Sweet moments with Ms. B: Lovely Bohol!

Sunday, March 27, 2005

Lovely Bohol!

Posted by Ms.B at 7:45:00 PM

It is summertime! The skies gets clearer! The breeze hovers faster! The sun shines longer and time for mountain climbing or hill climbing for that matter! Wowieeee! And during these lovely months, what better place to be than in BOHOL! It is where you can find TARSIERS- considered to be the smallest monkeys in the world! How - about - that!

But did you know that Tarsiers aren't monkeys at all. Actually, they belong to a different specie which is: Tarsius syrichta. Its classification is quite obscure and are often considered by taxonomits(researchers on the study of the general laws and principles of classification) to be "...of distinct suborder among the primates." Others classify these Philippine tarsiers along the line with the lemurs, lorises and bushbabies as prosimians. Oh, Whatever!

Tarsius syrichta simply called: Philippine Tarsiers (notice their sizes compared to human hands)

Don't you find them cute?

The last time I was there, these little cuties were put in cages by their captors under small trees for public viewing. But recently my daughter said they aren't imprisoned anymore. Thanks to the caring hearts of the Boholeños. They are free to roam around the wild forests and are reproducing quite fairly. Good job fellows.

Another interesting item in Bohol is the ever famous: Chocolate Hills! Imagine having chocolates as many and as big as hills! They even look like choco kisses, you know that little teardrop-shaped sweet-to-the-mouth goodies? Hmmmnnn... yummy!

Bohol as most Filipinos know is a kind of circular island province rich in nature's goodness. It is located slightly obliquely below Cebu where I am now (actually i'm in Lapu-Lapu). Everywhere you gaze you see nothing but group of pointed hills! I took this picture myself with just a simple

SLR still cam. I was truly awed by it! Aren’t you now? There are over three thousand of these hills stretching out the horizon. It is learned that these are corals of the sea bed some thousands of years ago.

Oh, i almost forgot! These hills are called "chocolate hills" due to the fact that during summer (mid march- late April) these green grass that you see here turn brown because of the heat. The blades of grass dry up so much turning them into brownish hues which pre-dominates the horizon scattered around like chocolate kisses. My! Splendid site! I've been back here thee times already yet it still feels super everytime! It feels good to be with these huge mounds and be in commune with nature! I look forward to climbing up the tip of his big one (ha ha) that will be the day huh. Some of the other sites i visited in this gorgeous place! Just click the picts to view larger images.

We visited various spots like: Baclayon Church- considered to be the oldest in the Philippines; The Man-made forest in Loboc- lined upwith huge Mahogany trees all planted withthe vision and hope

of a more greener Bohol; The Hanging Bridge also in Loboc displays man's ingeniuty over machines; The Floating Restaurant- winding through Loboc's deep forest. More of Bohol

sites are of much significance due to the fact that according to Bohol's hitory it was afterall one to the earliest settlements of the Spanish conquerors; but a little later after Mactan Island.