Holy Week is fast approaching and together with my boyfriend, we decided to spend the long vacation in someplace far, interesting and quiet - more like a honeymoon prone place.

Day 1: March 20, 2008 (Thursday)

We departed Cagayan de Oro City around 8:30AM on a ship bound for Jagna, Bohol. The time spent on board the ship was more on eating, sleeping and a little picture taking. We didn't have much activity. We were conserving most of our energies for the days ahead.

We arrived in Jagna, Bohol around 2:00PM, looked for the terminal and rode a bus (which they termed as "truck") which is bound for Tagbilaran, Bohol - the capital. Since our destination would be for Loboc, we need to make a stop over at Loay and then took a jeepney.

Upon arriving in our destination, we rested for awhile and then proceeded with conquering the place. The only place we were able to conquer was the Loboc River, where they once filmed the "Panaghoy sa Suba - The Cry of the River". My boyfriend was really thrilled and took pictures all over the place.

We retired early in the evening - got really exhausted from all the trip.

Day 2: March 21, 2008 (Friday)

We woke up around 10:00AM and got really excited to try the famous Loboc Floating Restaurant. We paid Php280 for the buffet lunch and supposed to be a trip to Busay Spring, but because it's Holy Friday, there was no trip available - only the lunch.

The next trip we had was to get a look at the famous, smallest monkey - Tarsier. It was just a walking distance from the floating restaurant. There was no "pay per see", but only donation boxes where you could drop any amount you wish to give. Donation boxes are much better than mandatory entrance fee. It's because, a person's experience may vary from one another, and satisfaction too. If you were satisfied, you could donate as much as you want to; and if you were not satisfied on the other hand, you could donate not a single centavo if you like.

Anyways, we learned that the tarsiers they had in-kept were already tamed. Tarsiers living on the wild are much faster and difficult to spot, probably dangerous. Crickets and other small insects are their food. They are nocturnal - animals that are active at night variation.

In the late afternoon, the local had their usual religious procession. It ended around 7:00PM.

Day 3: March 22, 2008 (Saturday)

On the third day of our trip, we went to Tagbilaran. From Loboc, you need to embark on a jeepney bound to the city and would be paying Php50. We disembarked in one of their famous malls - The Island City Mall. The locals would call it "ICM". We left our baggages inside ICM and headed directly to the nearest Kodak shop where we could burn the images we had stored in our digital camera. We visited a lot of shops inside the mall and one of my boyfriends favorite was Bo's coffee shop.

Another mall we visited was Bohol Quality - this was located much more on the downtown area. My boyfriend got real shocked when he learned that the building we ushered ourselves into was a mall. We had a tour inside and stumble upon Gerry's Grill - again another shock for him. He never quite expected to find it there. He got so thrilled that he decided we'll have our dinner there. We ordered three menu - Chili Cheese Sticks, Pork Sisig and Bicol Express. We got so full and sleepy, that we just did a little grocery and then retired for the night.

Day 4: March 23, 2008 (Sunday)

Early morning, we hired a taxi cab that would take us to Panglao Island - famous for its white sand beaches. It was their rule of thumb that the one-way fare should be multiplied by two, to cover the cost going back the city proper - we paid around Php300 (a total of Php600).

Our destination was Bohol Beach Club (BBC). There was an entrance fee of Php350/person, where the Php250 is consumable. And indeed, we consumed a yummy lot. During our lunch, we ordered for a Beef Steak and Sinugbang (Grilled) Pusit - it was really delicious. We both enjoyed the scenery and the food.

Our journey didn't stop there. We then conquered BBC's white sand beach. Even though it was raging hot, we took pictures of ourselves with the serenic view. A pose here and there, laughing and just plain enjoying.

Later in the afternoon, we had a late swim on the beach and just enjoying the warm water. We also looked for a starfish that we could take it home with us as a souvenir. We got really tired and relaxed with all the beach tripping that we just went directly to sleep afterwards.

Day 5: March 24, 2008 (Monday)

Our fifth and last day in Bohol. Our trip for Cagayan de Oro was due 7:00PM that evening. We spent the early and late afternoons inside ICM buying stuff as "pasalubong". Around 5:30PM, we hired a motorcycle that would take us to Tagbilaran Port where it costs us Php20/person (a total of Php40). Inside the port's waiting area, we took our last look at the place we stayed in for five days - Bohol, before we embarked on the ship that would take us back home.

Hope you enjoyed reading this and soon be able to share similar experiences.