Travel Notes of Boracay, Philippines

At present, Boracay has stopped opening to the outside world, so we can't go to Boracay for a long time. Now Bian Xiao will tell you some travel notes about Boracay, which should help you. Let's go and have a look.

apply for a visa

All major Taobao companies have handled it. The fee for one person is 259, which can be processed in less than 2 weeks. The visa for the Philippines is a piece of paper. This must be kept well, not wet and dirty, because people at entry and exit places will check it. If they get wet or dirty, they need to pay a fee of 300 pence, and their visas should be properly kept. The next trip, to Vietnam and Myanmar, depends on this certificate.

air ticket

Because I brought my mother, I mainly consider comfort when choosing a flight. There is no direct flight to Boracay, because the island is very small and needs buses and boats to get there, so there are two kinds of flights, one is domestic transit and the other is international transit. The domestic connecting flight is to Kalibo Airport, and the international connecting flight is to Zlan Airport in Caldi. Compared with these two airports, I think it's better to fly to callipo. It takes 700P for a person to go out of the island, but the flight time is more comfortable and generally there will be no delay. Cadillac needs to transfer to Manila or Cebu first. International connections are troublesome and often delayed, and Manila airport is in chaos. (I heard that a friend was robbed in Manila 1000P)

I chose the route from Beijing special plane to Fuzhou and flew to Caribo. I booked a flight from 65438+ 10/2 to 65438+ 10/9 on Ctrip one month in advance. One person round trip ticket 2383, the price is very reasonable.

Summarize two ways to go to Boracay:

1. Domestic plane-Manila (3.5 hours), Manila-Cardinaland Airport (1 hour), and arrive at the island by car or boat (within 30 minutes).

Advantages: mainly by plane, people with carsickness will be slightly better. Departure tax is not required for departure.

Disadvantages: The interval between trips is usually long. There is a time difference of 7.5 hours between our two flights this time, so we need to find a place to rest.

2. Domestic plane-Kalibo Airport (3.5 hours), by car (2-3 hours), by boat (15 minutes) to the island.

Advantages: you don't have to wait for the second flight, and the whole journey time is shorter (the tour groups are all at this airport).

Disadvantages: 700p is required to leave the country, which is equivalent to 100 RMB departure tax. People with carsickness have to take a long-distance bus.

Because I have to rest for four hours in Fuzhou, I bought the VIP room (of course, if you are a black card, the first class is free)

But I can only rest for 2 hours and drink whatever I want. The most important thing is that there is no warm air conditioning in the south, and the whole airport is very cold. Fortunately, VIP has warm air.

Buy the shuttle bus service on the island.

I also bought it from Taobao. Southwest shuttle bus service includes bus fee, boat fee, hotel fee and environmental tax. It is more convenient to choose the airport shuttle bus and confirm the hotel address.

Buy a local calling card

You can choose to buy a phone card, open international roaming, or buy mobile Wi-Fi. There are many choices. I bought a local calling card with 4G traffic for 7 days, so I can't make a call. I need to charge my battery. The signal is stable. I can change the card locally to activate it. Very convenient. It is also handled in Taobao.

Choose a hotel to stay in

This time, I chose hotels near S 1 Baishatan, which are quiet and comfortable, not far from the bustling city center, and the cost is relatively high. However, the supporting design of the hotel is complete, and the hotel was booked in Ctrip. I booked two hotels for the whole journey, because if I always change hotels, it will be very tiring to check my luggage.

The first one was called henannprime (900 one night in 900 yuan). It had a rich breakfast, a separate swimming pool and was quiet. It stayed for five nights.

Not bad, but there will be ants. This makes me a little uncomfortable. In addition, the hotel is divided into two parts, one is near the beach and the other is near expressway. I checked in late, so I arranged it near the road. Every time you need to go to the seaside, you have to cross the road to a corridor to get to the seaside. This is the only way to have breakfast.

Hennann has many series, and every place is different. There is another one near S2 Commercial Street, which is quite lively. This is quite good, the price is 900. You can choose this if you like excitement. It is not recommended to choose a hotel on the mountain. There are many mosquitoes. Looking back, a girl was covered in red envelopes, which was particularly scary. You'd better bring some mosquito repellent.

The second hotel, THELIND, is better and the price is higher (2500 yuan a night). Next Friday, the hotel is great! I chose the seaside villa. You can see the sea from the window. There is also an endless swimming pool, which is a good place to take pictures.

Because it was 19 when I returned to Fuzhou, I flew to Beijing at 7: 30 the next day, and I was going to book a hotel near Fuzhou airport. The price was close to the people.

Foreign currency

At that time, I exchanged pesos at the Bank of Beijing, and the exchange rate was not very good. You need to make an appointment three days in advance, when the exchange rate was 7.3. But in fact, it's best to exchange it locally, or change it into dollars, because dollars are used almost everywhere, and you can use them next time if you can't spend them. The exchange rate of the local exchange is very high. In S 1 area, taxi drivers will know that the exchange rates in other places are not so high.