Davao

My vacation spree continued in Davao city where I went with another set of my good-looking friends. We spent most of the first day sleeping (hehe) in between places of interest due mainly to our red eye flight. We went to Eden Nature Park and Philippine Eagle sanctuary, home to Pag-asa, the first Philippine eagle to be bred in captivity.

We spent the next day in the picturesque Pearl Farm resort. The day tour costs 1500 pesos and it was really worth it - we had our own beachfront villa, we devoured a sumptuous buffet, and we even got to visit another island of the resort. Although the beach is not as great as Boracay (but still great), the breathtaking scenery and great food/facilities of the resort made it world-class. Here are some pics:

Bohol

Last weekend, I and some of my good-looking friends went to the picturesque province of Bohol. Not only does it have a great pristine beach that rivals Boracay, it also has the world-renowned Chocolate hills. We had lots of fun that not even an overnight blackout in the hotel or a busted boat in the middle of the ocean (at dusk, no less!) could thwart us from having a great time.

Here is the hotel where we stayed at called Isis. We settled for this one since Bohol Beach club was supposedly fully booked. It was a nice hotel but could have been better if it has a generator:






After a few hours rest, we snorkeled and later on, went to Bohol Beach club, which actually had 5 available rooms!




I've never seen anything like this before:



We started the next day at 5:30 AM for dolphin-watching. The sunrise is breathtaking.





Now, the following picture really does not give justice to what we experienced while watching the dolphins. There were hundreds of dolphines, I swear. Here's one:



We spent the rest of the day touring the city. We went to the historical blood-compact site, Baclayon church (2nd oldest church in the country) and a snake sanctuary (where I touched a really long python which is good as dead), among others.

Here's Loboc river where we ate lunch at a cruise. The food is good, the music is better, and the scene is great.





Here's a man-made forest which was started a decade ago to stop ersosion:




Here's a hanging bridge we passed through:




The trip would not be complete without seeing a tarsier, the smallest type of monkey in the world. I really don't fancy monkeys (I almost got attacked by several monkeys in Batu caves at Kuala Lumpur). But tarsiers are different. Not only are they helpless, they are actually cute.



Of course, we saved the best for last - the Chocolate Hills.





Here are some more pics: