Over 7,000 islands gives one an unending choice of charms and experiences. Why limit yourself to just one indeed, we’ve been there and sampled authentic Pinoy sensibilities. Wonderful, pleasantly unexpected and never forgetful
The Philippines provides most of East Asia with it’s musicians and maids, Asia’s Troubadours really are what they’ve been described as and I met many people from there in the USA which was colonial master for 50 years. So I went to the islands to see what they were really like
Well from 1565 to 1898 the country was Spanish. From 1898 to 1946 the country was American and because of that, this is a very westernized country. There’s much music and a freewheeling way about the people, very hospitable and surprisingly Manila isn’t that much of a safety risk despite there being 14 million Manileño residents
Negros is a large island in the middle of the country with a long coastline, and typically gregarious people, Bohol is ever so slightly more inhibited, but that’s relative since yours truly was still able to joke, laugh and get invited to the locals homes.
Flying over the Visayas islands was like the ultimate geography lesson; green nodules in a blue/green sea
After breakfast you depart the resort for a full days countryside tour. The tour begins with an easy drive along the coastal road making the first stop at the Blood Compact Marker (a monument of friendship between the Spanish colonisers and the local tribes). Then continue to the oldest Catholic Church in the Philippines, the Baclayon Church. You then stop off at Loboc to see tarsiers in a wildlife sanctuary. From the coastal road, the drive takes an uphill climb through an impressive manmade forest leading to the town of Carmen where nearby lie the “Chocolate Hills”, which are hundreds of hills whose colours change from green to brown during summer, thus the ‘chocolate’ term. You then proceed to one of the hills offering a vista to see all the others rising from the surrounding valley floor. You’ll then be driven back to Loboc and board the floating restaurant for a cruise of Loay River with lunch. You then return to the resort on Panglao. Overnight on Panglao
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