2 PM My boyfriend and I got a Cebu Pacific flight from Iloilo to Cebu ( 20 minutes flight ), then from Cebu Airport, we took a cab to the pier ( around half an hour with traffic ) and got a Supercat to Tagbilaran.
We made the trip 6pm to Tagbilaran. Cebu- Tagbilaran boat trip is about 2 hours. When we arrived in Tagbilaran at 9 pm, we rode a van to our hotel Bohol Beach Club.
After the long trip ( well the only exhausting part is the boat trip ), arriving at Bohol Beach Club made it all worth it.
I am so glad we booked with Tuggy's Travel for our hotel stay at the Bohol Beach Club. Its just beautiful. There are many beaches in Bohol, actually the nicest resort is the Eskaya since it is very expensive. What made it expensive is the resort and the rooms are villas. However, the best beach front is still at Bohol Beach Club Resort.
We got the Premiere Suite at the Bohol Beach Club, a beach front villa, with a big jacuzzi ( which actually we never get to use since we are always sunbathing and swimming at the beach.
The first day ( Saturday), Tom and I spent the entire day lounging at the beach, him- reading his book, and I, enjoying my nice mango shake. We had a walk around nearby resorts of the Bohol Beach Club and went back to our hotel for a nice dinner.
I love the pretty amacas around the resort. We later learned, that bohol beach club is actually a huge resort.
The Sunday, Tommaso and i went to a tour around Bohol, after persuading him to get the tour, since he just want to have a lazy day at the beach and at the pool. We were so excited with the tour, and so glad we did it. It was such a nature trip. We hired our van to show us around Bohol for ( driver + van, but no tour guide would cost 3500 php). The driver brought us to (1) see the tarsier ( smallest primate in the world ); (2) Chocolate Hills - magnificent and amazing! around 1700 plus hills in all area (3) went to the man-made forest in Bohol (4) Went to cross a hanging bridge to go to a gift shop (5) then lunch at a LOBOC RIVER CRUISE - this one...you should never miss out! The view is perfect! Like in those scenes on Vietnam-war movies and we got to stop at an aeta village where we had a show - this guy blowing fire, this other aeta showing off his pet iguana, and children climbing a coconut tree about 7 meters high then jumping off from the coconut tree diving to the river- what a sight!...and finally to finish our trip (6) we visited the church.
Went back to the hotel around 4pm- With me still having a lot of energy, i dragged tommaso to go boating with me. We went for a glass boating just a few meters from our beach - around the island...and it was so nice to see whats underneath our boat. The glass bottom really gave me a feel like i am looking at an aquarium. I saw many fishes, starfishes ( red, orange and blue ), corals, and many many sea urchins. After the quick boating- i was a bit dizzy and not that excited to swim in the beach anymore after all those sea urchins!
The rest of the evening was spent with a lovely dinner with my boyfriend at the nearby resort - just for a change.
Monday- tommaso flew back to Thailand and i flew back to Iloilo.
Perfect way to spend the weekend.
