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Bohol and Cebu 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009 @ 9:11 AM
Good.Current Music: Right Now (Na Na Na) - Akon (I'm just plain bored. T.T)
We first arrived in Bohol (via Tagbilaran Airport), rode the taxi that Mom hired via the internet, then off to Cebu via a 2 hour boat ride.
Cebu was more likely turning into a Manila, probably it's called The Queen City of the South. Buildings here, buildings there. But what makes it still a province is that there's not much traffic, not much pollution, and beaches exist XD.
We too toured Cebu. We went to Magellan's Cross, the Basilica of Sto. Niño (where the 1500's Sto. Niño is located - but we didn't see it), Fort San Pedro (the oldest and smallest Fort that the Spaniards made), The Philippine Taoist Temple (which is in Beverly Hills - the village that the Ayala's developed in Cebu), Two Restaurants, and the Lapu-Lapu Shrine. And, we only stayed in Cebu for an overnight.
After waking up early due to an early departure from Cebu, we rode another boat ride back to Bohol for another 2 hours.
We toured first the Chocolate Hills, an hour away from the Port of Tagbilaran. It was a great view. Thinking before that there were only a few hills, they're numbered pala as 1,000+. After viewing the hills, the man-made forest was made. Tall trees (don't know what they really are called) were planted around 40 years ago by the government. As a tourist, I was happy that the Philippines has a kind of forest just like what other countries have. After it, we went to a Tarsier viewing site. Poor Tarsiers, they're not as free as they should be. Though they're not really caged (they're placed at plant-like-trees), they should not be there. Tarsiers are cute and small, but they need to be free too. After being sad by the Tarsiers, we had a fun ride in a floating boat. Eating our lunch there and meeting an Ati Tribe. After being so full from that boat ride, we passed by the Blood Compact Site, where Datu Sikatuna and Miguel Lopez de Legazpi had a "Sandugo". After picturing our silly poses there, we ate flower petals (yes, real life flower petals), or the so-called "Flower Salad" at the Bohol Bee Farm. You can eat, taste, and smell the flower petals. After eating the flower salad, we went straight to our resort and swam on the beach and the swimming pool.
We arrived at Bohol last Sunday, March 22 and left on March 24. It was a good trip, no, a great trip exactly.
Hm. I wonder when will we go next year - and that would be my graduation trip :O.
Trivia:
- The Beverly Hills Village is located atop the hills - probably the reason that it was named as it is.
- The river the boat was cruising on was the same river Cesar Montano's film, Panaghoy sa Suba.
- With the tourism fever, the floating restaurants were envisioned providing tourists with a 1st class dining experience on board floating restaurants. The floating vessels are made up of a covered platform on top of two large outrigger boats which are joined together. The boats can accommodate up to 50 people. Source from Wikimapia.com
- The flower petals are "flavored" by the dressing (Honey and Mustard). Thus, if you taste the petal w/o the dressing, it'll taste like hell.
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