Comments on: Boracay, Penang & 44 Places to Go in 2009

By: ajay

ajay — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:04:13 +0000

I had to Wiki Essaouira…I have to admit, that looks good too Looks like anywhere I’ve never seen!

By: Mr Z

Mr Z — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:05:00 +0000

Marrakesh could be interesting – what about Essaouira? Visited Morocco myself, from Algeciras, years ago.

All the touts made me homesick for Turkey, where they were better-behaved

By: ajay

ajay — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:24:42 +0000

MIlton, I did say Boracay is “more naturally beautiful” because that’s the truth. Take away the garbage, cramped establishments and all, Boracay will shine out like the gem of a beach it should be. This is all what my friends who saw it in the 80s and 90s say. Unfortunately, it’s 2009 now and Boracay’s uncontrolled development is rearing its ugly head.

By: milton

milton — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:21:29 +0000

“Bali or Phuket”???? huh?!? are you serious? Have you ever been here to Boracay? This place is a dump compared to other SE Asia resort locations. Heck, they cant even keep the electricity turned on, the water makes people sick, the ocean has a high level of bacteria from 2 sewage runoffs.

There was another site that had dozens of people goto that Times listing and vote Boracay higher.. and every one of them admitted to having never been here.

Thats called LYING. Fake reviews. Liers. And to say this place is more beautiful than anywhere is just silly, theres trash all over the island. Ugly construction on every beach face— which BTW, is supported by the DOT.

Oh, and lets not forget the lot used to raise foul smelling noisy fighting cocks right on white beach. In an empty lot with squatters and trash everywhere. Thats the exact opposite that ANY tourist in the world wants to see directly on the beach.

Almost all of the horribly disgusting noisy construction sites are owned by politicians families, not forigners like the media keeps saying. Just look at the liscense on the wall.

And the dirty prostitutes/ladyboys here just dont stop bugging people, even married couples walking hand-in-hand. That doesnt happen even in sex-tourism cities.

I’m not saying Boracay is horrible, but its really only good for being listed as a backpackers or pensioneers destination. Not as a resort location.