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Bohol Countryside tour

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Bohol is also rich and culture and tradition. It is the place where the Blood Compact or the signing of a peace and trade agreement during Spanish colonial times also known as the Sandugo. This event is remembered through a shrine located in Tagbilaran during the first stopover of our Bohol countryside tour. The place is also overlooking the sea of Bohol.

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The ceremony was very unhygienic because they have to drink each others blood with wine from the bleeding vessels in their arms, fortunately there was no hepatitis or other blood-borne diseases yet. Lol. 

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The next pitstop of our tour was the Baclayon Church located few minutes away from Sandugo Shrine. Bohol has also lots of old churches but this one below is one of the best. 

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The Chocolate Hills, for your eyes only

Oops, you cant eat them sorry. This is an exerpt from the Wow Philippines commercial on Chocolate Hills in Bohol teasing us that its for our eyes only because contrary to belief that the Chocolate Hills produce chocolate crops. 

The Chocolate Hills is Bohol’s most iconic and popular tourist attraction. It was named Chocolate Hills because during summer, the grass that covers the hills become brown revealing a chocolate skin but most of the time, the grasses are green. Geologist can’t explain how this wonders was made although there are legends that tell how this hills are formed. Incredibly, they are almost uniform in sizes and consists of more than 1,000 hills. 

 

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The Chocolate Hills was nominated as the New 7 Wonders of the World. It truly deserves to be in the spot. Its time the world to know how beautiful Bohol is and the Philippines in general. To my surprise, I can see lots of tourist mostly Koreans when we visited this place. There are also few numbers of Caucasians and Europeans. Bohol is poist to be the eco-tourism center in the Philippines.

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One must not leave Bohol without experiencing the Chocolate Hills. The hills are works of God. You will never miss this if you join a tourist coach or tours. Navigating on your own in Bohol is quite rough, the best ways is to hire a tour from the Tagbilaran port. It is more convenient and you can save lot in groups. 

 

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