Chocolate hills
This post was partially written while I’m still in Bohol and was just sitting in my draft folder for 3 weeks now. I originally planned to blog about this daily while in Bohol but I got so tired come night time. So today I decided to go on with it. There will be pictures included from Manila airport to Tagbilaran and our trips to different places in Bohol. So stay put, read and enjoy the pictures from the island of Bohol.
Okay I’ve been sick with skin allergy 2 weeks ago followed by cough and colds. A few days ago I went to my doctor and she said I got an acute sinusitis. No worries because all I need was rest and take my medicines on time and today I feel great already. To make long story short, I was able to proceed with my family to Bohol, a southern province of Visayas, about 600kms away from Manila by plane.
I’ve never been to Bohol so I was pretty excited. Our flight was at 3pm and it’s cloudy so its really not Manila’s typical hot afternoon. We were at the airport 3 hours before our flight so we have plenty of time to relax and take our lunch. We boarded at 2:50 but waited for almost 30 minutes before taking off. The flight is only an hour and 10 minutes so its a very short flight. No time to sleep I guess. Before the plane left the ground I fired up my Canon 400D to take some pictures.
That’s a Philippine Airline 747 Jumbo jet in the first pic. It’s very huge plane especially in person. Second picture is us while waiting for the plane to take off. Then you can see the facade of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (formerly Manila International Airport) on the 3rd picture. Now it’s lift off and as you can see I am sitting on the right side of the plane so I’m looking east and the long highway you can see below is the South Luzon Expressway, it leads to all south Luzon provinces.
Here you can see the South Luzon Expressway turning right. At the bend on its right is SM Bicutan. Now we see the Laguna Bay and towns around it which was all pretty submerged during typhoon Ondoy. Then the plane suddenly banked hard to the right as we headed towards south. Then it was all clouds. I’m actually waiting for Atreyu and his dog Falkor from the The Never Ending Story to show up but when they didn’t I just decided to take some pictures of the beautiful clouds.
One the pictures I took has four subjects in it. The plane’s right wing, the blue sky above, some clouds below and the sun on the upper right. A few minutes more and the plane’s engines hummed, I think we are starting to descend. I looked outside the windows and saw some mountains and buildings then then I see the old Mactan bridge in Cebu. We are directly above Cebu now I said to myself and again I fired up my Canon 400D. You can see in the pictuers the old Mactan bridge and Cebu port and depots. As we continue to descend, I saw hills clearly below that somewhat looked like a bad version of Chocolate Hills.
Then I saw houses as we approached the runway and we are less than 100ft above the earth and the rear part of the wing tilted down. Now it’s just moments to touch down. The runway is short so it’s not your typical long landing with bigger planes, I think this runway is just about 800 meters. Finally we arrived at Tagbilaran airport and again we used stairs to get off the plane. It’s almost 5pm now and the runway has no lights and it will go back to Manila in a few minutes taking almost hundred passengers with them. They need to hush hush everything so the plane can leave before night fall.
Here’s the Bohol Trip Part 2.
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nice shots… i havent been to bohol… how i wish i could have the time to take a break and relax to places such as these… love to see the second part…
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Very nice shots indeed! I’ve been in bohol but we’ve travelled by land and sea only. Our adventure took 11 days to complete.
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Thanks Renz. My brother and I took a total of 2k pictures. Yes 2,000 pictures. I’ll just post maybe around 60.
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great snaps bro! love your chocolate hills shot… had the same pic taken at the very same spot
.. Truly Bohol is one of the coolest place in the Philippines, hayzzz kelan pa kaya ako makakabalik dyan. LOL! Did you try the floating resto at Loboc River?
Thanks Alvin. Lapit lang sa inyo nyan. By ferry maybe an hour right? Do you recognized the old Mactan bridge?
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yup 1 hour lang. how can i forget the old mactan bridge in mandaue dyan kami dumadaan papunta sa airport. hehehe. nice article bro!!! im looking forward for the second part. hope to see more bohol pics….
Thanks Alvin…part 2 might be tomorrow.
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Eeeek that’s one big plane, I hate flying. Hate it. Thanks for sharing as always, and I’m not sure if I have ever pulled a draft out of the draft folder after 3 weeks. Ok I probably have haha.
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Hello John. Come visit our place. Bohol is a great tourist destination. IN fact, a lot of tourists reside in this Island. They even have their own businesses there and married beautiful Filipinas.
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Yeah John…I keep on forgetting it
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Awesome! Please post MORE pictures, I’m really interested in seeing more of the Philippines. I’d love to vacation there soon, I hear you have some amazing beaches.
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Hi. I also have pictures of our travel to Matnog Sorsogon, Samar, Leyte, Cebu and Bohol. You may want to check it out too. This is from my old blog. I still haven’t trasfered my posts on renz central.
http://ridebuddies.blogspot.com/2009/03/laguna-samar-leyte-cebu-bohol-solo.html
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Yeah watch for more pictures. Thanks for your comment.
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wow never been in Bohol
looks exciting!
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Sadly, I have never been to Bohol. My friends say that Bohol have some of the nicest vacation spots.
Yes Walter. I suggest you visit Bohol and see the beauty of the island.
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I’ve been to Bohol before but it was a long time ago. It was a business trip and I was never able to see what I wanted to see like the chocolate hills. Hopefully, I can visit Bohol again soon. I’ve got some relatives there.
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Yeah you should visit back. Its truly a nice place.
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Great shots. I have always wanted to travel to that part of the world. But just haven’t found the time and I hate traveling on flights for long periods of time. Please post more pictures.
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Thank you for leaving your comment here. Yes I will definitely post more pictures.
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Part 2 is here -> http://www.nothingbutrandom.com/my-bohol-trip-part-2/
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Great Post! This might be a little off topic but has anyone ever been to an island Boracay? Its like that movie The Beach with Leonardo Dicaprio!
Boracay? One of the must have seen islands! But in my opinion it’s also an island what you can visit one time, but then it’s already enough.
On the Philippines are some island where you need to stay one time, but not more often. Same like Malapascua Island, one time is enough, even if it should be a diving paradise.
Hopefully you had a very nice time on the philippines all in all!
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i never been in bohol, but my sister did. bohol is a place that foreigner love to stay.
my sister said everything in bohol in preserve, not polluted. you well love the paradise.
Bohol is amazing! I especially love Panglao, it’s a paradise. Love the beach there and the resorts.
I heard Bohol is such a romantic place and also very interesting especially the Tarsier.
I love Panglao, Bohol. The beach is really nice and the place is very romantic and serene.
Wow!
Those photos are indeed well-taken! I know Bohol is one of the most beautiful spots,not just in your place but world wide.
But sad to say I’ve never been there, I guess I have to visit there one day!
I enjoyed reading your post by the way!
Wow, Bohol is truly fantastic. It shows that you really enjoy your trip. Did you visit already Camiguin Island? For you will find it terrific.
I have been to bohol 2 times and I still enjoy the whole day trip. I was so scared touching the pytoon snake. I have pictures at the chocolate hills and Panglao beached. There are lots of beach resort there but quite expensive. planning to go there next year.
i heard about this place, and my friend told me they have great time together with his girl.
it was a romantic moment for them. i hope i can visit soon.
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