Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Breathtaking Bohol 2012

Flight from CDO to Cebu, and then a boat ride from Cebu to Tagbilaran.

Bohol's version of the ubiquitous tricycle. 

The ceiling of the Baclayon Church (aka Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary). The church, founded in 1596 by Jesuits and one of the oldest churches in Bohol, was built our of coral stones. 
Detail of a door in Baclayon church.

A sleeping Philippine Tarsier (Carlito Syrichta), one of the world's smallest primates. 

Bougainvillea in bloom.

Panglao beach at dusk.

Bol-anon kids in costume, holding bayawaks.

The Bilar man-made forest, 2 KM of red and white mahogany trees. A result of reforestation efforts beginning in 1947 to help restore the Loboc watershed.

A butterfly specimen in the Bohol butterfly garden.

The view from our hotel. Sunset and the Tagbilaran shoreline.



The pristine Loboc river.

WOW. The chocolate hills are conical karst hills made of limestone. There are more than 1,200 hills around the areas of Carmen, Batuan, and Sagbayan, Bohol.





Monument of the Blood Compact (Sandugo), commemorating the March 16, 1565 ritual of friendship between Spanish explorer Miguel Lopez de Legaspi and Datu Sikatuna, the chieftain of Bohol. 

Our Loboc river cruise boat came with its own mechanical turtle head.

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