If you find that going to Boracay from Dumaguete takes forever ,try going to the Boracay of Panglao ,only one hour and a half by fast craft plus another 25 minutes by land. The beach is almost as fine and not quite as white but long enough for beach combing.
Panglao Island is a two municipality island connected to Bohol mainland by a land bridge. Dauis is the first municipalit ,where the Panglao Nature Island Resort is located and which I wrote lengthily about last week. Panglao is the second municipality of the island and it is on the western end, which explains the white beaches which are longer than those found on the eastern side.
The sea , rivers , lagoons , creeks and fishponds have always been part of me ever since I can remember.
Even before I learned how to walk ,my past time was to sit by myself on a maguey mat on the beach staring out into the sea. Unbelievably immobile in the vastness of the sea and sky ,my brothers tell me that my parents would move the mat farther from the water as the tide came in. No I have no memories of it, but I do have a photo to prove the blissful moments on that maguey mat on the beach
At this time of the year when typhoons come one after the other with the Southwest Monsoon or Habagat , the best place to be is the Panglao Island Nature Park.
Pretty sheltered from the monsoon wind , the water is placid, ideal for swimming or just dipping for that salt water cleansing you long wished to have. You can be out all night in the beach without fear of being blown away by the strong Southwest Monsoon
