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Day Tour Bohol Part 3: Loboc Floating Restaurant, Baclayon Church, Blood Compact Site

By on August 26, 2011
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After the buying souvenir items from the Sevilla Souvenir Shop at the Hanging Bridge, we proceeded to the Loboc River Floating Restaurants.

 

Loboc River Floating Restaurants

There are four restaurants to choose from, each of them has something different to offer. In our case, we chose the first one, the Riverwatch Floating Restaurant. Apart from the fact we thought the menu suits our taste, we also managed to get a substantial discount from them. The typical price of the buffet is 300 pesos and there’s an entrance fee of 100 pesos. All in all, without any discount of whatsoever, you will spend 400 pesos for the cruising buffet meal.

 

As expected, the buffet meal was delicious. There’s also a live music performance while you are eating and occasionally, the boat will stop at stations where there’s a floating stage at the shore where there are people performing either a native dance and/or a song.

Loboc River Floating Restaurants

Loboc River Floating Restaurants in Bohol

The Riverwatch Floating Resto has plenty of food selections. During our stay they prepared grilled fish (Tuna), Pancit, Chopsuey (mixed vegetables), squid, fried chicken and many other typical Filipino dishes. They also have sliced fruits such as pineapple and and watermelon.

River Watch Floating Restaurant Loboc

River Watch Floating Restaurant in Loboc River, Bohol

 

Python,Ostrich, Flying Lemur in the Mini-zoo

 

Our next stop after the lunch in Loboc River Floating Resto was the mini-zoo (We skipped the zip-line portion since none of us wants to try it).

 

The mini-zoo features a huge python, Iguana (chameleon), Ostrich, Flying Lemur and many others. We didn’t stay long in the zoo and we left immediately after we took several pictures.

Ostrich in Bohol Mini-Zoo

Ostrich in Bohol Mini-Zoo

 

Baclayon Church and the Blood Compact Statue

 

Our next stop is the old church in the town of Baclayon. Again, we didn’t stay there for long mostly due to the hot sunny after-lunch weather. It seems that most of us wants to sleep inside our rented van. So after a few shots of the place, we left for our next stop, the Blood Compact Statue in Tagbilaran City.

Baclayon Church in Bohol

Baclayon Church in Bohol

The Blood Compact Statue commemorates the treaty by blood (Sandugo) between the spanish conqueror Miguel López de Legazpi and Bohol Chieftain Datu Sikatuna in the year 1565. The sculpture was made by a Bohol native National Artist, Napoleon Abueva.

Blood Compact Site (Sandugo) in Bohol

Blood Compact Site (Sandugo) in Bohol

We took several pictures of the statue and as expected, we took our favorite shot – a jump-shot. :-)

 

Going Back to Tubigon, then to Cebu

 

After the Blood Compact Site, we traveled back to Tubigon Port to catch the 4PM MV Starcraft ride.

 

Before stepping into the fast-craft, I look back at Bohol for the last time and a curious idea comes to my mind – I’m gonna come back again to this place!

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Day Tour Bohol Part 2: Ship House, Man-made Forest and Hanging Bridge

Day Tour Bohol Part 2: Ship House, Man-made Forest and Hanging Bridge

By on August 19, 2011
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Bohol Ship Haus

After the fun at the Chocolate Hills in Carmen, we are bound to visit the Man-made Forest. But along the way, we our driver told us to try the new spot in Bohol, the Ship Haus. As you may have already thought, ship house is a house resembles a ship where sailors work. It was owned by Capt. Gaundencio Dumapias, a native of Bohol who was once a poor boy and later become a successful sailor.

 

The Ship Haus features the equipment inside the ship, the room of the Captain, Chief Mate, etc. The roof deck of the Ship house resembles the front of the ship where you can “pretend” to see the endless sea in your view.
Ship haus

Ship Haus in Bohol

The entrance fee to the Ship Haus is 30 pesos per head. You can also buy souvenir items inside for considerable prices.
Man-made Forest
The Man-made Forest is a densely planted Mahogany forest located in the border of the towns of Loboc and Bilar. Actaully, the only thing you can do at the Man-made Forest is picture taking (jump shot :-)). There’s no entrance fee.
Man Made Forest in Bohol

Man Made Mahogany Forest in Bohol

Hanging Bridge in Loboc River
We didn’t spend much time at the Man-made Forest. After a few pictures were taken, we decided to go to our last destination for the morning: the Hanging Bridge in Loboc River.
The Hanging Bridge is composed of two foot bridges made of cable wires and bamboo. It hangs across Loboc River at approximately 25 meters above the river water. At the other side of the river lies the Sevilla Souvenir Shop where you can buy cheap souvenirs such as T-Shirt marked with Bohol icons.
Note: Entrance Fee to the Hanging Bridge is 10 Pesos per head.
Here are some pictures:
Hanging Bridge in Loboc River Bohol

Hanging Bridge in Loboc River Bohol

Trivia: The cheapest souvenirs we bought came from the Sevilla Souvenir Shop.
Sevilla Souvenir Shop Bohol

Sevilla Souvenir Shop at the Hanging Bridge Bohol

After buying all the souvenirs we want, we decided to go to one of the most exciting part of the tour: the Loboc River Floating Buffet Restaurant. That along with the activities that followed will be featured on the third and the final part of our Day Tour Bohol series.
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This week’s featured photo is the popular Floating Restaurants in Loboc River, Bohol.

Aside from eating while cruising the river, you will also be serenaded by cool music from live bands and singers.

Loboc River Floating Restaurant

Loboc River Floating Restaurant

Note: Loboc Floating Resto has an entrance fee of 100 pesos. There are four different restaurants you can choose from. Each has an unlimited buffet meal costing 300 pesos per head.

Day Tour Bohol Part 1: Tubigon Port, Sagbayan Peak and Chocolate Hills

By on August 16, 2011
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It’s been my second time going to Bohol, but I still find it surprisingly exciting. Here’s the first part of the story:

 

From Cebu to Tubigon Port

My friends from Manila visited in Cebu and after a couple of days touring in the city, we decided to go to Bohol before they go back home. We decided to have a one-day tour, renting a tourist van to accommodate the five of us. The price of the van is 3500 pesos for a day tour from 7AM to 5PM.

We left Cebu very early in the morning to be able to catch the first trip to Tubigon port riding a MV Star Crafts vessel. MV Star Crafts is a shipping line company catering the Cebu to Tubigon route. The first trip of Star Crafts is 5:45 AM. Before that time, you should have already purchased a ticket from their ticketing office just outside the gate of Cebu Pier 1 or else you will have to wait for the next trip which is at 7AM. If you will have a day tour, you should go for a 5:45 AM trip or else the time won’t be enough to finish all the destinations.

MV Star Craft Vessel

MV Star Crafts Vessel catering Cebu -Tubigon route

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Trip Ko! blog chooses the Chocolate Hills as the photo of the week!

Bohol Chocolate Hills

Bohol Chocolate Hills

Over 1700 of these smoothly shaped hills can be found only in Bohol, Philippines. The densest concentration is found in the town of Carmen.

These unusual geological formation attracts hundreds of thousand of tourist each year. Come to Bohol and see for yourself this magical beauty of nature.