skip boracay unless you love noise and crowds! by WillowCat
Boracay is a waste of money and time. In comparison to Thailand, it is overpriced, crowded, dirty, noisy and FULL of either overweight asian families or middle aged white guys looking to pick up Filipina girls. The water currently is FULL of algae which smells really bad, you can't go two steps anywhere here without being accosted by vendors and the cost of everything (Except alcohol) is higher than anywhere else in Asia I have been. The room rates are expensive -higher than north american standards even. I am here now and terribly dissapointed with White beach. I do think the other parts of the island I have seen so far are lovely and wish I had known more about WHite beach before I booked here.The filipino people are very friendly but over-all I am giving this place a bit thumbs down!
Warning to others coming here - most places ask you to pre-pay the hotel which completely ties you down to staying there. I want to move to a quieter part of the island so I can actually sleep and get some peace and quiet and I am not able to cancel my costs here so will have to pay double to head there.
