EN ROUTE | Manila to Boracay with a Toddler, Pandemic Version

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Cebu Pacific Air Manila to Boracay

“Tatay, I believed we’re gonna experience an airplane? Why are we on a bus?” So went my two-year outdated son as we rode Cebu Pacific Air’s bus throughout the airport tarmac en path to our airplane. It was A’s first time to experience one. And it was additionally his first time to essentially journey—being born simply earlier than the pandemic hit.

Packing Our Bags For Boracay
WE’RE FINALLY PACKING OUR BAGS AGAIN!

This journey has been months within the making. My spouse has been desirous to go and have a visit someplace, wherever, simply to get out of the home—cabin fever has positively struck. However I used to be fairly hesitant, since our son has but to be vaccinated towards Covid19. So, when virus instances lastly leveled down, we shortly booked our flights and lodges, and packed our luggage. We’re lastly going.

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NAIA Terminal III Outside
A, STILL DAZED FROM THE EARLY MORNING TAXI RIDE TO THE AIRPORT

The break timed with C’s instructing trip, fortunate. Whereas this isn’t gonna be like our common epic two-month summer season backpacking journeys, we tried to make it epic in scale—relative to our son. We’re spending twenty two days in paradise. That mentioned paradise, Boracay Island.

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NAIA Terminal III Interior
AIRPORT FIRST TIMER

It’s greater than two years since we final stepped inside an airport, however for our son A, it’s a lifetime. We really checked within the night time earlier than to attenuate shut contact with airline personnel and fellow passengers.

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Cebu Pacific Air Kiosk NAIA Terminal III Cebu Pacific Air Kiosk NAIA Terminal III
EASY CHECK-IN AT CEBU PACIFIC AIR’S KIOSKS

There wasn’t a lot queue at Cebu Pacific Air’s counters, due most likely to their straightforward three-step process for individuals who have checked in on-line—queue on the line, self check-in on the kiosks offered on your boarding passes and baggage tags, then drop your luggage on the bag drop counters. Straightforward peasy, it didn’t take us 5 minutes to finish all the things. And I additionally like the truth that there are automated sanitizers proper beside every check-in kiosks.

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Cebu Pacific Air NAIA Terminal III
FIRST TIME TO SEE AIRPLANES THIS CLOSE

The one hitch we encountered was really throughout our on-line check-in—the seats assigned to all three of us have been scattered everywhere in the airplane. It took a minute for the courteous CebPac workers to type all the things out. We lastly received seats proper subsequent to one another.

NAIA Terminal III Jollibee
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, JOLLIBEE

We have been on the NAIA Terminal III early so earlier than going to the boarding gates, we checked out the outlets round and handled A to his first ever airport meal, Jollibee! We haven’t been eating out since without end, so this was additionally a deal with for us, lol. Yum!

NAIA Terminal III Covid19 Protocols NAIA Terminal III Cebu Pacific Regular Lane and Priority Lane
CEBU PACIFIC AIR’S REGULAR AND PRIORITY LANES

It didn’t take lengthy earlier than it was time to board the airplane. And since we’ve got a toddler with us, we got boarding precedence together with the PWD, preggy, and senior peeps.

Inside Cebu Pacific Air Airbus A321
A’S FIRST TIME TO BOARD A PLANE

Contained in the airplane, A buckled his seatbelts like he’s been doing it for the longest time (it was one thing he received from the exhibits he watched on TV) and shortly went for the Passenger Briefing Card. He thought it was a comic book e-book, lol.

Inside Cebu Pacific Air Airbus A321 With Toddler
A BOOK TO EASE A INTO THE FLIGHT

After tiring of it, we shortly introduced out our distraction playing cards—considered one of his favourite Sesame Avenue books—and some toys C particularly purchased for this airplane experience. This was our first time to fly with a toddler, we didn’t need him squirming and turning like a high all through the entire flight.

View From Cebu Pacific Air Airbus A321
“TATAY, WHY IS THERE A MAP BELOW THE WINDOW?”
Cebu Pacific Air Airbus A321 USB Charger
CEBPAC’S AIRBUS A321 HAS THINNER SEATS AND A USB CHARGER

I seen the seats on our flight are thinner than common and are non-reclinable. It seems we’re driving one of many newer Airbus A321 planes from Cebu Pacific Air. This variant of the A320 appears to have a bit extra legroom—due most likely to the thinner seats, and it has a USB slot for charging your telephones and devices. It positively felt extra snug—sure, even with the non-reclinable seats.

Caticlan Airport Arrivals Building
LANDING AT CATICLAN AIRPORT

Our flight went with out a hitch—though there have been no inflight video games, which we terribly miss, lol—and we have been quickly touchdown on the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport’s or just Caticlan Airport’s tarmac.

Caticlan Beach
THE BEACH JUST OUTSIDE CATICLAN AIRPORT

We pre-booked our switch from the airport to Ferra Lodge Backyard Suites, our Boracay resort, from Klook, so after getting our luggage, we have been shortly whisked to a van that drove to Tabon Port—that is the smaller ferry terminal at Caticlan used throughout Habagat season (as an alternative of the larger and far more environment friendly Caticlan Jetty Port) to keep away from the waves introduced by the southwest monsoon winds.

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Caticlan Tabon Port Long Queues Pandemic
CHAOS AT TABON PORT TERMINAL
Caticlan Tabon Port Jetty
THE TABON JETTY PORT

After which, whole chaos. The Tabon Port Terminal was simply too small to accommodate the queues made by the resort and Covid19 verifications. It most likely took us nearly an hour—contemplating it is a weekday—to get our papers checked and we lastly received sit on the ferry en path to Boracay Island.

Boracay Island Tambisaan Jetty Port
FINALLY DOCKING AT TAMBISAAN JETTY PORT IN BORACAY

And at last, lastly, lastly after some minutes throughout the slim sea that separates Boracay from mainland Aklan, our sandals’ soles lastly stepped foot on its advantageous white sand. A, we’re lastly in Boracay!

~ OUR GRATITUDE GOES OUT TO CEBU PACIFIC AIR FOR MAKING THIS TRIP POSSIBLE

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