Day 16 - Boracay (Philipenes) - A sailing we will go

SAIL AWAY WITH ME! Decided it might be nice and relaxing to go out on a catermeran (excuse spelling)... our hotel pointed us in the direction of "Charlie" but his boat was being repaired (he was shaping a new piece of bamboo to create a new out rigger pole)... so he put us onto someone else and ensured we didn't get ripped off. It was too windy apparently to go all the way around the island, and after getting onto one out rigger almost straight away, I'm glad we didn't go behind the island! The idea was to do some snorkelling as well (an idea I should have communicated better with the skipper since he didn't have any snorkels on board). None the less it was a relaxing and beautiful boat trip... he even convinced us to go on a proper snorkelling trip around the whole island the next day. That night we decided to venture down to the 'hip' end of the beach... the end with all the lights and music (strangely even though all the rest of the island loses it's power regularly it never seems to). It is quite the party island down that end... we ended up wondering a bit away from it and had dinner at a 'Movie' restaraunt... much to my dissapointment, it wasn't like Thailand where they play a dodgy movie while you eat... instead they had a naff menu with options like "Arnold Swarchnegger Sandwich" etc (so we settled for an Indian Jones steak sandwich or something i think, and it was suprisingly tasty!).

LESSON FOR THE DAY: Always check if snorkels are provided when going snorkelling!