MARCH 2016: OVERVIEW: I have already posted the GRANDPAcking Costs for Boracay. These demonstrate that GRANDPAckers cannot afford to LIVE on Boracay Island using our standard approach. However, it is such a beautiful world-top-ten beach destination that it is worth showing how GRANDPAckers CAN LIVE on Boracay […]
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Boracay – Philippines – GRANDPAcking Costs
MARCH 2016: OVERVIEW: My costs start in Station 1, Boracay. I DID NOT live to GRANDPAcking Standard; I was Backpacking in Boracay. I was only in Boracay to renew my Visa. CROSS REFERENCES: Read Boracay – Philippines – Information for more detail. Read about Boracay on a GRANDPAcking Budget to […]
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MARCH 2016: Why not read our Philippines Retirement Reviews. OVERVIEW: Boracay Island is only 10 km² and is located 300 km south of Manila and just north of Panay Island, Visayas. For GRANDPAckers, Boracay is expensive but (unlike El Nido, Palawan) Boracay DOES live up […]
Read moreCarabao – Philippines – GRANDPAcking Costs
MARCH 2016: OVERVIEW: My costs start in Santa Fe, Tablas Island, Romblon and include: Transport from Santa Fe, Tablas to Port Said, Carabao Island 1 night in a GRANDPAcking Standard Fan Room on Hambil Beach 7 nights in a BELOW GRANDPAcking Standard Fan Room on Hambil Beach 1 day […]
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MARCH 2016: Click here to read our Philippines Retirement Reviews. OVERVIEW: Carabao Island is the southernmost (and smallest) of the islands that make up Romblon. Carabao is just north of (the famous) party island of Boracay; only a 1 hour boat ride away. Carabao is also known as Hambil […]
Read moreTablas – Philippines – GRANDPAcking Costs
MARCH 2016: OVERVIEW: My costs start in San Jose, Mindoro (after arriving on the ferry from Coron) and include: Transport from San Jose, Mindoro to Roxas, Mindoro 1 night in a VERY BELOW GRANDPAcking Standard Room in Roxas Transport from Roxas to the Aglicay Beach Resort, Alcantara, Tablas […]
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