Its All in Bohol

Date of travel: January 2009

Bohol is one of the.most visited places in the country. Famous for its Chocolate Hills and cute Tarsiers, many tourists and travelers visit Bohol to experience the laid back province and be close to nature. Hanggang libro at picture ko lang ito nakikita. Gosh I need to see it personally para malaman ko kung chocolate ba talaga ito or not. Haha. Arte noh? That's why when we visited Cebu last 2009, we made sure that the province of Bohol will be included in our itinerary.

Getting to and from Bohol is a piece of cake. There are direct flights to Tagbilaran, the province capital, from most of our domestic airlines. From Mindanao, there are ferries from Camiguin going to Jagna. But the most common route to Bohol is via Cebu. Fast crafts and ferries have daily trips from Cebu to the port of Tagbilaran. On our part, we took the Ocean Jet fast craft from Cebu's pier one. We bought tickets and made reservation the day before our travel kase daw most of the fast crafts are fully booked especially the morning trips. Return ticket costs P900.00 which is acceptable for an air-conditioned and comfortable 1 and a half hour trip. So ayun, 4 am palang we left our pension house and took the taxi to pier one to catch the 6am trip. The boat left mga 630 am and borlogs muna for over an hour para may energy pagdating ng Bohol.

Waiting at Pier One on a 5am

About to depart. Time to grab some zzzzz

Welcome to Bohol

Past 8am and were already in Tagbiliran. In the port pa lang, you'll notice the large number pf tourist arrivals. We got off the ferry and went to the terminal area. NOW WHAT? We were clueless. Ano na? San na tayo sunod? How can we explore Bohol now? Good thing that outside the port in the departure area ay marami ang nag oofer ng guided tours including the transportation na. So no need to worry if you have no contacts since many drivers and guides will offer you tours at a reasonable price. Try to haggle and you could even get cheper offers. Ilabas na ang mga convincing powers! That is when we met kuya ( I forgot his name ) and he offered P1500 for the 3 of us,  for the guided tour for the whole day via his Toyota Avanza. Carry na actually. At least hassle free na and I wanna start the tour and waste no time. We sealed the deal and were good to go. We had our breakfast first in a nearby carinderia since guttomy hilfigher na talaga before we started our trip.

Kuya's Toyota Avanza. Ayos!

So for the entire day, here were the sights that we visited. Of course manong kuya driver was our guide. And our photographer too. Camera man in short.


WHAT TO SEE IN BOHOL?

 Blood compact site- with matching tagay shot/ pose.

 Baclayon Church- parang feel kong mag simba dito every Sunday

 Loboc Museum- a collection of some Bohol made artifacts

 Loboc River cruise- a cruise along Loboc river with buffet lunch at 300 php.YES UNLI RICE!

Tarsier sanctuary- How I wish I can sneak one in my bag. Ssshhh.. 

 Man-made forest- walang kamatayang mga puno at nature pa ren

 Chocolate Hills- which is not so chocolatey at all.

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Butterfly Garden- expect many butterflies of course

We finished the tour by almost 4 in the afternoon. Since we want to spend the night ans the rest of our time in the beach, we told Kuya to take us to Panglao. He asked for an additional P500 including pickup the next day. Okay, fine. We bought first some snacks and necessities before heading to Panglao beach.

Bohol is truly a nature lover's paradise. You'll get to appreciate God's gift of nature to its province. So if you haven't been to Bohol and you've been wishing to visit the province, go ahead and explore. For its all in Bohol.