i've been asked many times which is better, bohol or boracay? i always readily answer bohol. ewan ko lang ha, but i have this certain bias toward bohol. maybe it's because that's the hometown of my favorite cousins or whatever. i just really like it better there. i mean sure, even though the sand is not as fine as boracay's, i'm not really into the whole night life thing. besides, i think bora's too commercialized. that doesn't mean i won't go there anymore. aba, okay din naman dun noh! i'm just saying that i like bohol better.


anyway, if there's one word to describe our trip to bohol, it would be BITIN. we were there for only 3 days since we arrived there wednesday night and we weren't able to go sight seeing anymore. we went straight to my uncle's place (my mum's brother-in-law) at Baclayon, which also happens to be the hometown of my ultimate crush, Cesar Montano. my goolai. so yeah, we stayed at their place, along with my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.


thursday. first, we went to Alona. it's this place with lots of resorts, usually for divers. the reason why it's called Alona is because there's this cave there where the late FPJ and his leading lady Alona Allegre shot a movie (i dunno the title). they named the cave and the stretch of white sand beach Alona. haaay grabe... ang ganda dun! there was this resort where you could rent a cottage good for 4 for 1800 pesos a night! okay na kaya yun. i mean, i think pwede 6 people dun... divide mo ang 1800 by 6 you get 300. ayos na yun!!! hehehe... we just walked along the shore for a while then we went to Dumaluan beach (i'm not sure if that's the right name... basta sounds like. hehe). there are cottages there that you could rent for 200 pesos, at may place where you could grill/cook your food. we stayed there until mga 3 in the afternoon then left for the Hidden Coral resort. oh my goolai. i loved that place! it's on top of a cliff (?) overlooking the ocean. there are steps that lead to:





here's a pic of dumaluan beach. the kid hanging on the left side of the pic is my cousin, Gray.



and this here is Alona stretch.



friday. my uncle's brother has this place just near their house. it used to be swampy but he sort of developed it into a small resort. masarap tumambay dun kasi tahimik at ang sarap ng hangin! pero siyempre, a lot of work still needs to be done. in fairness, may videoke siya dun. hehehe... after lunch, my uncle's other brother offered to take us to the tarsiers since i wasn't able to join them last wednesday. they were adorable!!!!!!! waaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! i couldn't stop petting them even though bawal. mwahahahaha!!! so anyhoo, the place where they were kept was by the Loboc River, so after i took pictures of 'em tarsiers, we rented a bangka and took a cruise. eto yung river sa Panaghoy sa Suba. haaaay grabe. i don't even wanna start swooning. basta, it was sooooooooooooo romantic. haaaaay... :D here are some pics:


my uncle's brother's place



can someone please tell me what this tarsier is doing?



pics of loboc river





around 6 in the evening we left again to go to church. super layo kami naka park kasi may procession. nakakatawa kasi sumingit pa kami sa procession na yun... at dun ko lang nalaman na wala palang mass pag Good Friday. hihihi. evil. so yun... dun kami sa Baclayon Church, established 1595. grabe. so old na... one thing i noticed nga pala about the Boholanos are that they are devout Catholics. nakakakonsensiya tuloy...


saturday. have you ever tried chasing dolphins in the wee hours of the morning? well that's what we did! onboard Kevin, the trusty pump boat we managed to rent, we sped along the ocean (i don't know the name) chasing dolphins at 5:45 in the morning. we saw lots of 'em but personally, i think they were the same group of dolphins just playing with us. i swear, i really think they smart creatures capable of making us humans, even the most sensible ones, look like a bunch of fools everytime they show their dorsal fins. hahahahaha!!! ewan ko ba. pero pramis, natuwa ako kahit one fourth lang ng katawan nila ang nakita ko. siyempre the kids had lots of fun, squealing everytime they'd see anything that resembled a dolphin's fin (well actually kami lahat nag squeal, pati ata lola ko). after around an hour of chasing them, we went to Balicasag island. ang ganda din dun! i dunno how to describe it so eto nalang, pics...


this is kevin



balicasag island pics


(siyempre naman dapat kasama din ako, diba? hehehehe.)


the last place we went to really, really broke my heart. Panglao Island Nature Resort. oh my god. it is officially the best resort i've been to. the beach is absolutely beautiful, and the whole place (as in location, bungalows, swimming pools - everything!) is breathtaking.


this one's a shot of a small island about a hundred meters from the shore of PINR... sa kanila pa rin yun. the guy on the left is my cousin, Bluey, and the one on the right is my aunt.



this is me... thinking about the meaning of life. hahahaha! joke lang noh. as if.



haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy... grabe. yun talaga yung reason bakit bitin yung stay namin. there's an entrance fee of 300 pesos. consumable siya... the food's not that exceptional, though, but the whole place makes up for it. grabe talaga. ang ganda talaga dun.


so there, if ever you're looking for a place to go to this summer with your family or friends, i HIGHLY recommend the beautiful island of BOHOL. i swear, it's worth your time and money. :D