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Boracay - December 1998 |
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I had the good fortune of visiting Boracay when it was still one of the "10 Best Beaches In The World." It's powdery white sand was blindingly bright at mid-day and it was the archetypical tropical paradise. One of my best friends accompanied me on the trip and it was one of the best vacations of my life. All of these photos are scans, since digital cameras weren't very big, back then. |
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The fastest way to Boracay is to take a dodgey twin-turboprop to a dirt landing strip at Caticlan, then take a ferry across the Tabon Strait to the landings. |
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This is the famed 4km-long White Beach on Boracay Island's western side. |
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These young kids flagged us down as we rode our mopeds along the interior of the island. They offered to take us spelunking at the Bat Cave. |
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And this is one of the famed Boracay sunsets as viewed from White Beach. |
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This is the entrance to the Bat Cave. We followed our guides down 100 feet of slippery rocks into this primeval, hot, smelly hole in the ground and found ourselves in a massive cavern full of bats. As night was falling and we were down to one flashlight, we didn't stick around long. |
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This is Ilig-Iligan Beach on the much less hospitable northeast corner of the island where the trail to the Bat Cave begins. |
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Bond...James Bond. Diving off of Boracay is pretty spectacular although the reefs were severely stressed. We did see a giant clam that was the size of a piano, however. |
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As it sits on the leeward side of the island, the occasional shipwreck can be found on Ilig-Iligan Beach. |
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