ringedalsvatnet Lake.
Many tourists have posed on the edge of the rock for knee-knocking selfies. There are not any railings at the ultimate viewpoint, however so far there are no fatalities.

 

 2. Lake Hillier, Australia
THINK PINK: Lake Hillier stays this color all year spherical
While everybody else flocks to Ayers Rock and also the great barrier reef, you should venture off the beaten track to Lake Hillier.
The pink saline lake in western australia is 600 meters long and 250 meters wide. the reason for its rosy hue has not been discovered, but it's believed to be caused by algae.

 

3. Mendenhall Ice Caves, Alaska
The Mendenhall Ice Caves are located under the mendenhall glacier close to Juneau.

The beautiful ice caves are located under the 12-mile long mendenhall glacier close to juneau. {they square measure|they're} only accessible to daring adventurers who are willing to kayak to the placement and ice climb over the glacier.

4. The Cenotes de Yucatan are a maze of underwater caves in Mexico: 

This network of underwater caves is that the ideal scuba diving location. The crystal clear water is usually free of particulate, which suggests visibility is wonderful.

5. Great Blue Hole in Belize is one of the best diving spots in the world

A popular diving destination, Belize's famous Blue Hole is 124 meters deep. located close to lighthouse Reef, it is a great place to snorkel or scuba dive as the hole is rich with sea creatures.

6. The Grand Prismatic Spring, Wyoming is that the third largest hot spring in the world.

This might look like an alien landscape, but it's really the biggest hot spring in the us and the third biggest within the world.
The unique colouring comes from pigmented bacteria that grows round the edges of the outflow.

Man spent 25 years in this cave – you won't believe what's inside

 A man spent 25 years in a cave

A man spent twenty five years fully isolated from the world, but what he did inside this cave will take your breath away.
With only his dog for company, artist Ra Paulette spent a quarter of a century making a number of the most beautiful design you'll ever see.
Inside this cave deep in the Northern deserts of new mexico are a number of the most intricate caverns and cave carvings within the world.

Ra spent unnumberable hours every day carving and shaping the sand stone into blotchy art.
"When you're doing something you like, and are drawn to that. you would like to do it all the time," he said.
And after twenty five years of scraping and digging, he has unveiled his attractive work.

 Over the years the artist has created a dozen of these carved caves using the method he calls the "dance of digging".
 
When talking about what he hopes people would take away from his art, he said: "At least a moment or a length of time during which they'd a deeper feeling and deeper understanding of themselves and life." 
But Ra is not the only many who has enjoyed time living during a rocky home.
From the outside it looks like a sheer cliff side, but within it's all the furnishings of a regular house.

Inside his cave abode there's a sully-functioning kitchen, a bedroom, running water, WiFi and underground heating.

Angelo, 38, spent 1,000 back-breaking hours transforming the historic cave in Wyre Forest, worcestershire.
 Ra uses the natural light which spills into the caves as inspiration for his work.