Musings

A visit to one of the couple of Tarsier sanctuaries is also a standard inclusion for any visitor’s itinerary to Bohol. Tarsiers are small monkey-like nocturnal mammals with huge eyes. Today, they are found only in selected countries in South-East

We saw no other visitor groups during our morning visit to the Cadapdapan rice terraces. The Chocolate Hills of Bohol was the opposite: it was congested, full of visitors – both domestic and international – and the view from the

Day 08 and our heaviest day, itinerary-wise, of this 11 day trip. Early morning, we’d be checking out of our resort at Alona Beach, then go on a road trip that’d take us across the breadth of Bohol island, then

We had a pretty light day on Day 07: the morning was free for us to sleep in – the missus and kids at least for sure as I got up early to do the aerial videos of Alona Beach

We’re having a fairly light day on Day 07 at Bohol Island: there’s just one itinerary activity today, and that’d be a river cruise and lunch at Loboc River. We’d be picked up at 11AM, and will be back at

We had a few more hours to kill on Day 06 this morning before we had to say goodbye to Malapascua, so after taking a quick look at the morning sunrise videos I took with the DJI Mini 4 Pro

Unlike Sumilon Island, there was no fee or permit needed for me to do aerial videos of Malapascua Island: our resort’s host cheerfully said go right ahead and have fun when I asked. I guess this is in good part

Day 05: we checked out out of Radisson Blu Cebu early morning, had a quick brunch at McDonald’s, then started the long 3.5 hour drive to the northern tip of the Cebu island, where we were received by our guide

Another popular and must-do activity when in Cebu island is canyoneering in Badian town, also where Kawasan Falls is. The journey after leaving Pescador Island and heading back to the mainland to Kawasan Falls was about 30 minutes. Our driver

Day 04 was a pretty heavy day, itinerary-wise, for us. The planned schedule was for us to check out of our resort in Moalboal early morning, then drive off to the jetty where we’d boat over to Pescador Island for

The Sumilon Sand Bar sits on the south-eastern end of Cebu, and is usually an accompanying activity that visitors might include if they’re already in the Oslob area for the whale shark watching activity. The point where boats ferry visitors