This picture was taken around 10 am while sipping avocado mango shake at Jonah's and watching tourist wade through seawater which reached the railings of the juice bar. You can see Willy's rock in a distance.
In an uncontrolled growth spurt, the resort island is finding itself sinking with the new influx of building frenzy of luxury hotels at the station one, beach side. There is always a price for progress. But hey, did we really want progress to wind its darkside into paradise.
Locals have complained that during the feast of St. John the Baptist, seawater reached the road, flooding the establishments on the beach. Slowly mother nature is reclaiming the paradise it has given the Filipinos. All because we do not know how to take care of it. I believe a little bit of planning and thinking and conscience could avert the looming catastrophe. This is my first visit to the island when I was not able to walk the whole stretch of beach from Diniwid to station 3. I even noticed that there were new rock formations near Diniwid beach but sadly it was because the cliff gave in during one of the storms.
Tourists have to wade through seawater where the beach were once. The resorts along station one built seawalls. Ha ha ha. This is the end of Boracay as I know it.
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