“The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.”― Wyland, Marine Life Artist.<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/GR4EKtiy.jpg">长滩岛的白沙海滩多次被旅游杂志评选为世界最美的十大海滩之一,并有几次名列榜首。这次出差日程确定以后,霹雳猫和同事A和K就开始准备周末去长滩岛的行程。长滩岛很小,长约七公里宽约四公里,岛的形状像一个狗骨头。因为岛很小,没有机场。从马尼拉去长滩岛需要坐飞机到Panay岛。可以选择飞Kalibo机场或者是Caticlan机场。Caticlan机场虽然离长滩岛很近但是航班极其有限。霹雳猫和同事定了周五晚上七点飞Kalibo 机场的飞机,Kalibo机场比较远,可是航班选择多。很多国际游客从亚洲国家可以直飞这里。到Kalibo机场后要开七十多公里山路到Caticlan 码头(据说要两个小时),再乘坐15分钟的渡船到长滩岛的码头,再坐十分钟的汽车,最后再走五分钟就到达位于二区的Boracay district酒店了。霹雳猫和同事商定下班后从办公室直接去马尼拉机场。出发前在办公室和一位菲律宾同事聊天,他听了霹雳猫的行程后,有点为她们担心因为:<div>(1)她们乘坐的Cebu Pacific 航空公司经常会晚点;</div><div>(2)走夜路不安全。好在她们到达Kalibo机场后,酒店会有专人来接机,并会安排专车,专船的一条龙服务服务。这样风险系数似乎降低了很多。到达菲律宾后,一同工作的本地人听了她们的行程后,建议她们改乘周五下午的飞机。霹雳猫,A, 还有K采纳了建议。向老板请假时保证绝对不会因为这个行程而耽误工作的进程,并主动加班加点,老板被感动,批准了她们改乘下午三点一刻的飞机。不幸的是正赶上了台风过境,已经复杂的行程又增添几分不确定元素。自出发前的晚上看到了高速路扛行李狂奔的情景,她们在中午12点离开办公室后,便直奔机场。周五中午堵车不是问题,可是出门的人实在太多。看看,还没进机场的检票大厅呢,队伍已排到了门外:<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/d9LRckL4.jpg">本以为Cebu Pacific在三号大厅,进门后,才知道是四号大厅,而且距离远要坐车过去。Cebu Pacific的工作人员司空见惯的带着她们到另外一个屋子去等shuttle。哈哈,犯同样错误的人还不少,至少有30几个人同时上了shuttle。四号大厅像是简易的平板房。不像大多数机场那样宽敞。不过,机场内提供价廉物美的按摩服务。还有祷告的神龛(大约80%的菲律宾人口是天主教徒)。在准备买午饭时,轰隆贯耳的劈劈拉拉声忽然响彻大厅,没有窗户看不到外面,是超大型飞机在附近起降?可声音持续不断,才意识到是暴雨落在房顶的声音。持续了很久,很久。看不到外面,听到的除了是如雷贯耳的雨声还有菲律宾口音很重的航班取消的通知。从一点半起,所有的航班表开始变成取消或晚点。3:15的飞机被延迟到4:35。可是已经四点一刻了,还没有登机的通知。实际上,那时霹雳猫已经不抱什么希望了。探头到登机口几次,外面根本就没看到飞机。好奇的查了下Cebu Pacific官方网站,发现她们的航班显示的是已经正点到达。晕!终于明白为什么酒店要求她出发前发短信给他们。到五点半了,还是没有变化。霹雳猫闲的无聊开始查看信用卡公司的旅游保险金额和条款,确认如果她取消这个行程,经济方面应该是不会有大的损失的,便开始打退堂鼓。想到到Kalibo 机场后还有很长一段路,如果再有任何差错,会不会措手不及?可是A的朋友已经从新加坡飞到了长滩岛,当时正在那里等着她哪。六点半了,其它公司有登机迹象了。霹雳猫和A&K便轮流着去Cebu Pacific的柜台去询问最新消息。霹雳猫意识到,她们三个人是大厅里最活跃的三个人,几百个人坐满了拥挤的大厅似乎对晚点已经司空见惯,大家都是耐心的等着。快到八点了,终于可以登机了。大概是酬谢大家五个小时的耐心等待吧,每人一盒方便面一瓶矿泉水。看着本地人淳朴满足的的笑脸,霹雳猫也淡定了好多。第一次坐螺旋桨飞机。<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2016/01/26/cGNaS3Wc.jpg">可爱的logo:CebuPacific的服务还是不错的。<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2016/01/26/J0vnjUpH.jpg">一个小时后,霹雳猫顺利的到达Kalibo.酒店的接待人员带领她们上了专车。专车司机带领她们上了等在那里的渡船,专车,然后带着她们在半夜十二点前到了District酒店。周六早晨,凭窗远眺:<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/M2RvyX6z.jpg">走出酒店,对面便是沙滩。风很大。</div><div><img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2016/01/26/fhcAMNQc.jpg"></div><div>海水清澈透明,沙滩平缓,最适合戏水跳浪。光脚踏在白沙上,沙子绵绵的,软软的,很舒服。<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/PCgVsH0z.jpg">圣母岩:<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/mUX9UAr4.jpg">更多的海滩照片:<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/RdEnmsTz.jpg"> 晚上约好和朋友们去香格里拉的海鲜餐厅。霹雳猫本打算走路过去,可是在海滩上走不过去,因为海滩没有连在一起。好吧,试试从后面绕过去。在白沙海滩上,全是度假村,饭店,没有觉得和中国,台湾的沿海度假区,或是夏威夷有太大的区别。走到度假村的后面,霹雳猫看到的是又矮,又破,又旧的危房。街上没有人。霹雳猫走出三四百米左右,几个龌龊的男人从矮墙中露出头,对她嬉皮笑脸的打招呼。霹雳猫转身奔回海滩后,松了口气。跑步真好,关键时刻可以自保。虽然香格里拉提供免费shuttle,但是好奇的霹雳猫决定入乡随俗,坐三轮车,当地最普通的交通工具。District酒店的门童很可爱,他告诉霹雳猫,三轮车的价格应是60peso。第一辆过来的三轮车司机要价200,霹雳猫还价60peso。司机二话没说脚踩油门在废气中消失了。霹雳猫意识到60peso应是本地人的价格。想到他们的生活实际也挺艰苦的,何必和他们计较几块钱呢?!拦了第二辆三轮车,霹雳猫也没还价,就上去了。二十多分钟后到达香格里拉。香格里拉和外界是完全隔离的。有自己的海滩和娱乐项目。本打算走到普卡 海滩去看日落。到了香格里拉后,看到乌云滚滚而来,就近躲到了一个室外酒吧。<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/ovmzOkk5.jpg">风越来越大,雨点噼里啪啦的打了进来。酒吧吧台是圆形的,霹雳猫走到离海滩直线距离最远的位置,风夹带着沙子还是会打在脸上,很痛。霹雳猫转身背对着风,可是风越刮越猛,忽然,吧台上的酒杯酒瓶被刮到了地上,碎了满地。风持续着,霹雳猫觉得自己要被刮倒的感觉,便蹲下身子,坐在圆形吧台的脚垫上。吧台是混凝土建造的很挡风,吧台里的二十几个人随着霹雳猫全部都蹲下了,没有脚垫坐的就蜷缩着和其他人蹲在一起。酒店工作人员知心的送来了热热的大浴巾,擦干身上的雨点和沙粒,再披两条热浴巾在身上,不再觉得冷了。大概半个小时吧,风还在刮,但已经不那么猛烈了,雨已经停了。<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/UN4NgcNz.jpg">霹雳猫走出了酒吧,和朋友去海鲜餐厅碰面。<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/r6L0H5e5.jpg"><img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/XosdaWGz.jpg">晚饭后,等shuttle时,台风又刮起来了,这次香格里拉供电系统停止了工作,至少有五分钟。<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/uF9rBP85.jpg">周日早晨,霹雳猫本打算在海边跑步,出去十分钟不到就被浇回来了。鞋子里灌满了水,跑起来很不舒服。半小时后雨停了,不过没有跑鞋,便再到海滩赤脚散步,然后到海里戏浪。中午12点,开始返程。回程飞机晚点只有三个半小时。到达马尼拉酒店已是晚上九点多了。<img src="/upload/OutlinkImg/2015/12/10/0YRD4HzA.jpg">此次行程很短很辛苦,没有玩的尽兴,不过是一个独特的经历。霹雳猫有生第一次经历了台风过境,而且是两次,在同一天。在长滩岛的一天半, 霹雳猫七次被突如其来的暴风雨搞的措手不及。不过戏浪,游泳,在海边慢跑发呆还是满放松的。下次和太阳狗一起游长滩,霹雳猫会选择在旱季去 (菲律宾属季风型热带雨林气候,高温、多雨、湿度大、6月到11月台风多。菲律宾只有两个季节:每年从11月到次年4月是旱季,5月到10月是雨季。)这样,喜欢冒险的太阳狗可以尽兴的玩不同的水上运动。下面是菲律宾同事在出发前发给霹雳猫的建议,还是有帮助的。在此和xdjm共享:Boracay may be crowded. Next week, therell be a few holidays, and its expected that more people will troop in. Hopefully, since its past summer, it should not be "that" bad. The primary tourist groups in Boracay are the Chinese, then the Koreans, the local tourists, followed by the Europeans, and then the Americans.In order to enjoy Boracay, you should plan ahead what you want to do and save time. First thing first, have enough local currency to bring there, but please do not carry much more than you can risk to lose. Youll be moving a lot on the way, and in Boracay. Exhange rate in Boracay is not favorable, and youll definitely not want to pay in dollars. ATM may also be scarce. Just bring what youll need to enjoy a vacation.Foods a little pricier than in Metro Manila. Just bring a card or two. Leave some of your things behind, including laptop, tablets, etc. Photocopy your passport and leave a copy in your hotels safe. This will be a for "just-in-case" scenario. If you can, bring/carry a waterproof bag, for your camera, phone, papers, etc., it may save you a headache. Expect that you can get wet along the way. Travel light. Carry enough sun protection.The locals will be friendly, sometimes overtly, especially beware of people offering services, company, etc. just waive them off, theyll be annoyingly following you, but ignore them. Learn to distinguish locals and local tourists. If you must ask help, inquire from local tourists, and NOT from locals. Best to inquire from local tourists, and seek the service you want (transport, etc.) yourself. Haggle. Quoted rates for foreign tourists are usually much higher, so itll pay to ask from local tourists and compare. These local tourists are usually friendlier, and theyll actually be more helpful to foreign tourists. For food, if youre prone to gastrointestinal problems, make sure you order bottled water. It need not be Evian, Absolute, Wilkins are the known distilled water producers here. Be aware when ordering food by the gram (usually seafoods), ask the waiter first to confirm how much grams hell be cooking. Again, tipping is optional in this place, but unlike in Metro Manila, tipping is EXPECTED here. A tip of P200-300 ($4-6) per group meal (NOT per person) should be more than enough.Now, nighttime is where Boracay really comes alive. If you must drink, drink in group,but make sure that at least one will be sober enough just for safetys sake. Beware of offered drinks. Never offer, nor tell anyone where youre staying.Lastly, enjoy! Again, Boracay should be a safe place, and some people there may take advantage of tourists, but a little confidence, and acting like a local tourist (street smart) will make the short stay a pleasure. <span id="sceditor-end-marker" class="sceditor-selection sceditor-ignore" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"> </span><span id="sceditor-start-marker" class="sceditor-selection sceditor-ignore" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"> </span></div>