Blogs from Bohol, Philippines, Asia - page 3

Moving on from Cebu, it was a 2h fastcraft to the neighbouring island of Bohol, where its capital Tagbilaran would be my staging area. Tagbilaran might as well be tricycle capital of all of Philippines, with its innumerous noisy critters scooting around what really isn't that big a town to begin with. I'm not quite sure why there seems to be a particularly high concentration of tricycles here, considering the population isn't that great, given the size of the island. But anyway, pretty much everyone who comes to Bohol has two things in mind -- the Chocolate Hills and tarsiers. The Chocolate Hills are a scattering of some 1200 regularly-shaped and roughly even height mounds in central Bohol, which were supposedly formed by the uplift of coral deposits and the action of rainwater and erosion, though ... read more

"It's really fun in BOHOL!!!" The excitement of going to the beautiful island of BOHOL consumed me that ,until now, I keep on daydreaming about it. I can't helped but be awed by the amazing chocolate hills, the palm-sized "second-smallest primate in the world"---the tarsier, the buzzing bees at the Bohol Bee farm and the Loboc cruise packed with soothing live music and sumptuous food. I was also able to travel back in time by going to the 1595 (Spanish Colonial architecture) Baclayon church, declared as a National Historic Treasure in 1995. The church has well-preserved relics, a small museum, and a 69 feet high bell tower. I was so amazed by just looking at one of the oldest churches in the Philippines. Its very articulate and Spanish-style architecture is truly a work of art. There ... read more

As mentioned previously, it's been so long since I last dived, thus I needed some time to readjust my buoyancy, my equipments, and to accustom myself to diving. I felt really bad as I was such a lousy diver as compared to my Weishing's little girl, Anna. She is only 10 but she is such a wonderful diver. I was totally put to shame. Fortunately, my seasickness wasn't too bad. I managed to enjoy alot more of this trip as compared to my previous dive trips. As the nausea-ness did not hit me that badly, I was able to stay awake longer on the boat and had more fun in the water with the rest. While on land, there is little the land could provide us with some food and little entertainment. The resort that we ... read more

Wow, it's been ages, you musta been missing us loads! Since Siquijor we have been to Bohol and Camiguin. Bohol (Panglao island) was the wicked place with our own bamboo hut where we had to shower outside and a Gekko poo-ed on our bed...luckily 1 minute after Holly had got up. Panglao was pretty cool, our resort was quiet but a 5min motorbike ride away was beach strip with restaurants and an epic happy hour with rum & coke at a mighty 37p! We managed to get suitably sozzled and filled our tummies with delicious BBQ food at the price of £1.48. Bloody brilliant! We took a tour in a tricycle round the main tourist sites. Frankly we could have chosen a more comfortable method of transport but it made it more Filipino chic. We were ... read more

Coming to Bohol mainly for diving, and I have to say Bohol is such a perfect place for diving, so many diving site to choose and the underwater coral walls are so diverse, for a beginner like me, each dive is an adventure. Been busy with divings these five days, now I have completed the AOW course, suddenly feel a bit lost, what's next? I still want to dive more for certain, maybe a rescue course? Diving seems like a drug, can easily get people addicted to it. I am thinking of coming here again and stay for 2 or 3 months, learn diving and maybe work in a diving shop and live several months of simple life, here is just too good to go back to SH's office and sitting in a cubicle and work ... read more