Blogs from Bohol, Philippines, Asia - page 9

Cramming! That’s what we’re good at. We didn’t start booking for our accommodation and Ferry tickets until the day before our flight. The Ferries to our main Bohol destination, Tagbilaran City were all fully booked and the hotels were giving us a hard time too. We were able to sort everything out by paying more than what we budgeted and taking an alternative route to Tubigon, Bohol. Straight from work, we headed to NAIA Airport to catch our 08:00 o’clock flight which took off 20 minutes behind schedule with (the) Capt. Cuneta explaining, "Hello, this is your Captain. Sorry for the delay, it’s because of some incompetent fools in @&$*#^@%@* ". Some individuals surely pissed him off. We had a bumpy take off … bumpy ride! I wanted to tell our dear captain ... easy :) ... read more

1. After a taxi, bus, ferry, Scorpions soundtracked jeepney and a motorbike ride catch a glimpse of a cow in the dark on a dirt track that leads to the 500 steps which, hopefully in the end, will take you to the hippy jungle retreat Nuts Huts. Check into their "Honeymoon in Vegas" room. 2. The next day, trek back to Loboc to catch a jeepney to see the world's cutest or, more officially put the world's smallest, primate,the endangered tarsier. Refuse every argument that says that the tarsiers have bull sized eyes in order to catch insects when its dark. Instead decide that the tarsiers need night vision so that they can see the straw of their Pina Colada drink while they hang out by the pool in the night and feast on mangoes and ... read more

Vi er fortsatt på Bohol og her skjer det ikke mye. Det er spising, strandliv og soving... Det er faktisk ingen mulighet for shopping her vi er nå!! Vi har det bra og har fortsatt igjen penger så det er ikke nødvendig for noen av dere å foreta noen store pengetransaksjoner ennå... Kommer tilbake til dette når behovet melder seg! Hotellet vi bor på nå koster hele kr. 300,- pr. natt.. I morgen natt skal vi på et hotell som ligger rett ved flyplassen i Bangkok, det koster 4 ganger så mye. Da forventer jeg at dassen virker hver gang og at det kommer mere enn 5 dråper ut av dusjen. Ikke lett å vaske håret med så lite trykk i dusjen men det går!! Etter at vi skjønte at dassen her bare virket annenhver gang ... read more

A little sad to leave this beautiful island behind, we climbed aboard the banca that would take us back to Cebu island at around 9-ish. On the other side tha bus that would take us back to Cebu city in four hours was already waiting. The trip didn't feel that long luckily, and a quick taxi ride to the port told us the fast ferry to Taglibaran was leaving at 5 o'clock. That gave us enough time to find an airline ticket office nearby to buy a ticket back to Manila. Again it was a bargain to fly, for the two of us we paid just 3850 Pesos to fly from Taglibaran Bohol airport to Manila! The ferry ride was very comfortable, although slightly cold due to an airconditioning gone wild. For anyone doing this trip, ... read more

Den gestrigen Tag verbrachten wir mit einer Motorraderkundung von Bohol, besser gesagt, einem Teil dieser doch ziemlich großen Insel. Glücklicherweise liegen die Touristenattraktionen im Südwesten, nicht allzu weit von Panglao entfernt. Da das Essen in unserem Resort nicht sonderlich gut ist, frühstückten wir in Alona, wo ein wahres Juwel erst kürzlich eröffnet hatte. Das Charts Art Café in einem stilvollen, maurischen Komplex mit kleiner Veranda, Cushions und Hängematte macht seinem Namen Kunstcafé alle Ehre. Es gehört von der geschmackvollen Einrichtung her definitiv zu den schönsten Cafés in Südostasien, selbst die Speisekarte ist Gemälde inspiriert. Der Kaffee ist ebenfalls hervorragend, während das Essen eher durchschnittlich und teuer ist. Auf Vorbestellung gibt es jedoch günstige, frische Laugenbrötchen (20 P), und diese mit Eiern und Cappuccino machen ein wunderbares Frühstück. ... read more