My Badian Island Resort Experience

Why did I choose the Badian Island Resort? Because I desire to acquire serenity. I found out from my research that this resort promotes wellness from food to relaxation, adventure, and wellbeing.

I'm excited to share with you some beautiful photos from this trip. I hope this will help you decide if you are planning to choose Badian Island Resort.

GOING THERE

From Cebu South Bus Terminal, ride in a bus for BATO MOALBOAL VIA BARILI.

We departed at 7:00 in the morning. Let's see how long it will take.

The bus stopped at this great view in front of us!

We arrived at Badian town proper at 10:23 am. It took us 3 hours from Cebu to Badian town.

We stopped at Bian Sports Complex. From here, we rented a tricycle for Php 150.00 to Badian Island Resort Port. 

This is the view that we saw when we arrived at the Badian Island Resort Port. It was inaudible, tranquil, and hushed. For the first time, it was so weird not to hear the sound of a motorcycle or even television. I remembered my eardrum vibrates because of silence.

We waited for the pump boat to pick us up because we have to cross the waters. This is a free ride from the resort.

And this is the view while crossing the sea.

ARRIVAL AND WELCOMING

The crew welcome us with calachuchi necklace and guided our way through their reception building.

We received this coconut shell container with refreshing drinks. We deposited money I think it was for food, and other activities you want to do in their resort. So, every time we have our meals and do other activities, we don't need to pay each time. It will automatically be deducted from our deposited money. 

VILLA TOUR

I could not say anything else about how beautiful our villa was.

The funny thing when we entered our villa, is that my husband was looking for a television. As a surprise, there was NO T.V. And I told him that this resort is for wellness, having television will keep the resort noisy and they won't be able to maintain serenity and tranquility. I like it that there was no television because going there is not about watching television anyway.

RANDOM TOUR AROUND THE RESORT

OUR MORNING ACTIVITY AND BREAKFAST

I love breakfast. I love it more because they serve this very delicious and healthy food. 

This is our first breakfast. And take note that their restaurant does not serve more than one (1) cup of rice.

A peaceful view during our breakfast.

This is our second breakfast. We seated near the pool at this time. And ordered a different sets of healthy breakfast.

ACTIVITIES WE HAD

On our first day that is Saturday, after we place our things in the villa, we went outside to discover the area and went swimming. Took photos also. Just enjoy the place and time without rush and without too much energy and excitement. You can't scream because of too much happiness here. You'll get embarrassed.

On that evening, we joined the Saturday night with the rest of the people in the resort.

We had so much fun on Saturday night. The resort holds a simple program for the guests. They have a special Filipino dance presentation. 

After that, all of the guests were invited to dance. Joining us with the dancers and all the crew of the resort.  It was really a fun night that I enjoyed so much!

On our second day, supposedly we will go to Badian town to have a tour but it will cost us much so we decided to stay and had snorkeling for free. Their pump boat brought us to the other side of the resort where it was good for snorkeling and left us there. We swam for I think 20 meters from the shore with an expert diver. However, the sea at that time has rough. It was difficult to swim and dangerous. Anyway, it was rewarding we reached the area where it is so deep and see the fishes and the beautiful corals below. 

We decided to go back to the shore after an hour because the waves were strong.  At the cottages, there were local people who sell their native products like keychains and shirts. We were able to talk to them about how they live, their challenges, and their means of living. We bought some of their souvenir items.

The expert diver called the pump boat so we can go back to the resort.

Later that day, I book for the spa. I wasn't able to take photos of the place because we were excited already about our massage. And it was really nice! Just know that the price is high. But if you want to have a vacation in this resort, make sure to make your budget higher.

The following day, it is already Monday morning. It's time to go back to real life. We woke up at 5:00 am and waited for the sunrise at the cottage. We had our meditation. We treasure the moment and the beautiful creation of our Maker. And my heart was just so grateful for so many things.  

MY EXPERIENCE

There were things that I've learned and memorable experiences during this vacation. However, there is this one thing that stood out.

It was silence. We learned to speak slow and low because of silence. We don't need to be loud in order to be heard. 

In the city, especially at work, we always wanted to speaker louder to be heard because there are a lot of people rushing about and shouting. Also, in the city, there are other noises that we get to hear every day. There are these cars, motorcycles, televisions, loud music, shouting, and etc.. I don't know. For some reason, there are people who like noise. 

I saw this quote on the internet about silence which goes;

Listen to the silence, it has so much to say. -Rumi 

There is a noise that surrounds us. And also the noise within our hearts and mind. There are so many things in our hearts and minds that bothers us. We feel bad about ourselves or we focus too much on people's negative remarks on us. We chase our dreams but we don't know what to do or we are doing something but we feel it is not enough. Sometimes it is hard for us to truly see what's inside us because of these noises within us.

Silence helps eliminate the noise in our minds and our hearts. It helps clear other things that are bothering us. And filter the things not just what we really want but what is the important thing we want to do. We were able to clarify the things we thought and we feel inside.

Silence will help us pray sincerely to the Lord and will help us see more of the beautiful things we were blinded to see. It helps us to have an honest assessment of ourselves and accept it humbly before the Lord.

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I hope that you have appreciated all my photos during this vacation and get some inspirations from my blog. I'm excited to always share with you some bits of inspirations and together we will find treasures in every experience and learnings that we had.