PI - Day 9

Since the activities were so cheap on this island – they would have been cheaper had it not been for Holy Week, but still cheap for us, we decided to go all out and hit up some ATVing and kayaking. We were under the impression that the ATV’s tour would take us all over the tiny island, including the “Bat Cave”, but I guess the place has been shut down to tourists recently…. We didn’t find that out until AFTER the tour guide brought us back to the drop off and was like “that’s it, that’s the end of the tour!”






It was a lot of fun to drive to the top of the highest point on the island and see the whole place from the lookout point up there. The lookout point also has quite a few native animals around, sorta like a zoo, so you can see the different creatures of Boracay. The monkey’s were CRAZY, and were so bold towards people, that when I got close to their cage one of them YANKED my sunglasses from my face! It took a few minutes, and some coaxing by the tour guide, to get the glasses back. Luckily, they were still in one piece, minus a few teeth marks here and there.

that's as close as i got to the bat!!!!

We then cruised over to a place where they had butterflies and bats inside a big net room, kinda set up like a greenhouse or nursery. Here we got to get up close and personal with the native butterflies and fruit bats of Boracay… Eric was even man enough to hold one from his arm! I could tell he was trying hard to not be scared of the thing. That was the closest we got to the Bat Cave. If I would have known that was the end of our encounter with the bats, I would have held one too. But I was thinking I was gonna be swarmed by bats in the Bat Cave later on our tour! Oh well! It was still fun.
After the ATVing, we were hot and sweaty so we took and dip in the ocean and went kayaking. The green algae close to the shore of the beach (happens around this time of year) got in the way of our pictures…once you go in about 15 feet or so it disappears and you see the clear blue water.

This was the first night when it got real crazy on the beach during Holy Week. The beach was covered with foreigners and locals (unlike the 2 nights before so we got lucky) and parties at every hotel. We partied it up and people-watched.

the men aren't holding hands in this picture, it just looks like it!