An overdue post on my remaining days at Boracay. I can never seem to finish this post after leaving it for months. Anyway, decided to combined both days for Day 4 & 5 since we were generally doing the same thing. The last 2 days of our stay (not including day 5 when we travel back to KL) the weather was quite gloomy and was drizzling. As always, our morning starts off with a hearty breakfast.
Wet market is just around the corner and you can purchase fresh seafood and request for the restaurants to cook in your favourite style (grilled, steamed, fried, etc). Generally you need to bargain when buying fresh seafood here.
The first round we came we only ordered fried rice and soft drinks from one of the restaurant.
Took the free shuttle to d'mall for some shopping.
Came across a small McDonald's outlet at station 2. Wanted to try the Mango McDip but it was sold out. We didn't want to try other flavours so we ended up walking away *Boo Hoo*.
My friend saw this shop and decided to get siew mai while walking along the beach side.
We continued walking and came across this small alley.
We decided to walk in to take a look since there were shops along the alley.
There are few lodging along these alley and we discovered a shop called 7 Mangoes that sells dried mangoes. You can get dried mangoes anywhere but if you're going to buy a lot, do drop by at this store to purchase cause it's the cheapest we have seen so far.
Walking further down we found that it was leading to D'Talipapa Market.
Surprisingly the market here is much quieter and less crowded as compared to D'Mall.
You can find loads of souvenir here, although I find that most store are selling the same thing, except that you can find liquor, fruits, veggie and wet market here.
Wet market is just around the corner and you can purchase fresh seafood and request for the restaurants to cook in your favourite style (grilled, steamed, fried, etc). Generally you need to bargain when buying fresh seafood here.
The reason was that we were heading for helmet diving after lunch and it was best not to have a full stomach. You can read about my experience on helmet diving here.
The next day we went back to the wet market again and this round we bought lobster! Can't remember how much we paid but it was defiantly cheaper as compared to outside.
We came back to this restaurant twice, the first when we ordered fried rice the day before.
We came back to this restaurant because they offer set meal.
Other restaurants only offer cooking service.
We ordered the set for 2 that cost Php500. Serving size is big and for the set it's enough to feed 3 people.
The lobster meat tasted delicious sweet when cooked in garlic butter. Can't taste any better than that. D’Talipapa Market is defiantly a great place for seafood and cheap souvenir.
After lunch we'll walk around at D'Talipapa Market and D'Mall for shopping since we were left with 2 days to shop.
Some handy craft goodies you may find along the way.
Have a game of basketball...or have your hair braided.
After shopping, we head back to the hotel where we enjoyed the rest of the day at the beach till sun set. You can read my review on Fairways and Bluewater Resort during our stay here.
We have in room dining for dinner one night and take away the other night.
Our two days were pretty relaxing...except for day 3 when we went for helmet diving. We pretty much spend the rest of the days shopping, eating and swimming. Yup, that's holiday for us. :)
Continue reading Day 5 here.
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