1. It's a 10-15-minute boat ride to Borawan Island.
2. Almost all the structures go with the resort's tropical theme.
3. Despite the resort being situated on a hillside, it's beside a barangay, so you have easy access to supplies.
4. You can pitch a tent in the resort if you're on a budget, or if you just feeling a bit adventurous.
5. The resort owner's accommodating. She had us join another group bound for Borawan Island, so we could share the cost with them.
Disadvantages:
1. The beach. I've chattered endlessly about this.
2. There are a lot of mosquitoes in the area. The resort addresses this by providing giant mosquito nets which their staff members offer to put up at dusk.
3. The resort's proximity to a barangay is also a downside. Although the resort is fenced and has a gate, the beach is accessible and visible from the barangay, and vice versa, so privacy is kinda an issue.
4. Not good value for money. Back in '09, we paid P6,380 for two people for a three-day two-night stay in the small, non-airconditioned beachside hut.The amount included three meals.
5. Food's nothing special.
Borawan Island. The beach seems to be divided into two sections by that rock behind us.
Borawan Island is a totally different story though. I found its water weird, in a nice way, because of its remarkable gradation (sounds pretentious, I know - bear with me here). The water near the shore is very clear, and it turns to a dark shade of turquoise drastically if go just a tad farther. The color also makes the water look a bit surreal. It gave me the feeling that the abyss is right below.
