You can get to Bohol by taking a plane to Tagbiliran like we did via Cebu Pacific Air (Fare is about P 5,000 round trip Manila-Tagbilaran-Manila). Read more details how to get here.
Mag-aso Falls lies in the heart of Antequera, Bohol, only two kilometers away from the town proper. Aso is another Filipino term for fog or white smoke, and this was where the falls got its name. We went to Mag-aso Falls on a Wednesday morning, during my recent Bohol vacation. We rode in a motorcycle and passed through rough roads but it was worth it. Mag-aso Falls was wondrous and cool.
I think it takes an outsider to see how the service and facilities fare in Bohol considering they claimed now that the island is a well-known tourist destination in the country. I basically consider myself an outsider now since I am living outside of Bohol and rarely gets home.
I miss Bohol... then I stumbled upon Inday Guapa's blog and saw some wonderful Bohol pictures, and I miss it even more!
It all started simply — as most journeys often do. The urban frenzy was becoming constricting and the need to escape to sublime serenity was necessary. Hibernating in a tried-and-tested soulful sanctuary was a must — this time, in the beautiful Ananyana resort, our home away from home in the sunny island of Panglao in Bohol.
I went to Bohol last June 2-4 with my Tita Elsa, cousins Gale and Angelo, Arlen and my boy Luigi. The first day was spent travelling from Manila to Tagbilaran and then a whole day tour around the province of Bohol. We visited several landmarks like the Blood Compact statues, Baclayon Church, the Tarsiers, lunch at Loboc River and the famous Chocolate Hills.
When people talk about the top tourist destinations in the Philippines, Bohol would surely be included in the discussion.
We checked out early from NS Royal Pensione and managed to get a taxi right away. It was a Monday morning; we anticipated a slight congestion in the roads leading to the port area but the traffic turned out to be so light we arrived in Pier 4 in 10 minutes. We paid 10 pesos at the pier’s entrance and the taxi driver dropped us off in front of the Supercat terminal. Security checks completed, we waited for about 30 minutes and then we started boarding the ferry. Bye Cebu, Hello Bohol!
Boatmen call it “the sea between Bohol and Siquijor.” Here pumpboats ferry tourists to go dolphin-watching and island-hopping.
Both facing extinction, what is believed to be the oldest and the latest species in the highest class of vertebrates, which is class mammalian, find refuge in the town of Corella.
I arrived in Tagbilaran City, Bohol via Cebu Pacific. If you’re looking to have low air fare rates, keep watch of Cebu Pacific’s promos. They tend to give really low rates at certain times. They also have Go Lite Fares that are cheaper than the usual fare as long as you only have hand-carry luggage.
I can't exactly recall how many times I've visited this turtle-shaped island in the Philippines to attend either a training or a conference, but each visit always outclasses the previous one and shows me a distinct side of the place I missed during the last trip. There's so much to discover and experience in the island but so far, I've only managed to see the numerous attractions found in its western and central parts.
My 11-day vacation in Bohol and Cebu was awesome. I think that's the best term to describe it. I had fun and felt carefree for 11 days. It helped that my office didn't bother me about work during that short vacation. I consider it one of my best vacations ever, mainly because I was with my mother, my younger sister and my second family, the Techos. I really can't ask for more with a vacation like that. Now, on with the details...
So far, my Bohol trip is what I considered as the most exciting and wonderful travel of my life. I’ve been to different parts of the Philippines but Bohol is a lot lovelier than the rest that I’ve seen.
One of the highlights of our recent Manila holidays was going to Bohol for a much needed R&R. Since this would be the last time that honey and I are travelling by ourselves, because soon enough we’ll have our little angel always with us, we wanted to make it extra special trip. We had to book everything at a very short period of time making it more difficult to have all our requirements met or otherwise making the trip very costly since it’s the peak season after all. Good thing one of my college friends, M, recently got married and had her honeymoon in Bohol just a few weeks earlier and she was able to recommend an agent who can take care of all our needs.
I can still remember the 1993 American film Demolition Man where Sylvester Stallone faced off Wesley Snipes in a science-fiction-war-thriller movie set in 2032. The forces between good and evil, between light and darkness, is captured vividly in the film while it puts forward the idea that one can coexist with the other even in the mind of a single person. In movies of this plot, the protagonist is always the one at the fold of the law, the one that is just, the one who asserts its rightful power against the other.
Last month, Papa had a convention in Bohol and Mama, Trixi and I came along. It was boring in the airport but soon we boarded the plane. When we arrived in Bohol, we checked in at Amorita Resort to spend a night there. We swam in their infinity pool. An attentive lifeguard named Edward lent me a pair of goggles since I left mine at home. He also lent Trixi a floatie. After swimming, we ate a banana split in their snack bar. Instead of a room, we stayed in a villa. Each villa had a private pool with bubbles, a giant bed, an awesome 40-inch TV, and an outdoor shower! When I swam in the private pool, the water was so cold! But Trixi and I had a lot of fun playing.
Mom and I went to Bohol last April 25-27. It was sort of a last-minute plan since we were only able to book our flights on Monday of the same week. We arrived in the morning at headed straight to the town proper. Because it was high time for beach bums and countryside travelers, we chose to stay at a pension house in Tagbilaran. The only available rooms in the beach resorts were executive suites which were also sweetly (and steeply) overpriced. Why pay that much when all you’ll do there is sleep anyway?
Chosen as one of the top 20 diving spots in the world, this 25-hectare island off the tip of Bohol province in Central Visayas is a fish sanctuary of over 2,000 species that make marine biologists and scuba divers agog each time they dive.
Food, glorious food!!!! Ah. Nothing gets a person going especially during heat but some sun, fun and scrumptious food.
I think I need to recapitulate the memories I have had during my short sojourn to Bohol Island before I will leave it into total oblivion. Reading them in my blog will surely help me recall the few good things I’ve got to experience this year.
