In Love with Bohol

We chose to celebrate our first year as a couple at the beautiful Bohol Beach Club in Panglao, Bohol. 

You get the beautiful white sand beach of Boracay, minus the noise and the people. 

Can you sense my excitement? Haha

Truly nature at its best.

We decided to walk the long white stretch of the resort to look for a place to eat, and we ended up eating at the buffet at the end of the strip. The resort has about 3 restaurants offering buffet and a la carte meals. 

After satisfying our hungry tummies, we headed back to the beach to bask in the sun. 

Jino wanted to go snorkeling, so he went to the dive shop to rent some snorkeling gear for us. After a couple of minutes, and once the sight of sea creatures stopped being amusing, I realized how dirty the gear was so I left Jino alone. Haha he was able to take some nice pictures though!

The following day was spent on a tour around Bohol. There are so many things to see in this island. Tours can be booked at the resort lobby, and rates vary depending on the number of people in a group.


First thing to see was the Blood Compact Site, made in honor of the Sikatuna-Legazpi blood compact.

Next, we went to see the Baclayon Church. It is considered as one of the oldest churches in the country. Behind the altar is a steep staircase leading to the image of Mother Mary. People line up to pray and leave some offering. 

A lady stands at the entrance to hand out pieces of cloth to girls wearing shorts, skirts or sleeveless tops. Hence the very "fashionable" shawl. hahaha

There's also a museum holding old church relics, but if you ask my opinion, I'd say it isn't really worth seeing.

Our third stop, the famous Chocolate Hills of Bohol. The grass turns brown during the dry season and the hills start looking like giant Hershey's Kisses. Hence the name, Chocolate Hills. 

On our way to the Loboc River, we saw a sign that said zipline, and being the adventurous person that he is, Jino insisted that we check it out. 

Let me just tell you that I am scared of roller coasters. I've only ridden the Space Shuttle once and we got stuck on top. It  just stopped for 5 minutes, right before we were about to take the big drop. AND it was raining. Ack.

Anyway, I didn't want to be the boring girlfriend, so I agreed to try this out. AAAAH!!!!

It was quite awesome and the view of the Loboc River was amazing! But I was ready to go home after crossing the river the first time. However, when we reached the other side, we were told that the only way to get to the car was to zipline across the river. AGAIN. AAAAHHHH!!!!! And this time, you can't go together. I wasn't ready for this. 

Look how stiff I was! hahaha

Anyway, we made it back safely. And it was finally time for lunch. WE WERE STARVING. We planned to have our lunch at the Loboc River. There are a number of floating restaurants to choose from. Each restaurant would have a booth where you can purchase tickets for the boat ride. 

1 booth=1 restaurant= a different boat= a different departure time. Get it? hahaha

We chose the most crowded booth. That must mean they have good food right?

BUFFEEETTTT!!!!

Yum! And last stop before we ended our day was the Tarsiers. Yes. I get teased a lot for looking like these little critters. Oh yes I have big eyes. I know!

It was already 5:00 pm by the time we returned to the resort, and I saw the most beautiful sunset. I say I, because I experienced it alone. My romantic boyfriend wanted to rest instead. 

The following day was our last day, and we decided to spend it at the beach. 

The weather was very erratic-- it would be really sunny one minute and cloudy/rainy the next. But who cares when you're on this beautiful island right???

We saw squishy, jelly creatures on the sand and no one knew what they were. They were harmless though, just a little gross. Who am I kidding, they were REALLY gross. haha

It was tough to leave this island, but we can always go back. I really love this country!