For the first time since I started working, I took a birthday leave - yes, now I can afford to take a few days off to celebrate my special day! This year's celebration is quite special, with the whole family taking off to Boracay for the weekend. Not only it is my 30th (eeek, I'm really getting old!) but we've planned this birthday surprise for my mom months ago. She had no idea at all where exactly we were going. We had to tell her though last weekend that we'd be going to the beach to make sure that she packs the right things.
We took the 8:30 am flight on Thursday to kick off our birthday getaway. The little one immediately buckled up and got comfy in his seat...
An hour later, we landed in Caticlan and that's only when my mom found out which resort we will be staying at - can't hide it from her anymore as we were greeted by the staff of Discovery Shores. Suffice to say, the surprise was a success!
From the airport, we took the shuttle to the port where this was waiting for us - our own air-conditioned boat which will take us to the resort...
The moment we were settled in, we were handed cold wet towels, bottled water and cookies for the short ride to the beach. And that's only the start of our well-pampered vacay. A few minutes later, we found ourselves in Boracay-heaven...
We originally wanted to get the 2-bedroom suite but all were booked already for the weekend so we got adjoining junior suites instead.
A foot spa was awaiting us the moment we checked in!
There were also snacks that were refilled everyday...
The little one even got a personalized cupcake!
I'm not a breakfast person but I can't resist the breakfast buffet! To name a few, there were platters of assorted cheese and cold cuts...
breads and muffins...
and my favorite, french toast with bacon and eggs!
I love the chairs out at the beach front. I already have a regular spot where the 'beach butler' (yes, we have a butler!) would drape a towel over the chair and have a cold glass of pandan water ready for me as soon as he sees me coming. This was my view each morning...I could wake up to this everyday!
The water was just perfect...see how blue it is! I could have swam the whole day...
When it's too hot to swim, I just lounge at the beach front with a good book (err, Kindle) and get myself lost in another world...
The pampering continues as the resort staff would go around handing out cold towels, cucumber slices for the eyes, orange slices for the face, chocolate covered fruits, flowers for your hair (seriously!) and get this, they would even spritz water on your face to refresh yourself! Talk about 1st class service! This is the life! I literally spent almost the entire day out on those chairs when I'm not swimming.
My favorite part of the afternoon is happy hour where I could have my favorite cocktail right by the beach and watch the sunset...
The 3 days were just a blur. I really wish we could have stayed longer! I've been to Boracay several times already and usually, we'd go out of the resort to do all sorts of activities (island hopping, snorkeling, etc) but this time, the resort was just so nice (and not to mention that we were pampered so much!) that we didn't leave at all! It was really worth it and since we loved our stay so much, we're coming back again in the summer :) This was indeed the perfect celebration and I wouldn't have had it any other way...
Turning older ain't that bad...I'm thankful for all the blessings I've received for the past 30 years and here's hoping for a more fabulous year ahead :)
Live, laugh, love! :)
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