Off to Boracay for our mid tour ‘break’. Billed as paradise
the reality was a long drive to the airport, an hour on the plane, an hour and
a half driving and a boat ride to reach the island. This was followed by a cosy
drive in a small van type minibus and a walk to the hotel. If you Google
Boracay you’ll see what we were expecting and in reality the stunning scenery
is set off by a strip of shops (including Starbucks and McDonalds) and music
blaring from stalls along the front.
Children begging along the front remind you that you are
still in a third world country and add that element of guilt at how privileged
we are generally and to be here and treated so well by our hosts.
As with many of the things we do here there was a cloud of
mystery around the plane / check in / airport protocol. The first checkpoint
made sure you weren’t bringing guns into the airport. At check in it was
decided we would not check bags and have two as hand luggage. A quick boarding
pass check and we were in security. Where aerosols and liquids over 100ml were
not allowed. Unless you had two aerosols in which case only one was confiscated
or if you pleaded your case for being able to take shower gel and sun cream in
which case you were told it wouldn’t be allowed next time.
I think we were all relieved at the plane being to quote the
Aussie team ‘a proper size’ having heard some rumours about their airlines and
talk of a ‘small plane’.
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