We were leaving Nacpan after a nice and relaxing time there. We were having to get a 6/7 hour minibus to Puerto Princesa, were we would just be sleeping over and flying in the morning to Cebu.
The journey was long, mainly because the driver would pick up people off the side of the street along the way to drop them at various locations, at one point there was 18 people crammed into this 11 seater van! When we arrived we didn’t do much, except I got a haircut for the equivalent of 80 pence!
Once we landed in Cebu we stopped for a quick lunch at Jollibee. We were told we had to try this fast food chain, it was nice but quite strange (I had a one piece of fried chicken with some spaghetti bolognese!). We then took a taxi to the pier and hopped on a ferry to Tagbilaran, which would then get us to Bohol.
We were staying in “Chillout Guesthouse”, which was slightly extra in price but the place was beautiful with trees and bamboo so I think it was worth it. In the morning we decided to rent a moped, although I had only really driven one once before, our plan for the day was too far that a taxi would cost way too much. So first we drove for around an hour to the Tarzier Monkey Sanctuary. These special breed of monkeys are so unique. They are the size of your palm but have the biggest beady eyes ever. We walked round the sanctuary and saw them sleeping on branches, but you had to be very quiet otherwise they could literally just die from a heart attack.
After seeing the monkeys we got back on the moped and drove a further hour or so to the famous Chocolate Hills. We parked the moped and climbed the stairs up to the viewpoint, where you could see thousands of these hills pointing out of the ground. It’s not like anything you would have seen before, it looked amazing! After some lunch we started the long drive back to our guesthouse. The long drive back would not have been a problem, however, the heavens opened and rain was pouring down. Luckily we did have a rain jacket with us, but driving back on bendy, wet roads squinting through my sunglasses wasnt the best of experience! Despite the rain we did make it back in one piece, so it was only right that we celebrated with some beers watching the sunset.
Our time in Bohol was obviously very short, and I’m sure there is way more to do than what I experienced, but I’m glad we were able to see the main reasons we decided to come!
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