# Boracay Island Visit

First off - much love and appreciation to Pouch for creating this Bitcoin island paradise!

You can get to Boracay Island by flying to Caticlan Airport from Manila. If you choose to walk to the jetty, be sure to go to TABON (in the North), not Caticlan Jetty Port (to the West)! Else you may end up trekking back along the beach, avoiding packs of dogs..

After you've payed your tourist taxes (400 pesos) and boat (50 pesos) and arrived on the island, make your way up to the right and jump on an electric taxi (~250 pesos depending on distance)

If you're staying in an airbnb, be aware that they may book a fake hotel ticket to get you the authorisation to travel to the island.

Despite the high number of businesses that accept Bitcoin on Boracay (~264) they are still in the minority! But you generally don't have to walk far to find somewhere that will accept your sats.

Of course to pay with sats you will usually need internet. The Philippines require some heavy KYC (government id + selfie) on sim card registrations, so I would instead recommend downloading an offline mapping application (eg Organic Maps) and confirming with each place if they have wifi before submitting your order.

For the actual payment, the process usually goes like this:

1. Scan a static QR Code

2. Ask how many sats to enter in the invoice request

3. Politely explain that sats are not the same as pesos

4. Google the amount of sats yourself and enter it in the invoice

5. Pay the invoice

6. The shopkeeper now takes a photo of your receipt as proof of the transaction

Bit convoluted but am sure with more Bitcoiners making the trip, systems will improve!