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Breakfast Talk with Tagbilaran's Finest Oct 8, 2017

Breakfast Talk with Tagbilaran's Finest

Location Google Map: Tagbilaran (city), Bohol (province), Philippines

A Social Experiment
I do this breakfast-talk whenever I get a hotel/resort deal which includes breakfast for 2. I've had breakfast talks at Parklane Hotel in Cebu, at Oasis Resort in Moalboal, boutique hotels in Singapore, etc. To established friends I haven't seen in a while, breakfast is a great way to catch up. To practical strangers, it's a social experiment for me and for them - what if they get bored and find themselves stuck? Also, for a lone traveler, meeting new friends is the new high. I can do the waterfall thing, freedive in the abyss and scale a summit, but at the end of the day, it's all about people-connection. I've met fascinating people in the process, and some have become good friends.

Cafe AtanacioBreakfast Talk
With my stay at Bohol Tropics Resort which includes breakfast for 2 at Cafe Atanacio, I invited a breakfast guest daily. With alfresco setting overlooking Tagbilaran Bay and the harbour, Cafe Atanacio was as good as it gets for breakfast. Anyone interesting I met was invited. It was waking up to a new day with an awaiting surprise. What will we talk about? Will it start and end at breakfast? Or will it make way for a deepening acquaintance? I don't usually know my guests very well and whatever talk we had previously was probably a group talk - which didn't really pave the way to know a person beyond what's common talk to everyone else.

Mixed Bag
The invitees were a mixed-bag from the no-shows, to the last-minute cancellation, the late comer, the punctual, to the stoic, the engaging, and to that rare find...whatever that X-factor is. They come from all walks and persuasion - from being a Good Samaritan in my time of need, championing a cause I hold dear, pursuing evolution and spirituality, chefs and food lovers...anyone with an interesting story to share.

with Dalareich at the Dalareich Chocolate House
with Dalareich at the Dalareich Chocolate House

Ending Thoughts
It's a novel and wonderful concept - breakfast with a practical stranger. It's not done in the culture and the invitees probably got weirded-out initially...until they got a sense it was simply breakfast - not a pyramid scheme or a cult-recruiting ambush. I'd like to think we all came out of it a little enriched from the other. To some, it begins and ends there at breakfast. To others, hopefully, it's a start of a wonderful friendship.

--- Gigit (TheLoneRider)
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with Ice, my Good Samaritan and 1st bfast guest
with travelers Leon and Ronet on a stopover for Anda
3.5-hour marathon breakfast talk with Theosophist, Ludwig
with UB dean and Vipassana sis, Kins
with Patrick from the Libaong Beach coastal cleanup
with environmental crusader, Jam, of Plastic Free Bohol
with Nizah of Freds Book Cafe, pursuing a literacy crusade
with EJ of Bohol Coco Farms
with Couchsurfer, Karina - smart, articulate and charming
with Chie - divemaster, mermaid coach and traveler
with UB faculty Ding Dang at Country Cafe
when they cancel at the last minute

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Dalareich PolotDalareich Polot
(Oct 10, 2017) Hahahahhaha thats a good pic Git! And Great article. Thank you soooo muchhh!! ☺

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Bohol Google Map

Google Map Bohol, Philippines

tourist attractions in Bohol tourist attractions
  • Danao Adventure Park in Bohol Danao Adventure Park - zip lining, cable car ride, caving, river rides/trekking, off-road buggy ride, root climbing, rappelling and ultra-glide rides
  • Alona Beach in Bohol Alona Beach - hub for tourists with hotels, resorts, restos, bars and dive shops
  • Chocolate Hills in Bohol Chocolate Hills - hills side-by-side shaped like giant Kisses chocolate
  • Tarsier in Bohol Tarsier - pocket-sized marsupia looking like a monkey
  • Balicasag Island in Bohol Balicasag Island - one of the best dive spots in the Philippines
  • Loboc River in Bohol Loboc River - river cruise on a boat
  • Anda Beach in Bohol Anda Beach - fine white sand beach with resorts, restos and cottages, 3 hours by bus from Tagbilaran
  • Cabagnow Cave Pool in Anda, Bohol Cabagnow Cave Pool - brackish water pool about 5ft deep inside a limestone opening on the ground, 8 feet deep, P50
  • Lamanok Island in Anda, Bohol Lamanok Island - walk on a 100m bamboo bridge on stilts to a resto area to take a boat tour to caves and nearly attractions, P300
  • Combento Cave Pool in Bohol Combento Cave Pool - cave pool with underwater cave system, P20
  • Can-umantad Falls in Candijay, Bohol Can-umantad Falls - long narrow drop until it hits a bulbous mound spreading it into a a curtain-like water canopy and down into a splash pool
  • Canawa Cold Spring in Candijay, Bohol Canawa Cold Spring - deep refreshing cold spring with developed pool area
  • Firefly Tour in Candijay, Bohol Firefly Tour - evening boat ride into the river to watch fireflies
hotels in Bohol hotel
  • Fox & The Firefly Cottages Fox & The Firefly Cottages - SUP paddle boarding, luxury riverside native cottages, mountain bike tours, SUP yoga
    Baranggay Valladolid, Loboc, Bohol
  • Bohol Tropics Resort Bohol Tropics Resort - seafront location, manicured surroundings, swimming pool, resto/bar
    0133 Graham Avenue, Brgy. Cogon, Tagbilaran, Bohol 6300
  • Oasis Resort - Alona Beach location, dive center, resto / bar
    Alona Beach, Panglao, Bohol
yoga in Bohol yoga
  • Jing Yoga - health & well being through yoga
    Jing Yoga The Courtyard - Airport Road fronting the church
    Jing Yoga Bohol Meditation and Yoga Center - 2nd Floor Lim Magtajas Bldg. CPG Avenue
Bohol Travel Info/Tips

Bohol FYI / Tips

  • the tourist area where most of the hotels, restaurants, ticket offices, tour operators are, is located within the Alona Beach area
  • the tourist attractions in Bohol are far apart and spread-out. It would be difficult to visit them all using public mass transit. Better hire a van (P3500/day) if in a big group, or rent a motorcycle (P400/day + gas)
  • Bohol relies on its tourism for revenue. As expected, everything they can capitalize on from tourism is extensively used and developed

Tagbilaran Port to Panglao

You can charter any tricycle from the port all the way to Panglao (~P300), but if you want to do it on the cheap,
  1. don't take the tricycles lined-up inside the port. Walk past the port gate and immediately outside, you'll see many tricycles. Take one to the bus terminal in Dao (~P15)
  2. in Dao, take the jeep that plies the Panglao route (~P20)

Tagbilaran (Bohol) to Cebu City by boat

** schedules and rates keep changing, call for latest schedule
  1. Weesam Express - departs 6:15 AM, 11:30 AM, 4:00 PM
    one way: Economy (aircon) P500.00, Economy (non-aircon) P400.00, First Class P600.00
    round trip promo (at least 2 days advance booking): Economy (aircon) P600, Economy(non-aircon) P500, First Class P1200
    round trip promo (1 day or on the day booking): Economy (aircon) P800, Economy (non-aircon) P700, First Class P1200
  2. Ocean Jet - departs 6-7:05-8:20-9:20-11:40AM, 1-2-3:30-4:20-5:30-6:30PM, 2 hours, arrives Pier 1 in Cebu
    Open Air / Tourist Class P800, Business Class P1000
    +63(32)255 7560 / +63 (32) 255 0115 / 0917 638 0000
  3. SuperCat (2GO) - departs 5:50-11AM, 3:45-5:25-8:15PM, arrives Pier 1 in Cebu
    P 500.00
    +63 32 233 7000

Things to do, Places to go in Bohol

  1. Chocolate Hills - this is a clustering of more than 1200 hills within a 50km2 area. They range in height from 30-50 meters. What's unusual is their near-perfect conical shape resembling an individual chocolate chip. No one knows how they were formed. Entrance is P50/pax.
  2. Tarsier Conservation Area - located Upper Bonbon, Loboc. The tarsiers are no longer being played at by tourists as circus props, but instead, visitors now view them in cordoned-off areas in their natural 6ha habitat. As they are territorial and nocturnal, they are predictable on where they can be viewed. P50/pax.
  3. Alona Beach (Panglao) - Alona Beach is the tourist hub of Bohol. It has 1.5 kms of white sand beach lined-up by bars, hotels and restos. Alona is also the jump-off point for Balicasag Island, a world class dive destination.
  4. Danao Adventure Park - located in Barangay Magtangtang, 72 kms (2 hours ride) from Tagbilaran. Adventure activities include river trekking, tyrolean traverse, rappelling, bouldering, rock climbing and ziplining.
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