Saturday, July 4, 2009
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Bohol Adventure - Day 2
We woke up early on the next day to catch the sunrise. We were told that the sun rises on this part of the island so i prepped my tripod on the shore and started shooting while the boss was busy making coffee.
good morning!
As suggested by our very kind tour guide, we didn't rented a van on our 2nd day to explore Panglao Island. He said that you can tour the whole island and go to the must-see places in 4 hours. So we asked Mang Ed, the owner of our resort to contact someone who we can hire a motorbike from. We paid him 600 for the entire day and the boss and i took off.
We first went to Flushing Meadows to see our good friend Johnna who was there for a conference. We hadn't seen each other for quite sometime and were delighted when we knew that we will be able to see each other in Bohol. I really missed her since she left for another company, we used to be seatmates at work and used to curse and shout at our clients at almost the same time every day. Hahahaha! Old times old times. We decided to have breakfast at Bohol Bee Farm for a change of atmosphere.
inside the farm's delicacy shop
assorted baked-fresh everyday muffins
playing around with the souvenirs
the farm's breakfast area (they only serve breakfast here)
fried bangus with herbed brown rice
toasted herbed bread with egg
After stuffing ourselves and lots of catch up kwentos, we started the tour of the farm. For only 20 pesos, a tour guide will roam around with you and feed you with all the information you need to know about the farm and how they produce organic products.
this is the only group shot we have, but too bad the guide's hand were not that steady
Me thinks that the guide was nervous, because all throughout the tour, he was stuttering. We told him not to be scared as we don't bite. :D. The most amazing story of the tour is the life of the bees. The Queen bee is hybrid. So stop dreaming to become a queen bee if you are a worker bee. If a male bee wants to have sex, he will sacrifice his life because a male bee dies instantly after droning the queen bee. The female bee only lasts 45 days and they don't even got the chance to have fun because once they were born a worker they die a worker. Sad right? Anyway, Johnna's flight was on the same day so she got off ahead of us because it was near lunch already.
the worker bees which are all females
The boss and i headed to find Hinagdanan Cave. I really can't help thinking about the bees, i feel very lucky to be a human, if i were a bee and the boss was a bee too, we will start our own colony and have sex together. So he dies in my arms. bwahahaha! LOL! Moving on, since we don't know how to get to the cave, we asked our way around. Good thing the locals are very accommodating and very kind enough to tell us how to get there. After a few turns we realized we are lost. Hahahahaha! It was very fun to get lost! We passed by a very long road with no houses and adorned by vasts of green fields with lazy cows and goats running around. I said "aahhhh!" and thought to myself that this is the life. No traffic, no pollution, no one demanding anything and just pure fresh air entering my lungs and going through the process of turning itself to carbon dioxide. The boss and i started shouting "yeaaah! bohol rocks!" and topping that off with "III LLLOOVVEEE YOOOUUU BOOOSSS!!!" and replying with "IIII LOOOVEE YOOUU MOOSSSTT BBHIIIEEE!" shouts. Hahahaah! We looked like crazy but it really felt great. The only time we stopped shouting is when we saw the national road that revealed houses and we think we were on the right way since we saw a landmark to where we are going. Okay so much for the illusion of getting lost. Hahahaha! We finally reached the cave.
It smelled like fresh water and pee inside but its okay. No air circulates inside so you'll be used to it anyway. It was pitch black also except for the ray of light shining its way through the hole above. I didn't realized that the cave was this stunning until i took this photo. There were locals swimming in the water and others are taking pictures as well. We didn't stayed long because i felt claustrophobic as soon as ten more people started descending the stairs.
It was already 2 o' clock in the afternoon and we realized that we didn't had lunch yet. Our next stop was Alona Beach. Its another area in the island where tourists flock and stay because of the number of different resorts that they can choose from. We had lunch at one of the restaurants there named Hayahay Pizza which claims to have the best pizza in the island. So we gave it a try :
i forgot the name of the pizza but its was just okay for my taste a medium costs P240
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Me thinks that the guide was nervous, because all throughout the tour, he was stuttering. We told him not to be scared as we don't bite. :D. The most amazing story of the tour is the life of the bees. The Queen bee is hybrid. So stop dreaming to become a queen bee if you are a worker bee. If a male bee wants to have sex, he will sacrifice his life because a male bee dies instantly after droning the queen bee. The female bee only lasts 45 days and they don't even got the chance to have fun because once they were born a worker they die a worker. Sad right? Anyway, Johnna's flight was on the same day so she got off ahead of us because it was near lunch already.
