2017 Boracay & Back — Dammit Mearle

What an experience.

Full facebook photo album here and Matthew’s wonderful photos here.

THURSDAY: Arrive on the Island after a full day of travel. No time to sleep – must meet up with the group and find out what’s going on.

Dave organizes the group and we grab a trike to Ariel’s House then boat out to Ariel’s Point. I had to wake Marshall from a coma sleep. So much drool. Worth it.

$50 for a full day of boozing, cliff diving, lunch, snorkeling (bright blue star fish) and relaxing. Clear water, clear skies. Perfect day.

Day wraps up with a Chinese dinner, a game of quarters & captains meeting. Marshall tried to be Scott’s wingman.

After not wanting to swap into C-Pool with the Finnish team it was confirmed: Elite Pool.

FRIDAY: Breakfast @ Sunnyside. Start the day with playing the Boracay Dragons. They’re kind of a big deal. They bageled us. I mean, they’re good but we also didn’t play our game. I was able to find enough energy for a point or two.

Next game: Beached Whales. A mixed group from UK. I thought we could take ’em – but we fell short.

Final game: Dime Piece. We’d heard about them – how they like to “win the party.” It was a contested match. We wanted to win it for Ekk. They ended victorious by 2. Close match, fun game.

End day 0-3

Friday Night Party: Some people went HARD. I mean H.A.R.D. We walked for what seemed like forever to Station 1. The party was bumping when we arrived. I hard stopped at 11pm. Others closed it down circa 2:30.

SATURDAY: Breakfast @ Sunnyside. A man down. Aubrey can’t recall how he injured his ankle the night before. A lot of players looking rough.Mikayla missed the whole first game! We play NexGen (baby pirates) for the crossover game. We suspect they blew the game so they could win B-Pool. Their median age was 14. They were fun to play and we’re happy to take the W.

Next game was meant to be Dragons again, but we played the Boracay Pirates to mix it up. We scored 8 on them! Final score 8-14.

At some point, I handed a mearle sticker to someone and they asked “oh is this the state of texas.” LMAO

End day 1-1

Saturday Night Party: Coachella

Coachella = Flash tats

Memories: Top 40, breaking it down low, tequila shot, glittering faces, pizza pretzel (amazing), finger lights (errbody wanted ’em)

SUNDAY: Breakfast @ Sunnyside 2 Games left. We played the Australian Masters team Cooee followed by Dime Piece part 2.

End day 0-2.

FINALS: Pirates vs Dragons – Pirates victorious on universe point.

Remember that time the Dragons handler let the pull hit him? That was weird.

Remember that time the Pirates woman with the cat ears was awesome. Yes.

Remember that AMAZING greatest that led to a score? Pirates – 4ever.

Jersey Exchange: Did I pressure a 14 y/o to take my jersey with humping animals on it so I could take his Boracay Dragons jersey? Yes. Am I proud? No. Do I have regrets? Absolutely not. I gave him some stickers too.