Yes nothing can sum up this trip but the name of the beautiful province with an exclamation point. I just want to share with you guys how awesome the trip was and how little I spent. Ahhh. Bohol can easily be the go-to province for a surefire relaxing vacation in the Philippines that won’t break the bank!
I travel alone depending on my mood, but travelling with two of my closest friends and meeting new friends made me feel beyond blessed!
Coming from Cebu port, (we traveled to Bantayan Island prior to traveling to Bohol. Bantayan Island posts coming up next), we took the Supercat to Tagbilaran.
It was a calm hour and a half ferry ride for a little more than 500 pesos. The interiors of Supercat is impressive. Very organized, clean and safe.
Once we got to Tagbilaran, we met Kuya Jerry, our driver slash tour guide. Cool! I have been to trips where I decide the itinerary, where I consult maps just to get to one place to the next, where I had to take a car ferry without manifesto just to reach the place, where I ride the jeep with locals. But sitting with friends in the van to explore Bohol is fun, dynamic and explosive!
Here are some highlights of the trip:
Blood Compact Site
Baclayon Church
Baclayon Church Museum
Tarsier!
Chocolate Hills and Loboc River Cruise and Floating Restaurant
Bilar Man-Made Forest
Hanging Bridge
Maybe I should change my title with Blessed Bohol? Because the province is really blessed. There are things to see in every corner. Everything was orderly, none of the stress of trying to get to one place to the next.
Yes the province knew and breathed tourism like clockwork. And who’s complaining? I sure am not. Sometimes travel is all about chilling, seeing, discovering and just being with your favourite people.
I am so enticed by Bohol that I am planning to treat my parents’ travel here like when we traveled to Ilocandia last year. I’ll be back Bohol and I will bring the whole clan with me, I promise! And I am just recounting my Day 1! Watch out for my Panglao Island post soon!
EDIT:
Of course I hinted about how little I spent but did not include any computations. So anyway here's the computation for my first day in Bohol (Second day and Souvenirs and Plane ticket back to Manila not included =)
Bohol Countryside Tour: First Day Budget
Bohol Bee Farm Ice Cream 50
Total First Day Expenses = 1545
Of course I hinted about how little I spent but did not include any computations. So anyway here's the computation for my first day in Bohol (Second day and Souvenirs and Plane ticket back to Manila not included =)
Ferry from Cebu to Tagbilaran: (Supercat) 550
Tour Guide slash Driver 2500 divided by 7 = 360
Loboc Buffet and River Ride = 300
Whites and Greens Dumaluan Beach 2000/night = 285
divided by 7
