Showing posts with label Bohol. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bohol. Show all posts

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Bohol Escapade


After landing in Mactan-Cebu International Airport early morning of November 20, we proceeded to the port and embarked on a Ferry boat to Bohol.  There, we met a nice taxi driver who brought us to a fine Beach Resort named Bohol Divers’ Resort.   Although part of the place is under construction/renovation, it still is, on the whole, a pleasant place to check-in.  It is clean, with well maintained surroundings including a big landscaped front yard and big swimming pool.  The beach is absolutely fabulous as it is well known to be an attractive tourist spot.  On the night that we were there, the long stretch of the beach became an exciting and attractive area of entertainment.  A great number of tourists hung around for good food, and fine music. Just like what we did when we chose to hang around the Lost Horizon Resort. They got excellent singers and three-man band and free wifi. I sincerely loved their kind of jazz and bossa music. It was late when we returned to our own resort, we found out it was holding a sort of dance party with a live band playing.  We took a view from a corner and saw it was excessively packed with high spirited customers. The time being very late, we just turned our back and went up to our room.
The following morning, we had our breakfast on the resort's resto by the beach then we were fetched by the nice driver we contracted with to tour us around.  This was already our second time in Bohol, yet, we were still excited to go over the same places we’ve been to before. The nice driver/tour guide, when he learned about it, brought us to some new places we haven’t yet seen.  He is jolly and he is really good in his business! He brought us to the Butterfly Farm, the tarsiers, hanging bridge, Chocolate Hills, the Man made Forest, to the biggest live python I’ve ever seen,  the Magsaysay park where we fed wild monkeys with bananas we bought from a market along the way, the Baclayon Church and Blood Compact Site.

The Bohol Divers' Resort Apt.

The swimming pool

Restaurant by the beach

The beach with boats ready for dolphin watching.

Hanging out for good food and fine music.

Meats and seafood: You choose, they cook.

A lonesome crab strolling under our table.

Magsaysay Park: Wild monkeys' sanctuary

One of the wild monkeys we fed.

Tarsiers in captivity.

Loboc River Cruise

Having lunch while enjoying the river cruise.

Buffet lunch while cruising Loboc River

Baclayon Church  the oldest in the Philippines.

Can you see clearly Padre Pio on the wall?

The controversial bridge:

Catching my breath climbing up the top of the hill.

Thousands of Chocolate Hills.

Conquering my fear of snakes by getting near the big python.

It's already early morning and time to round up.  I hope to see you again and thanks for dropping by! Good morning!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Still out here celebrating

We are now on our last day of our 3n/4d Bohol-Cebu vacation.  Yesterday was our 30th wedding anniversary and we had the most excellent celebration so far! I will post all our escapades as soon as we get home. In the meantime, here’s one of the best activity we had yesterday, the peak day of our short vacation.

All in complete gear ready to experience the electrifying Skywalk.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Loboc River Cruise





Found the above photos in my computer album and I come to reminisce the wonderful vacation my family had a couple of years ago in Bohol. These were taken while aboard a boat cum floating restaurant. I consider this river cruise the best part of the Bohol Tour coz everything that’s nice for a tourist (whether local or foreign) was present there. We were in a place where beauty of nature abounds. Experiencing a very relaxing boat cruise with lively Filipino music being sang by an excellent singer while we were having a sumptuous buffet Filipino lunch. Added to the pleasure was seeing other happy people waiving on each other, with every boat that came across ours. (Take note of that foreign guy behind us and on the other boat too.) That was one wonderful moment indeed!


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