{"id":1175,"date":"2015-08-27T13:49:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T13:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2015-08-27T13:54:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T13:54:38","slug":"5-things-to-do-in-wet-wet-boracay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/5-things-to-do-in-wet-wet-boracay\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things to do in wet, wet Boracay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7448\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain3.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain3\" width=\"642\" height=\"855\" \/><\/a> Yes, we\u2019ve all heard the hype \u2013 this is supposedly <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/12\/02\/travel\/boracay-best-beaches\/\" target=\"_blank\">one of the best beaches in the world<\/a>. And in so many ways, the hype is well-deserved. On a sunny day (think summer), everything here can be \u2013 in a word \u2013 beauteous. Long stretches of beaches with sugar-fine, sugar-white sand? Check. Blue waters that stretch as far as the eyes can see, seemingly reflecting the blue skies above? Check. Palm trees swaying with the lazy bombarding of the wind, creating almost poetic hush-hush sounds that could lull people into a trance? Check. Sunsets that could rival, say, Laguna de Bay\u2019s? Check. Clich\u00e9s abound when you\u2019re here at the right time. But that\u2019s exactly it: Boracay is at its best ONLY when visited at the right time. Visit the famed island when the sun isn\u2019t (always) out, and you\u2019re in for a (horrible) surprise. Algae coating the shores, turning everything into mossy green, thereby easily making jokes about E. coli bacteria believable? Check. Overflowing sewerage system, with the water (that\u2019s often stinking of\u2026 something shitty) overflowing on walkways, making passing them difficult? Check. Too expensive stuffs to use to protect yourself from the rain? Check. Rubbish finding their way on the shore? Check.. This is not to say there aren\u2019t things you can do when here when the time isn\u2019t perfect. Boracay, after all, is Boracay. And so here are five things you can do when in Boracay in the rain\u2026 \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7449\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain8.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain8\" width=\"642\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Get wet.<\/strong> You can take a dip, sure \u2013 but only if you\u2019re a good swimmer. The waves of Boracay can get quite high, so caution needs to be taken when going for a swim when the weather isn\u2019t that good. But you can also get wet in the rain. Try walking from Station 3 to Station 1; or even beyond, to Diniwid Beach. That way, you get to enjoy the beach with not-that-many people; and even get to see Boracay with a different \u201clens\u201d \u2013 i.e. a wet one. I\u2019d say it can be poetically beautiful\u2026 if you\u2019re willing to give it a go. Now, concerned about the stuff you have with you? Resorts willingly hand out plastics to wrap them with, so don\u2019t be shy to ask. Otherwise, buy water protections before going to Boracay (e.g. those mobile phone \u201cwrappers\u201d, disposable raincoats, and even umbrellas) as they could be costly when bought there (and when they know you are in dire need of it).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7450\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain2.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain2\" width=\"642\" height=\"855\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7451\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain4.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain4\" width=\"642\" height=\"855\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7452\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain9.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain9\" width=\"642\" height=\"855\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pig out.<\/strong> Afraid of getting wet? Stay indoors. But don\u2019t sulk (Oh, please, don\u2019t!). Instead, try the goodies that the island has to offer \u2013 e.g. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zuzuni.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zuzuni<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0choco lava mud cake; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RealCoffeeAndTeaCafe\" target=\"_blank\">Real Coffee &amp; Tea Caf\u00e9<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<em>calamansi<\/em> muffin. Boracay isn\u2019t THAT big; but for such a \u201csmall\u201d place, it does have gustatory offerings waiting to be discovered\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7453\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain12.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain12\" width=\"642\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Check new venues.<\/strong> When on the island, there are two \u201cvenues\u201d that can be checked out \u2013 1) the \u201cnatural\u201d offerings of the place (that is, aside from the known and even abused White Beach), and 2) the \u201cman-made\u201d destinations on the island. While it is easy to lambast Boracay, particularly for those whose exposure to the island is largely limited to the stretch of the White Beach, a little-known fact about this place is the availability of other beaches here. These beaches have yet to be touched by corporate greed, and so are worth discovering indeed. Among those worth considering are: A) Yapak Beach (better known as Puka Shell Beach), an 800-meter-long stretch of glistening white sand on Boracay&#8217;s northern tip; B) Bulabog Beach, an eight-kilometer-long beach on the eastern side of the island; C) Ilig Iligan Beach, located in the upper north eastern tip of the island near Yapak Beach; and D) the open-to-the-public Banyugan Beach, which is actually the &#8220;private beach&#8221; (a misnomer since shores can&#8217;t be &#8220;private&#8221;) of Shangri-La in Boracay. Now, sick of the beach (even if you actually went to the beach!)? No worries. This place has venues worth checking \u2013 e.g. the island\u2019s first elevator (made of bamboo at that) at <a href=\"http:\/\/namiresorts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nami Beach Resort<\/a>\u00a0in Diniwid Beach (beyond Station 1); three-floor <em>tambayan<\/em> (hangout place) of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boracaytreehouse.com.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\">TreeHouse Restaurant<\/a> (this one is for sale, so check out while it&#8217;s there) in Station 3; <em>et cetera. <\/em>Again, just be willing to get wet and take a walk by the beach to see everything that this part of the island has to offer\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7454\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain5.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain5\" width=\"642\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Try wind-abusing sports activities \u2013 or any new activities, for that matter. <\/strong>Consider their existence as proof of how over-developed the island is \u2013 but nowadays, you can do just about anything that tickles your fancy (and that you can afford, of course). Reverse bungee. Parasailing. Wakeboarding. Windsurfing. Kitesurfing. Heck, you can even be a mermaid for\u2026 30 minutes \u2013 you just have to be willing to cough up P700 to \u201cfulfill your dreams\u201d, as the flier of the costume shop states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7461\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain11.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain11\" width=\"642\" height=\"855\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stay indoors\u2026 to party.<\/strong> Now, if you are \u201cfamiliar\u201d with the <a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/pink-nights-in-boracay\/\" target=\"_blank\">party scene of Boracay<\/a> (C\u2019mon, you can admit it!), you\u2019d understand me for saying that everything on this island is\u2026 fickle. This place seems so used to what\u2019s new, that everything just doesn\u2019t last that long. Places of years ago included Bazura and Cocomanga\u2019s (the latter still there, but not as \u201cin\u201d now). Then came Hey! Jude \u2013 eventually dying, too. Epic is in the middle of White Beach now \u2013 though with the crowd thinning, I\u2019m not sure until when. And Juice Bar? Padlocked! And even the locals did not know it just folded. This makes partying on the island a must \u2013 after all, the next time you visit (whether the sun is out or not), everything may have already changed. Now, if you\u2019re willing to throw out some cash, ClubSummerPlace (Station 2), Paraw (Station 1, beside Cocomanga\u2019s) and, yes, Epic (Station 2, at the entry of D\u2019Mall) are still around. The first one has the most number of partygoers; so you may have bigger chances of picking up there. For those who do not believe in paying bars to listen to often not that good music (Plus, hello, this is a beach!), options include the comfy Bamboo Bungalow and rasta-frequented BonBon Bar (both at Station 2). Drinking a bottle of beer by the beach will never, ever be pass\u00e9, I say\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Yes, the flights are cheaper. The accommodation is cheaper, too. So even if your flight may be cancelled because of the bad weather; or you can be redirected to Kalibo (meaning you have to take a two-hour land trip before reaching Caticlan, where you catch the ferry to Boracay), going to this famed island during rainy days may still be worth it. You just have to have a different way of looking at being there\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7455\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain7.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain7\" width=\"642\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7456\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain10.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain10\" width=\"642\" height=\"855\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7457\" src=\"http:\/\/outragemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Boracay-in-the-rain6.jpg\" alt=\"Boracay in the rain6\" width=\"642\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with all the hype about Boracay Island, this isn\u2019t always the best place \u2013 particularly during the rainy season. But that shouldn\u2019t discourage you. Because \u201ceven if your flight may be cancelled because of the bad weather; or you can be redirected to Kalibo (meaning you have to take a two-hour land trip before reaching Caticlan, where you catch the ferry to Boracay), going to this famed island during rainy days may still be worth it,\u201d says Mikee dela Cruz. \u201cYou just have to have a different way of looking at being there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,7],"tags":[703,702,701,704],"class_list":["post-1175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","category-spotlight","category-travel","tag-aklan","tag-boracay-in-the-rain","tag-boracay-island","tag-kalibo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1178,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175\/revisions\/1178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}