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Fire In Boracay

Day 2 in Boracay...we were at the endpoint of Station 3 area...a few minutes after I captured the sunset (2005.01.21 Sunset In Boracay Gallery)...my wife told me that it seems there was a fire that broke out near Station 2, where our lodging house was located. We 'walked' fast...and OMG! our lodging house (La Isla Bonita Resort) was just a few meters from the 'Talipapa' area where the fire had started. I immediately went to our lodging house to get our baggages...

We tranfered to a lodging house which was located far from the 'fire' area...I was thinking that the La Isla Bonita Resort was 'eaten up' by the fire....

...the morning after, I checked the 'fire' area...and to my surprize...the La Isla Bonita Resort was in-tact...take a look at the images P1220913.JPG, P1220922.JP, P1220934.JPG ...and see how close the La Isla Bonita Resort was from the 'fire' area.
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Nathan 04-Mar-2009 20:08
Just hope they don't ruin the feeling of the place by rebuilding as a tourist resort. Talipapa was a great place to shop as opposed to Demall. would really ruin it if they made it more commercial than it already is
Jason 27-Nov-2006 21:52
I just returned from a week at "La Isla Bonita" during the beginning of November, 2006. The burned building is now nearly rebuilt. The construction crews work nearly 24 hours a day it seems. My room was directly next to the hammers and saws. The estimate for the building opening is February 2007. It will be a hotel of course.
William 18-Apr-2006 06:03
This was a big surprise for me, i was just there 4 months ago and when i visited Boracay, i was wondering why there was a section of the tourist center looked like a junk yard...now i know why. Thanks for these photos and now i know what the 'scar' was on this beautiful paradise of Boracay island. *_*
coralie 02-Feb-2006 11:12
wow i didnt realize that had happened..we were just there at Las isla Bonita 3 weeks ago..there is building going on there unfortunalty for us they started at 3.30am(dont these people ever sleep!I miss it there on Boracay it was a highlight of our month long Philippines trip.
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