Boracay Island in Frames

I won’t necessitate gloating over how stunning and awe-inspiring Boracay Island is. It is what it is: the Philippines’ premier tourist destination, which has one of the world’s top beaches under its pocket -- the White Beach. I let Google and Wikipedia stand by their own definitions of the island's face.

A haven for water-sports junkies, nature lovers, foodies, children on the prowl for water and the sun, couples silly-crazy for romance, and party-stoked creatures, it isn’t easy not to love the island. I love the life it breathes.

From the long stretches of Stations 1, 2, and 3, and back, to Diniwid Beach, until the colors of the sunset peppered the horizon, I was there, like a reclusive soul drifting on the shore, unfazed by the miles and even when all turned up its silhouettes.

Here is what has become of Boracay Island through my lens.

Gecko Lizard

Despite the limitations of his parents' bed, the kid forces himself upon them. It isn't an intrusion of privacy. For them, it isn't too small anyway to accommodate their kid who has grown up tremendously, looking lengthy, and, perhaps, plumpy too. They welcome nothing but those childish yearnings they missed, however nonsensical and annoying they seem, and those narratives of his long journeys. Overwhelmed and rested, the kid sleeps soundly back to his little world, while never forgetting the gecko lizard peeping through the window. It is a rare moment of him being at home, at last.

Image: Cebu City, Philippines