Blogs from Bohol, Philippines, Asia - page 11

One of the reasons I chose to travel to Bohol was to see the Tarsier - a crazy monkey-bat like creatyure with huge eyes and a rotating head. The animal is endangered and Unique to the philippines. Bohol is also famous for the chocolate hills - a crazy mound of hills made from Coral over thousands of years. I suggested the trip to John - he agredd to split the taxi. Then Sharon from London came along, and we met another Girl called Anna, who also fancied the trip, so that was great! Cheap trip - split 4 ways!!! Result. Also went to the Loboc River on a cruise which was really funny - a slight tourist trap, but funny all the same - we were serenaded by laods of people in a south pacific stylee! ... read more

So I went for my next day of dives with the Dive shop on the beachfront. We wet to 'the sanctuary' just of Alona beach. The clarity was amazing and the variety of fish just brilliant. I was calm and serene watching the fish swim by. Then my breathing became very difficult - from my training I realised it was likely to be C02 not being removed from the aqualung, so I breathed deep and calm. It just got worse until I could not breathe. I made this clear to my instructor and unfortunately he didn't realise that I was having big problems. I knew I needed a clear air supply and the feeling I had was so bad. I then grabbed him and he still would not give me assistance. He then decided to make ... read more

Alex and I got on the scooters and tried to ride them down the hill to the beach. It was his first time, so it was pretty interesting. he he. We both did the standard, walk the scooter with your feet on first gear- the telltale sign of a newbie. Some locals gestured to us to put up the kickstand (i forgot. ha ha) We met up with the others beside the Alona Kew, where the path to Alona Beach starts and where all scooters are parked. Melt and Agnes were off at one of the dive shops to compare prices and to look for goggles. He checked prices in another place and was surprised that they charged more than at the Bohol Beach Club. My first impression at the start of our walk on Alona ... read more

We arrived at the Tagbilaran docks where we waited in the shade for Christy's cousin. Christy's aunts and uncles were also with us, since they were returning from our wedding. We waited in the shade for roughly 15 minutes, which looked bad on him, because he was running late. Christy's tita kept apologizing, while she texted the cousin. I was burning in the heat and wanted to just grab a cab, but to save face I waited. The cousin finally arrived and we dropped off all of Christy's relatives at the bus terminal before we headed to the mall for some purchases. My brother, Meltom, had called us to get lots of water and some Korean or Japanese sweet tea the girls had discovered in CDO City. The tea ended up being a favorite of everyone, ... read more

For our anniversary month, Kim and I decided to go to Bohol. Since our time for vacation is limited, we needed a place that would offer much yet is not too far nor too difficult to get to. This is my third and Kim’s first time to visit Bohol and I’m glad that it still did not disappoint DAY 1: COUNTRYSIDE TOUR After a hearty breakfast of bacon, ham, eggs and Japanese siomai (takaw!) at the cafeteria on the basement of PAL Centennial terminal, we headed off to Bohol at 8AM on board the brand-spanking-new jet of PAL. The flight is for a good 90 minutes - that’s pretty long for a local flight. As I’ve made arrangements for the countryside tour before our trip, we were picked up at the airport by our driver/tour guide ... read more