Sailing in and around Boracay with the Red Pirates
To have real fun you always chose the best - Red Pirates sailing is most friendly, fun and safe.Red Pirates pub is open until late night - past midnight and Red Pirates sailing any day, any weather.
Date/Time: Tue 28 Mar 2006 05:25:03 PM PHT
When you buy bread you never go to a car-maker but to a baker ...
Thus ...
When you really want to enjoy sailing, then you go with the pirates - Boracay's Red Pirates are known as the best sailing in Boracay. Located south of station 3, just some 100 meter before the beach road ends you find the small Red Pirates operated beach bar and the red sailboat with the famous pirates flag.
Joey - the Red Pirate's Captain is on Boracay island since 1988 and a most experienced, always friendly and always smiling head of the pirates' crew of well trained seamen.
Enjoy your ride or the beach BBQ the Red Pirates offer on longer journeys of 3 or more hours. Back in March/April 2006 I once was sitting in Cafe del Sol, enjoying a strawberry cheese cake and ask my neighbor "what is your preferred food place on Boracay island?" ... I expected any well known restaurant but very spontaneously he replied "Red Pirates". I know the Joey and his Red Pirates since a few years now for his extreme smiling friendliness and excellent sailing in all weather conditions, but I never was aware of his beach BBQ reputation.
Thus ...
When you really want to enjoy sailing, then you go with the pirates - Boracay's Red Pirates are known as the best sailing in Boracay. Located south of station 3, just some 100 meter before the beach road ends you find the small Red Pirates operated beach bar and the red sailboat with the famous pirates flag.
Joey - the Red Pirate's Captain is on Boracay island since 1988 and a most experienced, always friendly and always smiling head of the pirates' crew of well trained seamen.
Enjoy your ride or the beach BBQ the Red Pirates offer on longer journeys of 3 or more hours. Back in March/April 2006 I once was sitting in Cafe del Sol, enjoying a strawberry cheese cake and ask my neighbor "what is your preferred food place on Boracay island?" ... I expected any well known restaurant but very spontaneously he replied "Red Pirates". I know the Joey and his Red Pirates since a few years now for his extreme smiling friendliness and excellent sailing in all weather conditions, but I never was aware of his beach BBQ reputation.
Red Pirate Crew get ready for another ride in the winds around Boracay
Safe and fun sailing on Boracay with the Red Pirates - just an hour or all day long
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 01:22:17 PM PHT
Sailing is a very particular fun activity to Boracay island. Most of the other islands have no or very limited sailing. Boracay is known for year round excellent winds and thus attracts all wind-water sports and its fans.
Red Pirates crew of experienced sailors gets quickly ready for another trip
Spontaneously hungry for adventure - there are many dozens of sailboats waiting to take you out for a sail trip
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 01:22:26 PM PHT
Famous the sunset sail trip - an hour or two from before until late after sunset to enjoy all the beauty of fiery colors of a tropical sunset - or just to get to know your island better.
The wind is ideal these days during a few days sunny rainy-season
Look at the beauty of waves, ocean, sky and nature and enjoy.
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 01:22:31 PM PHT
Afford a ride in your emotions - learn to feel and enjoy again the wonders of nature - take a break from indoor environment and office air - get a fresh ocean breeze of real air in exchange to your canned spray-ocean breeze you may have in your city-life.
One passenger is enough to enjoy sailing - just you
All Boracay sailboats are of similar construction type - lightweight and very fast.
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 01:22:41 PM PHT
All sailboats have ample space to enjoy the ride for up to 4 persons - or just you alone ? To have fun starts with yourself admitting the need of having fun yourself. The more you work all year long the easier it is to enjoy others making you happy and creating fun just for you.
The easier you can enjoy having fun - the easier it is for your partner to make you happy!
The easier you can enjoy having fun - the easier it is for your partner to make you happy!
Just a few minutes to get the boat ready
Now the wind takes over your life and has control of your time
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 01:22:52 PM PHT
Lots of wind means lots of fun - and suddenly within minutes the winds may fall asleep and you hand out there for hours enjoying peace and quietness of the wide open ocean until a breeze starts again to bring you home.
During a sail-trip God is the only manager of your schedule!
During a sail-trip God is the only manager of your schedule!
Now all is up and rigged for a steady wind and fast ride
Joey and his Red Pirates crew can take you around the island in as little as 1,5 hrs wind permitting.
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 01:23:02 PM PHT
A fast sailboat ride has its own fun - like a hot ride windsurfing in real heavy wind Bft 6-8. Sailing is fun when you sometimes can exceed the limits ... when going sailing on Boracay island, all passengers get a life vest - but of course all should really know how to swim. The stronger you are the more you can relax and enjoy real fun.
That is a general rule valid for all recreation, for all sports, for all life - eternally - here on earth as well as in our eternal heavenly home in God.
That is a general rule valid for all recreation, for all sports, for all life - eternally - here on earth as well as in our eternal heavenly home in God.
One sail trip seldom is enough
Sailing is like making love - once never is enough
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 01:23:08 PM PHT
Have fun also includes have many times lots of fun - hence you may go out to do whatever you love to do each day after work
A sailboat is a fast and very environment friendly transportation to discover the Philippine islands
Sailing always is exciting even in modern world of high tech transportation
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 01:23:14 PM PHT
A Boracay sailboat at Bft 4-5 reaches about the same speed as the fast local fisherboats and can bring you to all remote secret beaches of the island. Boracay has far more to offer than white beach. All Philippine islands are filled with beauty and exciting tropical fauna and flora.
Enjoy the Philippines in a natural way - get closer to others and learn to have fun with humans rather than machineries or computers.
Enjoy the Philippines in a natural way - get closer to others and learn to have fun with humans rather than machineries or computers.
Kite surfing - it's rainy and windy - kite surfing weather
All rainy season weather to enjoy kite surfing
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:56:35 PM PHT
Many kite surfing schools offer kite surfing lessons for beginners on Boracay island year round on both sides of the island depending on season.
Half airborne half in the water - kite surfing simply explained
Like a kite we used to have or build as kids - just bigger
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:56:15 PM PHT
Bigger and powerful enough to uplift you into air if wind strong enough and you skilled enough ...
The wind on Boracay island - specially during rainy season from May/June until October/November is almost guaranteed on a daily basis. The past 24 days during these photo session on Boracay island we had 100% kite surfing weather.
The wind on Boracay island - specially during rainy season from May/June until October/November is almost guaranteed on a daily basis. The past 24 days during these photo session on Boracay island we had 100% kite surfing weather.
Kite surfing all day long
While in many other geographical areas wind may fresh up only during certain hours of the day - Boracay has almost a 24 hrs / day wind
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:48:50 PM PHT
During rainy season the wind is almost steady all day and night long around Bft 4-5 - just fine for most wind surfers and kite surfers
Kite surfing means speed
Fast moving and turning kite surfers - watch them a while and may be you love to try it yourself
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:48:09 PM PHT
Speed and mobility is one reason why so many enjoy kite surfing. The equipment is light weight and easy to carry around - much smaller than a wind surfing outfit.
Kite surfers need waves to jump
Waves on Boracay island are near the beach
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:47:16 PM PHT
Since Boracay's beach is pure fine sand - even in very shallow water kite surfing is safe. In other places like Maledives the reefs are huge and most beaches are protected by reefs making any surfing in waves potentially dangerous.
On Boracay all shallow waters that produce waves are always sandy and safe for landing or crashing. Free of sea urchins or sharp objects such as corals - you can stand anywhere safely.
The many km long beach stretch make Boracay white beach an ideal location for kite surfing beginners.
On Boracay all shallow waters that produce waves are always sandy and safe for landing or crashing. Free of sea urchins or sharp objects such as corals - you can stand anywhere safely.
The many km long beach stretch make Boracay white beach an ideal location for kite surfing beginners.
A real kite surfers way to end his session - a high jump onto the beach
This kite surfer was out quiet a while having fun. I was ready for a few photos and clicked one more shot - just to realize it was my day's golden shot.
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:45:21 PM PHT
Full speed this kite surfer arrived and ended his kite session with a high jump directly onto the sandy beach while grabbing his kite board on-the-fly ...
When you see this picture - may be you understand what I mean when I talk about having fun.
When you see this picture - may be you understand what I mean when I talk about having fun.
Beach ball on Boracay's beaches
Beach ball is a popular sport in Boracay
Date/Time: Thu 13 Oct 2005 05:51:02 PM PHT
Join and have fun - any sport and action always is better than just hanging around. Your body loves action to give you health and strength.
Children always find space and occasions to play in nature
Lots of beach space on different beaches - children love to play in and around water
Date/Time: Sat 29 Jul 2006 04:01:46 PM PHT
Children easy become friends and join in all kinds of games. Children create their playing environment - it's all a question of how you see the world. With fantasy you can see all as a playing paradise and enjoy your life like children, even in rainy season.
Stroll along the beaches and make friends
Philippine population is extremely open to all foreigners and easy to make friends
Date/Time: Thu 03 Aug 2006 04:47:20 PM PHT
Philippine population is fully open to all foreigners and easy to contact. Be open in your heart and smile - talk and say what you feel. To make new friends is easier here in the Philippines than in almost any other country on this entire planet.
On the beaches you meet visitors from many other Asian countries - here on Boracay for example many Japanese and Korean guests can be found.
On the beaches you meet visitors from many other Asian countries - here on Boracay for example many Japanese and Korean guests can be found.
An armada of sailboats waiting for customers
Weather permitting - you find dozens of sailboats ready any time to spontaneously take you out.
Date/Time: Thu 03 Aug 2006 05:15:49 PM PHT
Sailing just for an hour or longer trip - give it a try, it's fun and safe
Massage girls on Boracay beach
All certified and licensed massage personnel - mostly old women - can easily be recognized on their uniforms.
Date/Time: Thu 03 Aug 2006 05:18:51 PM PHT
To have a massage on the beach - East Asians particularly love it. Entire groups come at once to enjoy a hard and almost bone breaking Asian style massage. It seems to some "the more pain the better ..."
If you love it hard - that's your place to get what you need.
If you love it hard - that's your place to get what you need.
Buried in the sand - carefully by your partner
Who says that playing is for young kids only ?
Date/Time: Thu 03 Aug 2006 05:24:31 PM PHT
Kids have different ages - some are 5 others 50+ and all love to play like real kids. Enjoy what makes truly happy and be happy.
A paradise for children
Here on the islands all is clean - beaches, water, all nature - children love to get wet and dirty sometimes.
Date/Time: Thu 03 Aug 2006 05:25:28 PM PHT
Philippine island life offers a large variety of adventure for kids. All nature and all beach is free for kids to explore and to have fun.
Courage to jump - courage to try new things
Philippine children are wild and very loving
Date/Time: Thu 03 Aug 2006 05:54:18 PM PHT
To have fun, to know how to create fun, to know how to enjoy life is something all Philippine kids have in their blood. In earliest years they do wild things most western kids are prevented from doing by their scary parents.
In the past 6 or so years I enjoy to be guest here I never say a single accident involving children. Kids climb up trees, jump from where ever, do somersault and more. The always end up safely having fun hours and days all life long.
Philippinos often stay young inside even if they grow older. Knowing how to have fun is a natural aspect of all Philippinos - girls and boys alike.
Vacation in the Philippines also means a paradise for your own kids while here.
In the past 6 or so years I enjoy to be guest here I never say a single accident involving children. Kids climb up trees, jump from where ever, do somersault and more. The always end up safely having fun hours and days all life long.
Philippinos often stay young inside even if they grow older. Knowing how to have fun is a natural aspect of all Philippinos - girls and boys alike.
Vacation in the Philippines also means a paradise for your own kids while here.
Butterflies peacefully sharing nectar on the same flower
The art of life - savoir vivre - is to share the joy of life with loved ones
Date/Time: Tue 25 Jul 2006 03:30:16 PM PHT
When butterflies can share - we humans can share as well. Life is many times more fun when we share all we have with the ones who have nothing or something else to share. By sharing we create happiness - by creating happiness in others we create deep satisfaction of having been useful in our own being and life.
Having fun on the beach may include a visit in the beautiful private butterfly garden on Boracay island - see the wonders of nature, enjoy the beauty of exotic butterflies and learn from mother nature for your own life and behavior.
Having fun on the beach may include a visit in the beautiful private butterfly garden on Boracay island - see the wonders of nature, enjoy the beauty of exotic butterflies and learn from mother nature for your own life and behavior.
SCUBA diving - since we get wet anyway rain never matters for SCUBA divers
On an island weather is of little importance - once side stormy means other side quiet.
Date/Time: Tue 25 Jul 2006 03:01:03 PM PHT
SCUBA diving is popular on many Philippine islands such as Boracay, Mindoro, Palawan, Cebu. While one side of Boracay might be too rough, the other side of the island is quiet - hence SCUBA diving is always a fun activity from a half day discovery SCUBA course to a full certification course or up to Instructor level courses all levels are offered by several dive resort.
Some people started just for fun a SCUBA dive - to turn soon after into a dive professional. Small incidents in life may change our entire life. SCUBA diving trains the sense of responsibility and reliability as well as buddy team spirit - always 2 together as a team from beginning to the end. Helping, watching and supporting each other when ever needed.
Some people started just for fun a SCUBA dive - to turn soon after into a dive professional. Small incidents in life may change our entire life. SCUBA diving trains the sense of responsibility and reliability as well as buddy team spirit - always 2 together as a team from beginning to the end. Helping, watching and supporting each other when ever needed.
Enjoy the beauty of each day
Too much action may take you all time needed to enjoy and absorb the beauty of each day.
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 02:09:20 PM PHT
Each day, each moment in life has a beautiful experience to offer. It is up to you to see the beauty in life and to have time to fully enjoy this God created healing beauty and learning or growing experience.
Amidst rainy season, storm and rain we have beautiful moments. If you focus on the beauty of each day - then you will see only beauty and the rain clouds pass beyond the beauty and happiness each day offers you.
Amidst rainy season, storm and rain we have beautiful moments. If you focus on the beauty of each day - then you will see only beauty and the rain clouds pass beyond the beauty and happiness each day offers you.
Moments of joy and love for 2
No money can buy moments for 2 - to be just you and your partner is among the most precious in life.
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 02:10:22 PM PHT
If you are hungry for others around you - then you have the wrong partner or the wrong attitude - if you can fully enjoy being alone with the one God gave you for hours and days and weeks if needed - then you are ready to eternityreally love the one beside you for
Unseen behind all - there always is a third one - God with you all the time.
Unseen behind all - there always is a third one - God with you all the time.
Nature and beautiful ocean view
Away from the crowd - amidst nature and beautiful ocean view
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 02:55:38 PM PHT
Islands always have thousands of surprises to offer. Behind next corner could be a beautiful beach or a garden of blossoming flowers.
A beach all alone for 2
A boat waiting for a snorkeling trip or just some boating along beautiful beaches
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 03:07:34 PM PHT
Thousands of beaches - thousands of most beautiful moments you can experience each day and week in the Philippine islands. Come and see yourself - have the courage to go outside the tourist regions to enjoy real Philippine island life.
Idyllic places for a diner on the beach
Dinner or lunch or just a drink for refreshment on the beach.
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 03:14:47 PM PHT
Many places are waiting to spoil you and make your experience of the Philippine islands a wonderful experience you always remember all life long.
Guided tours to near by bat caves
Experiences of vampires ?
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 03:17:58 PM PHT
Scared of caves, scared of darkness - then it may be time to enter a bat cave to overcome all your fears
Watch nature and see that all nature is loving and peaceful. It just looks different at times. All nature has a precise purpose - like we humans. Nature is aware of its purpose, we humans usually got lost in other struggles of life and lost track of our goal and purpose of being here on earth.
Watch nature and see that all nature is loving and peaceful. It just looks different at times. All nature has a precise purpose - like we humans. Nature is aware of its purpose, we humans usually got lost in other struggles of life and lost track of our goal and purpose of being here on earth.
Sunbath on a boat - snorkel around rocks and mini-islands
Take time off the beach and hotel - venture into sea and enjoy the rich fauna and flora the ocean has to offer.
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 03:20:09 PM PHT
The underwater world actually is quiet loud - and peaceful. One moment lost orientation however may be the last moment. Behind every rock or coral may be a predator waiting to eat you up. You the the little fish ...
In our human life it is exactly the very same. We all are safe until the one moment we lose track of our goal and forget the one who made us and we may become pray of our human predators waiting to absorb us.
If however you always stay tuned and open for God - then you always are aware of all that might be waiting for you around next corner. The one who loves and listens to God always is safe. God is our eternal shepherd to always guide us safely home each day ...
Eternally.
In our human life it is exactly the very same. We all are safe until the one moment we lose track of our goal and forget the one who made us and we may become pray of our human predators waiting to absorb us.
If however you always stay tuned and open for God - then you always are aware of all that might be waiting for you around next corner. The one who loves and listens to God always is safe. God is our eternal shepherd to always guide us safely home each day ...
Eternally.
When you visit other countries you dive into another aura
The Helsinki syndrome might be known to many among you - vacation in an exotic remote country produces the same effect - you absorb some of the energy and start to see the world with the eyes of your hosts.
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 03:33:11 PM PHT
No hostage - just as tourist and guest - welcome in the hearts of all. See, enjoy and absorb the energy you find around you in exotic places like the Philippines. Stay open for all experiences and feel how this life is compared to your life at home. The make a decision and find out what the golden path is between the two worlds - your vacation world and your home / business world.
Usually both are wrong and usually both have some really valuable components. The art of life is to filter all wrong part without any rejection and to absorb all beneficial components of exotic foreign behavior into your life. A balance somewhere between career and professional money making and the easy life here might be the right path.
A little more work than the ones here - and much more fun and family sense than we have in the western industrial countries. And after all much more freedom to always to what we love to do - like most people here in the Philippine islands.
Usually both are wrong and usually both have some really valuable components. The art of life is to filter all wrong part without any rejection and to absorb all beneficial components of exotic foreign behavior into your life. A balance somewhere between career and professional money making and the easy life here might be the right path.
A little more work than the ones here - and much more fun and family sense than we have in the western industrial countries. And after all much more freedom to always to what we love to do - like most people here in the Philippine islands.
Sightseeing by motorcycle
If distance too long but you still love to be free - then rent a small motorcycle to explore the island.
Date/Time: Sat 05 Aug 2006 03:36:36 PM PHT
Motorbike rental is cheap and simple. All who know how to use a bike also know how to drive a motorcycle of course. Hence take one of the many rental bikes and drive safely around all those corners to see the hidden beautiful places that are too remote to explore walking or sailing.
Time with friends
After all the hours of hugging and loving - precious time with your truly best friends is among the most precious in life.
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:26:50 PM PHT
True friends are like true diamonds - rare and valuable, yet priceless because true friends never can be made within days or years. Most of those you consider true friends are friends since thousands and more years. That's why we sometimes meet a person never seen before and feel totally comfortable for the very first second.
True friends never get lost - eternally. Latest in God we all meet again as one hugging family of friends and lovers. True friends always love and never need phone call or eCards - true friends always know what's going on with you in their heart without talking and texting all the time. True friends never talk about small things in life - but about all they have to share from the bottom of their heart. True friends have zero secrets of any kind.
True friends never get lost - eternally. Latest in God we all meet again as one hugging family of friends and lovers. True friends always love and never need phone call or eCards - true friends always know what's going on with you in their heart without talking and texting all the time. True friends never talk about small things in life - but about all they have to share from the bottom of their heart. True friends have zero secrets of any kind.
Playing on the beach - for kids only
But where is the age limit for kids ?
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:40:06 PM PHT
Apparently the 2 adult kids love and enjoy to play together and to create a creature of their fantasy together. Doing things together always joins in the heart. No matter what you do together.
An island may be small - yet it may take many years to explore just part of a small island
If you open your heart, if you open all your senses - then even a small island may appear huge to experience and explore in all details.
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:40:48 PM PHT
In the Maledives from 1979 - 1981 - I was living and working as a professional diving instructor for 2 full years on an island just some 150 mtrs by 350 mtrs and even after 2 years I never had the feeling I know everything above and below water.
All those who need a car to drive to movie, to dine out next city, or to drive around just for fun - they all try to run away from the mountain of trash and clouds they may have accumulated in their life or lives. Cleaning up all your heart, mind and life may suddenly make you feel cozy at home in a small place with just a few truly loving family members and friends in a simple, small but comfortable home.
All those who need a car to drive to movie, to dine out next city, or to drive around just for fun - they all try to run away from the mountain of trash and clouds they may have accumulated in their life or lives. Cleaning up all your heart, mind and life may suddenly make you feel cozy at home in a small place with just a few truly loving family members and friends in a simple, small but comfortable home.
Playing in the waves is like playing in stormy love
If you are scared to play in the waves - then you also most likely are scared of stormy strong love in your life.
Date/Time: Thu 10 Aug 2006 04:42:06 PM PHT
Love can be gently like the love of a butterfly - love can be wild like the love form wild children - or any mixture like a cocktail. Life is a cocktail of love each day different. If you can enjoy wild nature each day in all seasons and all weather, then you also can enjoy love in all variations your partner may enjoy to offer you.
Bananaboat
Long rubber inflatable boat towed by a motorboat
Date/Time: Tue 15 May 2007 10:09:14 AM PHT
The Bananaboat riding is done with a life jacket - part of the fun is to drive smaller and smaller circles until the entire boat turns over its human load into the blue ocean. Banana boat riding is about action-fun for all.
Banana boat riding
Banana boat off Boracay White Beach
Date/Time: Tue 15 May 2007 12:02:00 PM PHT
Have fun - bananaboats pick up passengers from the beach for a wild ride on a safe rubber banana.
Motor boat
Motor boating off Boracay's White Beach
Date/Time: Tue 15 May 2007 10:06:30 AM PHT
More new and faster boats run fast fun trips off the coast of Boracay for a variety of water sports such as water-ski, parasailing or just for fun ride on the blue waters of Boracay.
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Parasailing Boracay White Beach
Date/Time: Thu 17 May 2007 10:30:08 AM PHT
One of the most popular action activities on Boracay's White Beach is parasailing from morning until sunset
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Parasailing for all ages - fun and exciting - free widescreen wallpaper
Date/Time: Thu 17 May 2007 10:29:56 AM PHT
Blue waters from high above while gliding in the air behind a fast and powerful motorboat
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Boracay's beautiful scenery invites for a flight in a parasail
Date/Time: Thu 17 May 2007 10:30:49 AM PHT
All parasailing is started way offshore from platforms
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SCUBA diving adventures by boat
By boat to remote crystal clear dive sites
Date/Time: Fri 18 May 2007 09:46:56 AM PHT
The most fantastic and breathtaking dive sites are far away from crowded beaches. Accessible by boat only - enjoy the beauty of virgin reefs and beautiful marine life, enjoy an adventure SCUBA diving boat trip to some of Philippines most beautiful crystal clear blue waters.
