Bohol Escapade!!!

Last December 17 to 20, I had the priviledge to join my relatives from Canada to visit the island in Bohol. It was also the time where I get to meet my cousins and get to know them as a person not as an entity in social networks. The De Roca's and Rivera's are very accomodating, generous, considerate...Just want to say thank you so much...hope you guys visit the Philippines soon or should I say i'll visit you guys in Canada...

Nominated for 7 NEW WONDERS OF THE WORLD, and UNESCO World Heritage...BEHOLD the famous chocolate hills of Bohol...The name itself sounds yummy!!! feast your eyes with 200+ perfectly shaped hills!!! Enjoy!

Road through Mahogany Forest...the "look" and "feel" like your in the twilight movie but where are the vampires???...In addition to that, a bamboo hanging bridge showing filipino ingenuity and resourcefulness...

River cruise of Loboc is just a plain bliss...all you have to do is to eat filipino dishes (I'm hungry right now!), listen to a live acoustic, watch the greeneries, see the folks dance and entertain at the riverside...what more could you ask for??? oh that's HEAVENLY!

Tariser, tarsier and oh more tarsier...Aside from ubiquitous chocolate hills, Bohol is known also for their smallest primate in the world!...I saw the picture from the internet but I didn't expect it to be THAT small. We also visited Baclayon Church, one of the oldest church in the Philippines...

We went on an island near panglao beach resort through a boat "bangka". The travel was about an hour and the surprisingly the journey was pretty smooth with small splashes and bumps, but it was all well. From our area we could see the island of cebu (which I have been too also). We enjoyed snorkeling around the small island. You literally swim and feed the fish!!! It was A-MA-ZING to see other world other than our own. The colors, the movement, the unkown was really exciting. I drank a lot of salt water so I didn't dare myself to go beyond the coral border...You could see it was so deeeeeeeeeeep. Some of us including myself were sting by corals (yellow one), prick by a sea urchin and leave scars due to sharp corals but still I had FUN.

Flying back to Manila from the island of Bohol via Philippine Airlines flight 178. I'm sandwhich by Tito Del and Lolo Ben...I HAD THE BEST TIME EVER!!! It was the best trip I had, next to Vigan...I will definitely go back to bohol...Woot!