The Philipines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands in the South Pacific, with a history as old as time. Only about 2,000 of the islands, Boracay included, are inhabited. The first humans likely reached Boracay and the Philipines around 40,000 years ago.

Through its 40,000 year history, Boracay has been under everything from Buddhist kingdoms from India, Islamic kingdoms from Malacca (present-day Malaysia), crown rule under the Spanish, commonwealth domination under the Americans, Japanese occupation during World War II, a home-ruled dictatorship in the latter-half of the 20th century, and finally, democracy in the late 1980s.

The modern history of Boracay as a tourist's dream destination, however, begins only in the 1970s. Opinion is divided as to who "discovered "the island first - whether a visiting film crew who captured the exquisite beauty of the island lead to tourist boom, or German travel writer Jens Peters, whose books about the Philipines and rave reviews of Boracay in particular captured die Herze of his fellow countrymen. Nonetheless, the tourist influx began in the 1970s, but it was not until the 1990s that Boracay even got electricity.

Today, Boracay still remains a pristine travel destination. Its premiere, four-kilometer long beach, appropriately named White Beach, was rated the best in the world by the Sun Herald in Australia and Harper's Magazine, and for good reason. Over 100,000 tourists visit the island each year, at one time the largest number coming from Germany and Switzerland, but many can be found vacationing on the island, from English, French, Belgian, Austrian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Australian and Americans. Those interested in a history of the island first-hand may visit the Gloria & Robert Tirol Heritage Museum, located in the Seawind Hotel in Balabag, which contains artifacts dating back over half a millennia.

In recent years though, a shift in demographics has occurred in the tourism profile. Now, the dominant tourists are South Korean and middle class Filipinos, with a sprinkling of seasonal European expatriates resident in Manila.

However, there remain a number of stalwart pioneers of Boracay, in partnership with some local Boracayans and Filipino environmentalists, who do their best to keep up with the spirit of the original magic of Boracay, where East and West met in a synergistic harmony, respecting local values and customs, and sharing wealth in harmonious community... this is not an easy accomplishment, but it is a commitment we made a long time ago... that we would "always come back to Boracay".... Boracay is the grounder... the modern Garden. She is a perfect symbol of what must be made whole again for our redemption. We must return her to the earth and to her original occupants, who were doing a fine job of caretaking. She is Eden.... indeed she was Adam and Eve -- the two little volcanic islands that became one flesh. The truth is this: Boracay is a perfect microcosm of human development. In 30 years, those of us who have been around to witness it, have seen with our own eyes how greedy humans have taken something perfect .... utterly perfect, and created something funky, occasionally lovely, but also crass and urban and incongruously dark... There was nothing that could have been done to improve Boracay. But we tried to occupy it, and in the course of our occupation, through our dissatisfaction and our imaginaiton, we destroyed the very thing that we craved - simplicity .... beauty in its most natural and simplest form...beautiful nature occupied by kind and gentle people.

We are coming back to restore her. Watch for our project.