Tag Archives: Bohol

Bohol Trip: Enjoying Nature and History

There are times when the experience, when basking in the sights and sounds of nature, is too expansive and there’s a need to break it into smaller pieces, hoping that the smaller attempts to describe the experience would be reasonably … Continue reading →

Clear Waters of Panglao Island, Bohol

It’s easy to say a place is a paradise. It’s easier to say a place is overrated. Between these two characterization lies the waters of Panglao Island. Don’t get me wrong, though, it’s totally incorrect to say that’s equivalent to … Continue reading →

Chocolate Hills of Bohol

There’s always something that one associates with a more famous place. Take Bohol, for instance. What immediately comes to mind when you’re asked to name something that reminds you of Bohol? Tarsier. Blood compact. Loboc River or Loboc children’s choir, … Continue reading →

Man-made Forest in Bohol

Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree. This is the last line of a Joyce Kilmer poem. Here in Bohol, people not only make a tree, they grow an entire man-made forest. Located … Continue reading →

Blood Compact Monument in Bohol

Surprises come from the most unexpected time and place. Minutes after we’ve crossed the bridge from Panglao Island to the main island of Bohol, the driver of the tour van stopped in a gasoline station. This is  not the surprise, … Continue reading →

Hanging out at the Hanging Bridge in Bohol

The concept of a controlled danger, an artifice giving all the sensory perception of a real danger yet totally controlled to a certain extent, makes us enjoy roller coasters and other contraptions that seem to get more insane as we … Continue reading →

Diving at the Loboc River, Bohol

A tour in Bohol is not complete without a river cruise up along Loboc River, a clean and scenic river winding through a number of towns in Bohol. The cruise, of course, includes lunch. It also includes catching a glimpse … Continue reading →

The Beach of Panglao Island, Bohol

We’ve already said that we’re taking a small bite at a time of Panglao Island, on real time as we go around the place (map/directions of Panglao Island and Bohol). This time let’s talk about one of the crucial ingredients … Continue reading →

Panglao Island: Following the Sunrise and Sunset

We embarked on a mission to chronicle our visit to Panglao Island, found at the southwestern part of the island-province of Bohol, Philippines. We’ve heard so much about this place (map and directions). By way of a teaser for the … Continue reading →

Map: Panglao Island and Bohol, Philippines

How to get there? Map and directions for Panglao Island, located in the province of Bohol, as well as the whole province of Bohol, Philippines. Click the pink balloons to see location of the man-made forest, Chocolate Hills, Loboc River. … Continue reading →

Revisiting Magellan’s Cross, Mactan Shrine and Basilica del Sto. Nino

We don’t appreciate something until it’s gone, the cliche goes. Sappy, yes, but this drives home the point that we often take for granted places of historical importance that are right in our backyard. Take, for instance, Magellan’s Cross, Mactan … Continue reading →

Philippine Tarsier (Bohol)

I remember a classmate bringing a strange-looking creature — small but with huge eyes — to school back in elementary. While we called it kuwago because of its big eyes, the term kuwago more properly refers to a bird that … Continue reading →

Diving (Cabilao, Bohol)

I considered it one of the happiest homecoming. Perhaps, it was because it reminded me of teenage summers quite generous, it gave me both inexplicable joy and sadness.