So the reason why we decided to go to Boracay was because of the cheap non-peak fares SeaAir had going on that a friend forwarded to me. The fare touted P69 one way (yes for you non-Philippine folks, that's less than $2). Of course that's just the base fare....online with taxes that is about P375 ($7.81) one way. Can you say "Whaaat"? That was the cheapest fare I've gotten in my life, so I booked without hesitation and told my "budget" traveler friends about it.
As our flight neared, I realized I didn't know much about the carrier I booked on nor the plane we were on. I just assumed we were on a nice prop plane like the picture shown on their site. On the day of our flight and upon check-in we noticed they weighed us with our carry-on bags. Jaja and I kept wondering why, but were just too groggy in the morning to keep thinking about it. As our flight was called we saw our plane from afar and thought we were good to go. It was one of those cute modern turbo prop ones. We kept taking pictures of us in front of it as it was our first time riding a small plane like it. But to our surprise, they were redirecting us towards a smaller plane and it scared the crap out of us and other passengers. We basically got screwed and moved to a smaller and scarier plane. Both of us didn't want to go. It was a 19 seater plane with no frills. The stewardess came in, counted us and basically left the plane. There was no room for any service whatsoever, just us passengers and two pilots. As we started up the plane, there was no A/C or anything so it was mighty hot and I began to pray...like I never prayed before. Our FATHER.....!
As we were up on the air, I noticed that you can smell the gasoline of the plane and it was hot. As a matter of fact, I believe I saw one of the windows in cockpit slightly opened. I guess that's why we didn't go high up in the clouds, hence....it took longer than our friends who took the pimp daddy Dosier plane.
To block the sun in the cockpit, they used the sunvisor snap on's as those used in a car. Haha, that was hilarious! In air, I realized that the run way was short, so we were going to break hard to stop....and break hard we did. My heart and guts landed invisibly on the floor! As we were about to go out the pilot said "thank you" and I could've swore I said "God, I could kiss you " loudly because the passengers and pilot looked and laughed at me. All I can say is....I arrived in Caticlan airport in one piece. So thank you Mr. Pilot & co-Pilot man.
As our flight neared, I realized I didn't know much about the carrier I booked on nor the plane we were on. I just assumed we were on a nice prop plane like the picture shown on their site. On the day of our flight and upon check-in we noticed they weighed us with our carry-on bags. Jaja and I kept wondering why, but were just too groggy in the morning to keep thinking about it. As our flight was called we saw our plane from afar and thought we were good to go. It was one of those cute modern turbo prop ones. We kept taking pictures of us in front of it as it was our first time riding a small plane like it. But to our surprise, they were redirecting us towards a smaller plane and it scared the crap out of us and other passengers. We basically got screwed and moved to a smaller and scarier plane. Both of us didn't want to go. It was a 19 seater plane with no frills. The stewardess came in, counted us and basically left the plane. There was no room for any service whatsoever, just us passengers and two pilots. As we started up the plane, there was no A/C or anything so it was mighty hot and I began to pray...like I never prayed before. Our FATHER.....!
As we were up on the air, I noticed that you can smell the gasoline of the plane and it was hot. As a matter of fact, I believe I saw one of the windows in cockpit slightly opened. I guess that's why we didn't go high up in the clouds, hence....it took longer than our friends who took the pimp daddy Dosier plane.
To block the sun in the cockpit, they used the sunvisor snap on's as those used in a car. Haha, that was hilarious! In air, I realized that the run way was short, so we were going to break hard to stop....and break hard we did. My heart and guts landed invisibly on the floor! As we were about to go out the pilot said "thank you" and I could've swore I said "God, I could kiss you " loudly because the passengers and pilot looked and laughed at me. All I can say is....I arrived in Caticlan airport in one piece. So thank you Mr. Pilot & co-Pilot man.