TRAVEL: Bohol, Philippines

SOMETHING OTHER THAT RELAXING in Alona Beach and seeing the Chocolate Hills and tarsiers made me remember why I need to travel. Here are stories from my Labor Day weekend in Bohol, Philippines.

If there’s anything I learned from public school where we had 100 kids in one classroom, or going to a US college with towering foreigners, or attending free walking tours in San Francisco with either middle-aged Europeans or American elderly, it’s this – always stick next to the teacher/speaker/tour guide. They know best and they’ll make one’s learning richer.

That’s my thought early morning of May 2nd. 

I’m in Bohol and about to take a Day Tour. Determined to explore and get to know the island as much as I can, I have forgone my sleeping girlfriends (Nelia, G., and Melanie), my own fatigue, and spending more than I budgeted. “I’m going by myself,” I said. I planned to sit next to the driver for the next 8-hours of the tour.

What To Do In Bohol

The famous Chocolate Hills, dome-shaped hills made of grass-covered limestone