We got up at the crack of dawn yesterday so we could get down to the docks and catch a ferry from Cebu to Bohol.
We did a bunch of tourist things. Our first stop was the Chocolate Hills. They are a natural geological formation – a bunch of round brown hills that look like chocolate 🙂
To get to the observation platform, we had to climb a few stairs:
On the way up, there were lovely plantings, and gazebos to stop at. I was amazed at one point, where there was a huge swarm of dragonflies. I’ve never seen such a thing!
The Chocolate Hills were cool. The display thing said there were over a thousand of them, and that they formed from coral deposits and erosion.
Our next stop was a place to see the the Bohol tarsier monkeys. They are the smallest primates in the world. The guy said if we were there earlier in the morning we would have seen more, but there were still several of them perching in the trees by the path.
There were other animals on display at that place too, including an owl they caught that was eating all the tarsiers. It’s tamed now, so they have you take a picture with it.
Our next stop was a trip down the Loboc River for lunch. We got on a barge and floated on the river while we ate.
The sides of the river were all jungly. The view reminded me of a Disney ride.
We stopped at one point, and a group of people sang and danced. They even did some tinikling!
Our table-mates were Chinese – two boys and their parents. The youngest boy… maybe five years old… was just chowing down on this brown food I didn’t recognize. He must’ve gone back to the line six or seven times.
I couldn’t stand not knowing what it was and finally went to the buffet to get a taste. It was fish – tiny fish. They were in an oily, salty sauce. And they were fishy-tasting. I didn’t care for them, but I was glad to finally know what that kid liked so much.
Our next stop was the Bee Farm. It was indeed a working farm, but there was also a hotel and restaurant there. We had just eaten, so we only got dessert. We also got some treats from the store.
We stayed in a small hotel in Panglau. It didn’t have a view, but it was really inexpensive, and it did have a lovely pool.
It also had a cat. She was so tiny. She was also pregnant. She meowed a lot and loved to be scratched on her head.
Today, it’s back to Cebu, and on to the resort that Iday owns.
Oh, my goodness! So much to do in one day! Such tiny creatures! I want the monkeys and the cat to be best friends. My heart is full. However, I think that “an owl they caught that was eating all the tarsiers” may be the most casually horrifying sentence ever written. 🙂
The tinikling! That brings back memories of seventh grade.
What a fantastic day! Thank you for the photos!