Day 277: Boracay-Bound

Well it's official! I will be spending Christmas and New Year's Eve 2005 in Boracay!

AND I COULDN'T BE MORE THRILLED!!

Our tickets arrived in the mail today, and so that means that myself, Addie, and Katie will be spending our holiday break in a place that almost every year is named "the world's most perfect tropical beach." I've been dreaming of visiting Boracay since July and now it's finally gonna happen!

For those of you who aren't familiar with it, here's a brief run-down. Boracay is a tiny island (7 km.long, only 1km. wide at its narrowest point) in the Philippines and is one of Asia's most popular beach resorts. It's most famous for its White Beach - 4 km. of pure white sands, swaying palms, and turquoise waters. It sounds like absolute heaven, and will be the perfect escape from cold frigid wintery Korea.

The plane ticket there wasn't cheap, but accommodation, food, and entertainment on the island is supposed to be pretty inexpensive. I plan on doing some snorkelling and swimming, hiking and seadoing, some serious partying, and mainly just spending endless hours relaxing on that perfect beach. God it's gonna be amazing!!

To tease and tempt you, I've included three links to some spectacular photo galleries of Boracay. Check 'em out, and feel free to drool. ;-)

http://www.boracayisland.org/photos.shtml

http://www.boracayonline.com/gallery/scenery.html

http://www.tourism.gov.ph/explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=famousefor&province=98