Bohol Trip

Basic Expenses:

2008.00 Php - roundtrip ticket via PAL (departing from NAIA)
5000.00 Php - stay at French Kiss Asia Resort for 3 days and 2 nights (for 3 pax, additional mattress requested). I would recommend staying at Bohol Bee Farm instead and if you have cash it's better contacting them directly instead of booking or making a reservation online. 
1800.00 Php - multicab for the city tour for 8 hours (a multicab looks like a small jeepney)
450.00 Php - Loboc river cruise and buffet (the river cruise and the buffet is 350.00 Php then you pay another 100.00 Php for municipal fee)
350.00 Php - Ziplining at Loboc Ecotourism Adventure Park
1500.00 Php - multicab that brought us to Alona Beach, Hinagdanan cave and to Island City Mall to buy pasalubong (8 hours)
1800.00 Php - boat for island hopping for 7 pax (Balicasag and Virgin Island)
150.00 Php per pax - small boat to snorkeling site in Balicasag
350.00 Php - Buffet Breakfast at Bohol Bee Farm consisting of bread, bacon, pancake, fresh fruits, salad, pasta and fresh juice

Day 1: Bohol Countryside Tour (July 5, 2013)

* Church-hopping and Sikatuna Blood Compact Site

                                                                                    St. Joseph Church facade

                                                                       a flock of doves at St. Joseph Church

                                                                                   Sikatuna-Legazpi Blood Compact Site

                                                                        Baclayon Church Facade

                                                                             Baclayon Church Side View


 

                                                                                     Baclayon Church

                                                                                                   St. Peter's Church in Loboc, Bohol

 old bridge and arches beside St Peter's Church 

                                                The old clock tower of Loboc Church: one of the landmarks in Loboc, Bohol
                                                          

* Loboc River Cruise and Floating Restaurant

At 10:30 am, we were at the Loboc River Floating Restaurant.

the stairs to the bridge leading to the floating resto

                                                                                                   bridge to the floating resto: it would be nice to lounge here at night                                   

 inside the floating resto: tired, oily and hungry hahahaha

floating resto taken from the bridge

The buffet is not something to rave for but it's okay, the river cruise compensated for the food. The green water of the river is a wonder to behold especially since the water of our river in Pampanga is brown. It's nice to view the trees and flowers along the river banks and feel the soporific air while listening to the nostalgic music being played by the guitar man on board.

Song lists played during the cruise in random order:

To Love Somebody

Kahit Maputi na ang Buhok ko

Hey Jude

Pusong Bato

Leaving on a Jet Plane

... the rest I already forgot but it's like a cd long.

* Loboc Ecotourism Adventure Park

After taking our early lunch at the Loboc River Floating Resto, we proceeded to the Loboc Ecotourism Adventure Park. Air gets colder in this part of Loboc and part of the road resembles the zigzag road of Baguio so they named it "Little Baguio". Sandra, our uncle's friend said we should try the zipline here however since I already tried ziplining in Subic I'm not really interested. I also don't feel like stepping down but they said since we're already there it's better to at least look around so look around we did. 

transparent glass wall offering a panoramic view of the the Loboc Forest. Notice the camera on the left.

my uncle and his i-want-to-do-it-again expression

At first, I don't want to do the ziplining because I thought it's too expensive for 350.00 Php but seeing that the the zipline looks higher and longer than that in Subic and also seeing that my uncle enjoyed it, I decided to try it as well which thankfully I did. It became one of the highlights of our visit in Bohol. It was very enjoyable and relaxing to view the trees and the snake-like Loboc river below. I particularly enjoyed the initial zipline because it's much slower compared to  the return-zipline which is faster and heart-jerking. 

climbing the stairs towards the start point of the zipline

getting ready

getting harnessed

it's fun to zipline in the Philippines

We were told that the zipline in Danao is better so we'll put that on our bucketlist if we ever go back to Bohol.

* Hanging Bridge of Sevilla

We also went to the Hanging Bridge of Sevilla. I don't know why but there's something about hanging bridges that I find charming. The foliages hanging over the entrance and exit of the hanging bridge gives it a fresh look and feel.

*Tarsier Conservation Area 

*Man-Made Forest of Bilar

We had fun doing jumpshots on this spot. In-between doing jumpshots we're also alert of vehicles that may suddenly appear. The canopy of trees makes a picturesque scene. 

                  exhilarating jumpshots: the best place to jump and fill your lungs with fresh air

*Chocolate Hills in Carmen

I can admire this sight for hours.

                                                                    jumpshots

                                                            going down

                                            the Chocolate Hills along the road

After visiting the Chocolate Hills we went back to Tagbilaran to eat then to our hotel in Panglao.

You can click here for the Day 2 of our Bohol Trip.