pier in bohol

Bohol — the land where you will find Chocolate Hills and tarsiers. A known tourist spot, I never thought I’d go there sooner. My co-worker and I got the chance last month when we took a break from our work in Cebu. What you’re seeing in the picture is the pier at around 8am last February 16. The ferry ride was a little over 2 hours from Cebu City to Tagbilaran. Upon arriving on the pier, you will notice how clear the water is. It was truly amazing, especially for someone who has lived in Manila all her life.

The usual tour included the river cruise on Loboc, a visit to some of the churches in Bohol, viewing of Chocolate Hills and picture taking of tarsiers.

loboc river
Loboc River. If you take a tour, you could have a buffet lunch and some song and dance numbers from the people of Bohol.

more velvia shots
The sculpture of the Sanduguan or Blood Compact :) Looks like they’re just a bunch of guys having a drink. Really. It’s just as if they’re going to have a round of tagayan.

More of Bohol
Baclayon Church is one of the oldest churches, if I recall correctly. If you go inside it, you will see how old it is. You can feel the wood creaking beneath your feet. Each step I took in their museum scared me. This church must get renovated because it’s an interesting sight.

clouds-bohol
These are the clouds above Chocolate Hills. I don’t have an awesome shot that focuses on the hills. Sorry. :( But I thought that it was amazing to have those fluffy clouds above the span of hills that really look like mounds of chocolate (covered in green foil because it wasn’t dry). If you click at the picture you could get to the page where you could choose the resolution of the picture. With the highest resolution, you could see the hills.

All these pictures were taken using a Vivitar UW&S and a roll of Velvia 50, Cross-processed and scanned by Digiprint. Except for the Baclayon Church. I think that was using a Fuji Pro 160 NPS. :)