BOHOL EXPERIENCE 2007

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Most awaited day..This would be our first time to tour around Bohol and see the world class tourist spots at the same our TEAMS CHRISTMAS PARTY!Thanks to Sup Van for this great idea because it was my most treasured Christmas Party Ever!

4:30 am we woke up early because we'll be going pa sa IT park to meet my TEAM mates

5:30 am We're on our way na sa PIER 1

6:01 am We're on our way na sa BOHOL ..twas my first ride sa ocean fast.Duol ra jud d.ay ang Bohol.If you will compare sa ako travel if I'm going home sa Bukidnon.

Around 8:30 am Finally I experienced my first foot step sa pantalan sa Tagbilaran. First Impression was twas a small port and dili pa kaayo polluted.

OUR FIRST STOP

The Blood Compact of Legazpi and Sikatuna

Also at Bohol, Legazpi was given a hostile welcome. From his Malay pilot, he learned that this hostility was due to marauding expeditions of the Portuguese. Coming from the Moluccas, the Portuguese raiders traversed the Visayan seas, and just a few years before, in 1563, had plundered Bohol and killed or enslaved about one thousand of its inhabitants. Of course, the Boholano's easily mistook the Spaniards for Portuguese.

Again with the help of his pilot, Legazpi explained two chiefs of Bohol, Datu Sikatuna of Bool and Datu Sigala of Loboc that they were not Portuguese, and had come in peace, and not to plunder or kill. This convinced the Kings to end their hostility and enter pact of friendship. On 16 March 1565 (or 25 March, records are confused due to the Gregorian calendar reform in 1584), Legazpi and Sikatuna performed the now famous blood compact, probably not far from the modern town of Loay. This event is still celebrated in Bohol every year in June with the Sandugo ("One Blood") festival. The same ceremony was repeated three days later with Sigala. ( FROM http://www.bohol.ph/article26.html )

 Basta first attraction pa lang daghan na kaayo mi ug pictures. After this we're on our way to the well known Python in Bohol.

2nd Stop

World’s largest python lives in Bohol

by Grace on August 21st, 2007

Now this I would love pictures of!

A 25-foot python named “Prony, the world’s largest, lives in Upper Santa Fe, Alburquerque, Bohol.

Found in a cemetery in 1996 by her caretaker-cum-’dad’ Sofronio Salibay, the female reticulated python soon grew to a 200-kilo, 25-feet long and 28-feet wide anaconda.

“Her growth is very abnormal,” Manang Jingjing Salibay says. “Reptile experts from London Zoo assigned by Charles Wartenberg, director of Animal Kingdom Foundation (AKF), Inc. informed us that her size is like a 40-year old python. Maybe because of how we cared for her.

We received an offer that will give us millions but we turned it downed. We are not after the money. “Prony” is not for sale. It’s our mission now to care her forever. Our family loves her very much. She’s a family treasure,” the lady sanctuary keeper admitted.

With the help of AKF and PepsiCo., the python is now in it’s own steel cage beside the house of the Salibays. “Prony” gets 300 visitors each day and already fascinated the likes of celebritites Cesar Montano and Patricia Javier, as well attracting foreign visitors.

How scary-cool is that! Only in the Philippines. :-)

 Honestly, la ayo ko na amaze sa python, maybe because I've seen a lot of snakes and even tried eating them!Yup..ate them and lami sya..I was amazed sa flying lemur,basta fluffy jud iya fur. I think if buy.an to cla mas mo pro long ila life.

3RD STOP

Chocolate Hills

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Chocolate Hills is an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines.^[1] It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills of about the same size, spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometers. They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name.

The Chocolate Hills is a famous tourist attraction of Bohol. It is featured in the provincial flag and seal to symbolize the abundance of natural attraction in the province.^[2] It is also in the Philippine Tourism Authority's list of tourist destinations in the Philippines. Sometimes considered the "Eighth Wonder of the World",^[3] it has been declared the country's 3rd National Geological Monument and proposed for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List.^[4]

 If you look at our picture, I would agree with Sup's comment.Its not chocolate hills but what we had seen were MINTY HILLS.hehe..ayt?Basta we we're really amazed.After 22 years sa ako life karon pa nako sya nakita.Kita ra nako ni before sa books.

4TH STOP

Bilar Man-Made Forest The man-made forest of Bilar is the largest man-made forest in the country. It covers an area of 8.574 square kilometres. (May 2004 A national reforestation program was launched in the early 1960s. Thousands of Mahogany seeds were planted in Bilar and Loboc. (May 2004) Nice jud ayo na nga place.Though I came from Bukidnon la pa ko encounter in any nga  scenery and to think  MAN MADE ni sya.. 5TH STOP Hanging Bridge in Sipatan River. the bridge is located in the Municipality of Sevilla. To those who have fear in heights, don't dare to cross the bridge for it moves when you walk on it.

 It is made out of bamboos..Ilan lang kami na nahatawid talaga sa dulo.. I'm not really afraid of heights so ok lang but it was first time talaga na maka tawid sa hanging bridge! Ang saya..

6TH STOP

Loboc River Boat Ride in Bohol

A Different Kind of Experience in the Philippines

By Lost Angel

A trip to the island of Bohol, the Philippines, is never complete without experiencing the Loboc river boat ride. Loboc is 21 km from city proper via paved roads that provide convenient access.

 

The controlled number of boat ride establishments, provide different packages that cater to any budget. Some even offer an encounter with captive Philippine Tarsiers giving visitors an opportunity to view and take pictures of this DENR protected animal. However, flash cameras and touching are discouraged to avoid unduly stressing these nocturnal creatures.

The small boats or “bancas” for hire take you to the edge of the river and back for less than US$ 10.00. Bigger boats which act as “floating restaurants” offer the ride with buffet meals at around US$ 5.00 per head. These boats can carry around 50 people with 3 to 4 crews. They resemble catamarans using 2 to 3 “bancas” as the pontoons. Another boat is attached at the back that pushes the whole platform. 

 

The “eat all you can” buffet offer 10 courses of popular Filipino dishes that you can enjoy while being serenaded by two musicians belting Tagalog and Visayan songs. However, the boat leaves only after all the seats are filled. For those who want more privacy or romance, they can rent the whole boat for US$ 15.00 plus the US$ 5.00 per head for the meals. Musicians are an additional US$ 8.00.

 

The whole trip takes almost an hour and takes you to the edge of the river where it is fed by water flowing down the higher peaks. Coconut palms and lush vegetation line the riverbanks as the soothing calm and quiet relax you. You can try out and savor Filipino cuisine as you enjoy the fresh tropical breeze.

World renowned hospitality, Filipino talent and artistry, rich flavors, tropical adventures and exotic flora and fauna, the Loboc river boat ride lets visitors experience Filipino culture in a nutshell.

Basta lami jud ang food..worth it! The place is really serene..Naa pa jud mo serenade nimo while cruisin.. Then we held our exchanging gift after finishing our sumptous lunch..ang saya coz we got what we really wriiten sa aming wish list. Thank you Candie sa pocket book.At yung gift ko for my Manita ay naibigay ko na ng advance coz her strap of her flops was damaged when we went up sa Chocolate Hills..hehe..it was a gift na meant to be para sa kanya..

7TH STOP

The Philippine Tarsier

IJsselstein, Saturday, 24 April 2004 02:23:48

The Philippine tarsier, (Tarsius syrichta) is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates, no larger than a adult men's hand. Mostly active at night, it lives on a diet of insects. Folk traditions sometimes has it that tarsiers eat charcoal, but actually they retrieve the insects from (sometimes burned) wood. It can be found in the islands of Samar, Leyte, Bohol, and Mindanao in the Philippines.

If no action is taken, the tarsier might not survive. Although it is a protected species, and the practice of catching them and then selling them as stuffed tarsiers to tourists has stopped, the species is still threatened by the destruction of his natural forest habitat. Many years of both legal and illegal logging and slash-and-burn agriculture have greatly reduced these forests, and reduced the tarsier population to a dangerously small size. If no action is taken now, the Philippine tarsier can soon be added to the list of extinct species.

Not "The World Smallest Monkey"

"The world's smallest monkey" is an often heard slogan. However, it is not a monkey. In truth, its classification is somewhat problematic. Some scienties consider tarsiers to be a taxonomic suborder among the primates. While, because they are closely related to lemurs, lorises and bushbabies, others classify them with the prosimians to which these animals belong. Monkeys and apes belong to the suborder of anthropoids.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 This our last stop coz after this we went sa pasalubong center wherein they offer coupons then you can get 30% discount in a disignated store.

Well about the TARSIERS..some of them are really used in posing in front of a camera and they will even smile ..cute jud.. but wag ka  ang iba tatalon pag na bother cla..

 At 4:30pm we're on our way na sa Pier..Time really flies so fast.We're an hour early for our return trip.Good thing pinasakay kami sa 5:00pm na sched..so maaga kaming nakauwi..

 Twas indeed a fun filled and a well remembered day of our lives..MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!