We spent a whole day on the island of Bohol. My parents had been here before (see post of July 28, 2014) on a different tour, but this is definitely on my list of places to come back to . . . one day!
The Loboc River
Our first stop on the tour was for lunch on the floating restaurant featuring a Filipino cuisine buffet. It was a very warm day but it was gorgeous! The cruise included live entertainment and a view of locals getting out of the heat and enjoying the "unpolluted' river. I think at one point a man swam up to our barge and of the the workers gave him a life jacket. When we came back around we saw a little boy wearing it.
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| Bardge(aka floating restaurant) on the river. |
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| I loved the colors! |
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| So beautiful. |
At one point along the river there was a short stop where we were treated to local entertainment. They played their ukulele and sang and danced in their costumes. There were all ages included. A couple of the youth performed a dance with four long bamboo rods that was kind of impressive.
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| dancing with bamboo |
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| Of course all ways something to buy |
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| Isn't he just the cutest thing ever!! |
Tarsier Preservation
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| These guys were so cute! They could probably fit into your pocket, or at least your purse. |
The second stop was at the tarsier wildlife conservation. We saw about 10-11 of these animals often called "the worlds smallest primates". They are about the size of a man's fist. They are a protected species and threatened due to illegal trading, and deforestation. Their main predator. . .the domestic cat. They were all sleeping, because they are nocturnal and eat insects. They were so cute sleeping though. Those eyes are huge when they open them. They don't move their eyes, however their heads can rotate 180 degrees.
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| I forgot to open my eyes!! (but what's new?) |
The Chocolate Hills
Unique to Bohol is a natural feature named The Chocolate Hills. These are small grass covered conical shaped hills are scattered all over an area. There are between 1,260 to 1,776 individual mounds. The hills are covered in green grass, which turn to brown during the dry season, making them look like dollops of chocolate. Dad and I were able to view all of them from a high viewing deck. We made it up the 210 steps to the view deck without even stopping. Yahoo- feel the burn!
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| From on top of the viewing deck |
Bohol was my favorite place to visit. It was so green and clean and probably the closest to what I pictured the Philippines to be like . . in my head.
Our departure time from Cebu was late so we didn't get to see some of the places that were scheduled for the tour. Even though We were a little disappointed but it had already been a long day with lots of sitting and we still had another 2 hour boat ride back to Cebu. It was a good day!!
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