One of the guidelines that the created Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force set for the island's rehabilitation is that every tourist should have already booked a DOT Accredited hotel or resort to help regulate tourist arrivals in the island. As of posting, there are now 316 hotels and a total of 11,612 rooms available for booking. … Continue reading Hotel Limelight: Boracay Tropics Resort
On my last day in San Sebastian, I decided to splurge a little and stay in a boutique hotel. Hostels are fun, but to be honest, nothing beats getting a room all to yourself and not having to sleep with clothes on or have to walk lightly to the bathroom in the middle of the … Continue reading Hotel Limelight: Okako Boutique Hotel
This was the last affordable hostel with a four-bed dorm and en suite bathroom that was available on the Booking site. Here are my thoughts about Pensión San Fermín. Location The hostel is located in the middle of Old Town and in one of the most active and noisiest streets of this part of the … Continue reading Hotel Limelight: Pensión San Fermín
Instead of staying in Sigiraya for the cultural part of our trip in Sri Lanka, I decided to stay in Polonnaruwa because that is where the ancient capital's ruins are, plus the elephant parks are not too far (le hubby has never seen elephants out of a zoo). For its rooms, location, and facilities, it … Continue reading Hotel Limelight: Ekho Lake House, Polonnaruwa
We stayed at Wali Kukula Nest only for night, as the base for our trip in one side of the Sri Lankan Cultural Triangle. Which was rather unfortunate because the place was amazing. 'Wali Kukula' is the local term for the Sri Lankan jungle fowl which is endemic to the island and is the country's … Continue reading Hotel Limelight: Wali Kukula Nest
We spent the last day of our trip at one of the Maldivian island resorts. I chose a resort close to Malé so that we did not need to travel far and maximize our last day in the Maldives. At first we were little disappointed that the resort told us the boat would only take … Continue reading Hotel Limelight: Centara Ras Fushi Resort and Spa
On our first few days in the Maldives, we stayed in a local island called in the South Ari Atoll (now called Alifu Dhaalu Atoll). The atoll has 49 inhabited islands and we stayed in the island of Dhangethi. We chose this island, even if it was quite far, for two reasons: one, scheduled speedboats … Continue reading Hotel Limelight: Ariston Dhangethi Inn
