Tag: <span>boracay</span>

Date: 20th May 2013

Although I told myself I would avoid as many early wake-ups as possible on this Philippines trip, I knew there would be certain days I would have no choice but to wake up at dawn. Today was one such day. Janet and I had to leave together at 6am. I had to be at NAIA Terminal 2 for my 11:45am PAL Express flight to Boracay, and Janet had to be in office by 7:30am.

Once we reached Manila, Janet and I took the MRT to Pasay.

Wow.

The morning rush. I barely had any space to stand, and was squeezed in an awkward position for much of the journey. I was sweating and just hoping Pasay would reach soon. When we did, I got out and stretched for a while to ease my aching back. Then I thanked Janet for hosting me and we said our goodbyes. She took a jeepney to office and I took a jeepney going to the airport.

NAIA Terminal 2 departures — I checked in and hung around upstairs as I still had plenty of time

DHC 8-300 Philippines Airlines plane Manila — When it was time to board the flight, I realized I would be flying one of these — a Bombardier DHC 8-300

Taking off from Manila naia airport — The take off was a bit rattling

Flying over Philippines — But the flight smoothed out later

Aerial view Philippines clouds blue ocean — Philippines looks beautiful above ground just as it does down below

DHC 8-300 engine fan spinning — I played around with the camera’s shutter speed

DHC 8-300 engine fan freeze frame — This is shot at 1/8000th of a second 🙂

Cloud above island Philippines — I love island spotting

Aklan Kalibo island Philippines — It’s barely an hour-long flight to Aklan province

Caticlan beach Philippines — I was excited to visit Boracay

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