Tag: Bohol
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Panglao Island: Downtime by the Beach
I spend the rest of my time in Bohol just lounging around Panglao Island, dividing my time between Dumaluan Beach and Alona Beach. My resort, the Marilou Resort is in the former. It’s a budget resort with a great beachside location and clean, spacious rooms. It’s also beside Bohol Beach Club, a more expensive resort,…
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Balicasag Island: Turtles (and Other Marine Creatures) All the Way Down
Part of my tour — well, actually an optional addition — is an island-hopping trip one morning to Balicasag Island. The island is a 45-minute boat ride from Panglao Island and is administratively part of the municipality of Panglao, but it might as well be a world away. Balicasag Island is ringed by a coral…
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The Bohol Countryside Tour
Every first-time tourist to Bohol does the so-called countryside tour, especially if visiting via a packaged tour. The tour crams as many sites in the province’s interior as possible in a day. It’s not my first time in Bohol, but seeing that my last visit was in 2005, it might as well be. My memories…
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Tagbilaran: Getting Back on Track
Before the pandemic, Bohol has become a darling in the local travel circuit. Foreigners have been flocking to this Visayas island for the range of attractions it offers, most famous of which are the white-sand beaches of Panglao Island and the dive sites off its coast. Of course, Filipinos know the Chocolate Hills and the…
The Tourist Gaze 