hala bora! hala bora!

there must be something they could do about that lumot on the beach. its so bad now. swimming out to sea makes you really feel like a fish in an aquarium, one that hasnt been cleaned in a long time. sheesh.

im imagining a huge trawler that sweeps the beach instead of catching fish every morning. please.

i was here for the first time in 1989, almost 20years ago. i was a toddler then. JOKE. seriously, boracay was still a tourist secret. not too many people knew about it but it has been making the backpacker's buzz circles. i had a chance to visit iloilo then. i saw an acquaintance there and we decided to extend and explore that island called boracay. we went to roxas city first where a friend of his was based. and that friend eventually liked me and he took me to his hut by the sea and then gave me a mind-blowing blowjob as the night breeze blew and the waves crashed the shore and... oh sorry that's a different story.

back to bora in 89. totally virginal at that time. imagine all that stretch of white sand with just a few makeshift bars and restos, and lodging nipa huts. there were more caucasians than pinoys. and everybody was saying hello and greeting each other. ladies were doing topless everywhere.

so no huge resort complexes (some hideously designed). no buffet dinners. no jetski, parasailing or banana boat trips. it was really the beach as pristine and as pure. so you went here to bathe in the sea, lie on the sand and read a book when it gets too hot. and enjoy your beer as you chat with some nice new friends, comparing countries and cultures.

of course you now go to bora for a lot of other reasons. the sand remains white and flour-like but the lumot is such a damper. i still go to bora less for the sand and the sunset but more for the people.

the favorite past time is watching people pass by, as they walk by, as they get dark sunbathing and get drunk at club paraw. its all about seeing and being seen.

it's amazing how kids have changed. barely in their teens, the girls are so scantily clad. they are with their boyfriends, some of whom are so conscious of how they look, too. (im sure!!!) and bora is an excuse to be 'different'. to go around with a tatoo, dreadlocks, barely-there beachwear. and to drink beer and blowjobs at 3pm.

nightlife remains hot. and that's what draws you to it. suddenly those snobs in manila are nice and friendly. and more often than not, you'll get to meet nice people and PLU's from visayas and mindanao. MAN. where have they been hiding! makes you wanna sponsor their ticket and their schooling in manila as trophies! hehehe

that;s why i still come here. despite all the bad publicity. i like bora now for different reasons. but in my head, i could still enjoy a pure and pristine bora... in the middle of the crowd.