fh_trips | Boracay Island, Philippines [Thursday Evening]

Award-winning, iconic, unforgettable. We're staying at the luxury resort Discovery Shores Boracay Island. Perfectly positioned in Station 1 of White Beach, experience the powder-soft white sand, fiery sunsets and pulsating nightlife of the world-famous Boracay Island.

Students are in one bedroom suites, which include a spacious living area, a nook, a bar, and a separate bedroom with two double sized beds ~~or one king for whichever makes better RP~~. The chaperones are in premier one bedroom suites: two story, two bathroom rooms with private Jacuzzis that the students are super duper not invited to try out.

[OOC: Your suite assignments are here, and as always, NSFW posts go to private journals]

There are a variety of restaurants to choice from without even having to leave the hotel. The Indigo Restaurant, one of the most popular restaurants on the entire island, is open for dinner. Its unparalleled wine program offers Indigo diners Boracay’s best selection of wines by the glass, along with prestigious bottles of leading labels from old and new world wineries. (This is probably only exciting to the chaperones.) Sands Restaurant, with spectacular views of the ocean, perfectly capture the vibe of barefoot elegance that Discovery Shores is known for. Forno Osterio, an Italian restaurant serving lunch and dinner, puts a Sicilian flair to its otherwise eclectic menu.

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Because after a day of fun, who doesn't want to do an hour on a treadmill?

Not you, Steve. You don't count.

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Through specialized services, treatments, and facilities, Terra is the perfect haven for guest to float back to reality at their own pace after the treatment. And they're open until 11! Come get a back massage to unwind from the day.

Yeaaaaaah. Summer was already thinking today was a good day to take it easy, and so that meant finally really hitting that spa like Steeeeeve suggested, and, honestly, once she was there, she was kind of wondering how she didn't think of it sooner.

So apparently the theme of this vacation was ‘Liam does a bunch of things he’s never done before’.

Like go for a massage.

He was a little self-conscious about the whole idea, until the massage therapist explained to him that he didn’t actually need to take off his shirt or anything if he didn’t want to. Even so, it took a while for him to adjust to the sensation of someone touching him, through fabric or no.

But once he did? Yeah, he was totally willing to admit this had been a good idea.

It's time for another amazing sunset! If you haven't gone on a boat trip to see it, enjoy it either on the hotel's pristine section of beachfront (and conveniently close to the Sand Bar and its happy hour specials), up on the Roof Lounge with its own infinity pool, Jacuzzi, and 360 degree view of the entire island, or ignore both of those in favor of the Discovery Shores pool on the ground level. It also has a poolside bar and butlers armed with inflatable toys and snacks. #winning.

[OOC: Put where you are in the header so we can come and join you!]

Astrid had maybe surprised herself by not spending as much time in the pools as she originally thought she would, but tonight seemed like a good time to go hit up that infinity pool. The weightlessness of just drifting took on a different level in a pool like this up high on a rooftop, really.

Prompto had definitely been making sure to soak up all the sunsets he could while he was here, but he hadn't caught one from the roof yet, and it seemed like a good, chill kind of night, so he was going to knock a little wave of a greeting Astrid's way when he saw her in the pool and then go relax a bit in the jacuzzi, to get nice and comfortable to to watch another beautiful sky and then look up and admire all the stars overhead.

And try not to think about the quickly approaching summer.

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You could sit on the strip of White Beach that the resort runs, but there are even more fire dancers out in the public areas, so grab a snack from one of the booths selling them and enjoy the show after the fantastic sunset. After the sun goes down, the entire beach turns into an impromptu dance party. Hope you like Bon Jovi and Adele...

Tisarwat was thinking about going and exploring some of the local cuisine a little bit more that evening, but when she caught wind of an event that involved a large pile of food that people just grabbed and ate with their hands....

WELL.

There went her appetite for the evening. Perhaps for the rest of the week.

So she was definitely going to be just hanging out at the beach for now, eager to find something to distract her, because Aatr's tits. Sometimes, you just got so accustomed to a place that you forgot just how terribly uncivilized it could actually be!

Last night had been so nice that it was hard for Wayne to think of anything much that could manage to top it, but he was open to see what might surprise him. For now, though, he was content to just enjoying another sunset, having himself a dart, collecting a few more umbrellas (he might still have one tucked behind his ear), and seeing where the night would lead him this time.

Aplaya has a pretty great sunset-viewing spot, or you can try out any of the other restaurants on the island. Just let us know where you are.

Don't think Amaya had completely abandoned her quest of finding all the best places for meats on sticks! This place was decidedly not local cuisine, technically speaking, but it met her parameters in abundance.

She was a simple woman, really. If it was meat, and it was on a stick, then she was happy.

Okay. It's called a Boodle Fight and while it is back at the Sands Restaurant, it totally counts as nightlife because it requires six people, eating with your hands, and a lot of yelling. This Filipino tradition of eating originated from the Philippine military where a big pile of food is served in the middle of a really long table in a mess hall and every hungry soldier eats with their hands symbolizing camaraderie and equality in the military. The “fight” in the name refers to the act of grabbing and eating as much as you can before someone else eats it or the food runs out.

Steve Rogers is signed up for this thing, so the food will definitely run out.

Okay, so was this something that someone could just come and watch? Because if Rosa was honest, this sounded amazing, but mostly only as a spectator thing.

Although, now that she was actually there...

No. Nope. Definitely just as a spectator thing, once she actually took the time to think about it.

Sidon didn't even like cooked food (though he was pleased to see plenty of fish!), but this was cultural and it was exciting and surely a giant sharkman with claws was exactly what the other participants would love to see as they got ready for this grand, epic, and magnificent food fight!

Sidon were here and he was so ready for it!

Steve grinned at him. "Well, you've got a bigger reach that I will, but I think I'm wilier."

"Perhaps!" Sidon allowed with a laugh before grinning back and pumping his fist. "We shall see! Though you do have an additional advantage over the fact that this is all food more suited to your consumption, small detail like that stop me!"

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"We can ask for more fish if that would suit you better," Steve said.

Steve was absolutely here for this. The food looked like about what he could put away himself if he was really trying.

Boracay is justly famous (or infamous) for its nightlife, so make sure you try out at least one of the night clubs.

[OOC: And tell us which one so we can join you!]

Last night, when roaming around from bar to bar in the wake of his fellow vacationers, Shunsui had laid out a little bit of a plan. It was the perfect set up, really, to set the groundwork for another roaming evening, only instead of just collecting drinks along the way, he was intending to collect the beautiful women he had met the night before, moving in just before they were about to move to the next bar, but telling them that he'd be through again the following night if they wanted to just so happen to run into each other and continue the night on from there.

And he was very pleased to see that it was working quite beautifully, too, with a bright and eager new retinue for tonight's activities forming, though he did keep an eye out for any familiar faces in the crowds.

He'd have to make sure to thank Summer-chan for the excellent idea and for the bounty that her initial plans had cultivated.

I bought a 1kg bag of Cadbury Mini Eggs because I'm having That Kind of Month.

Boracay Island, Philippines [Thursday Evening]

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Beach

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Restaurants

Kabash

Food Fight

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Nightlife

Pub Crawl Part II!

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