Puerto Galera

The summer has been quite eventful but mostly it’s because of my freelance work for TravelCom. So just to break the cycle we planned a trip with my friend Mike and hubby’s best friend Irwin along with hubby’s family to Puerto Galera. We’ve booked reservations at one of my favorite hotels Apartelle de Francesca. We spent the first day doing absolutely nothing but rest. We barely left the hotel except for when we went out for dinner and drinks in the evening.

I was entertaining to watch the ever so talented fire dancers of Galera. Summer meant that every beach front bar was competing in terms of entertainment and booze quality. And since we’ve been a frequent visitor of the island we knew where to go. Miko’s bar updated their entertainment with a gay cabaret which is mostly hilarious. The drinks are still top notched and as always, the bar turns into a disco club after 11 PM. Hubby was not feeling well so he ditched us after dinner and it was just me, Mike, Irwin and Irwin’s unexpected female guest. All in all though, the night out was great; we all got a little tipsy as we drank a ton of booze, especially me and Mike. So cool down, we all jumped in the pool the minute we got back to the hotel. Sleep was immediately achieved after a cold shower.

The next day was a bit more eventful. We were supposed to ride a banana boat but since we are a couple of people short we just decided to try the crazy UFO. All I can about is, once is enough, never again. We continued to explore the beach and ended up getting henna tattoos. The rest of the day was spent exploring the beach and swimming until we were all tired. We all ate a ton at dinner after which, we went out for another round of exploring the island’s nightlife. I was not as great as the previous night. “Someone” had a tantrum and walked out in the middle of drinks. It was total BS. We still tried to have fun after the drama but I just couldn’t. So we drank a ton of booze in a shorter amount of time and went back to the hotel earlier than we had planned.

The morning after was annoying. I woke up pissed! I keep it in though as there are other people in the vicinity who would be alarmed. I eventually let it go as the trip was about to end anyway and we are on our way back to MNL. The trip was mostly pleasant but an unfortunate part of the trip was that the unexpected guest got to everyone’s nerves. But since she’s new to the group everybody opted to be polite. We all aired our grievances to Irwin when the coast was clear but it the trip was already over when we did. Oh well. At least it was mostly good. Now off top Boracay for my last summer trip assignment!!