The Snail Way to Boracay

The cheapest but most time-consuming way to go to Boracay is via the Strong Republic Nautical Highway, otherwise known as RORO. Here's the lowdown on our itinerary via Montenegro Lines: Manila - Batangas port 2hrs. Batangas port - Calapan 2hrs. Calapan - Roxas 3hrs. Roxas - Caticlan 4hrs. Caticlan - Boracay 15mins. A total of around 11hrs. 15mins of driving, snoozing, poker, Malcolm Gladwell, Zorro vcd and more snoozing. If it wasn't for our workaholic indianero buddies(who left us and still faithfully went to work on Nov. 2&3), we wouldn't be taking this snail way to Boracay. Anyway, everything has been planned already so the four of us decided to go through with it. The total roundtrip fare per person for taking the Roro from Batangas to Boracay driving your own car is around P1500 only. That includes gas and parking fees(for a group of 4). Isn't that cheap?