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SNAPSHOTS

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September Snapshots: Christmas, Cute Jogger, Confidence,

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August Snapshots: Contol Tower, Archway, Blood Compact, Bridge, Laundry, Kape Huan, Drag Race, Boulevard

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June Snapshots: Cake delivery, Free hanging

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Mar Snapshots: heavy payload, butt-cheek shorts

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Feb Snapshots: Butter, Typewriter, Carrot, Egg, Ginger

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Jan Snapshots: New Year, Fresh Catch, Sunrise, Earthing

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December Snapshots: Bolo Bolo Dip, Christmas Lunch, Tuba Denizens, Friends Forever, Men Working, Cow / Crow

Dec

Nov Snapshots: Bread Improver, Shoe Repair, Unsung Hero

Nov

Oct Snapshots: Garbage, Fresh Fish, Road Kill, Screen

Oct

Sep Snapshots: Fisherman, Granny, Pedicure, Big Fish, Garbage

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Aug Snapshots: Pan de Sal, Palpitate, Taho, Tuna, Pineapple

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October 1-31, 2024

Oct Snapshots: Ice cream, Epal, Globe Sim, Garbage

Location : Philippines

Tagbilaran, Ormoc, Cebu City
Traveling outside Bohol, I get glimpses of the same old thing defining the local culture - shameless politicians, deceptive promos, and garbage by Neanderthals.

Ice cream

(October 22, 2024 Ormoc, Leyte, Philippines) With my senior discount, I get this 4-scoop mega ice cream for only P60. Biggest bang for the buck! I would default to this treat everytime I visit SM Center Ormoc.

Epal Politicians

(October 16, 2024 Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines) At the CPG Park where I do my morning yoga, there is a bronze plague by the flagpole that was supposed to honor the late great Boholano president, Carlos P. Garcia. When I read the inscription, there was nothing about the late president. It was all about the incumbent politician at the time, immortalizing his name. This practice of squeezing your name in every inappropriate scenario has earned a name for the practice - epal. This is the shameless self-promotion of politicians to their constituents. Such is the state of Philippine politics.

Globe Sim Promo

Globe Sim

(October 13, 2024 Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines) Smart wifi signal is weak where I stay so I bought a P59 Globe sim card with a free 5-GB promo for 3 days. When I installed the sim card, I was not prompted to activate any promo. I didn't know what to do. I went back to the store and asked - they didn't know. I asked my neighbors - they didn't know. I was then forced to look for the Globe office and ask. I found it - but they didn't know as well. WTF??? The Globe office gave excuses that they were just a distribution point. One industrious employee called up HQ and asked their technical guy. It was only then that the promo was activated. Whoa! WTF was that? So what happened to everyone else who bought a Globe sim with a free promo? They just shrugged it away?

Garbage

(October 2, 2024 Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines) Every morning at the Old Airport, I sweep the area where I do yoga. I make sure it's clean where I can put my mat on and do my asana. Sometimes, I see garbage left by people who hung out at my clean spot. I cannot help feeling that these people just came out of the stone age. I mentally refer to them as the Neanderthals.

Ending Thoughts
When foreigners come to the Philippines and start complaining, I tell them to go home. But what do you do when this is your home?

--- Gigit (TheLoneRider)
YOGA by Gigit | Learn English | Travel like a Nomad | Donation Bank

Oct Chronicles: CPG Park, Bantawan Vendors

(October 2024) Moving to CPG Park for Yoga and meeting the vendors of Bantawan were the ripples for October...more »»

November Snapshot:

November Snapshots: Garbage

(November 1-31, 2024) After being in Ormoc and Cebu, it's good to go back home to Tagbilaran despite the garbage episodes, the ruined good roads and the slow cashiers. Oh well, I should really just leave the place if I can't stand it....more »»

Tagbilaran Map

Tagbilaran Local Info

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Tagbilaran to Cebu by Boat

Lite Ferries (Roro)
T-Th-Sun, departs 11:59pm, 5 hours, arrives 5 am
Daily, departs 12 noon, arrives 5pm
As a Roro, you can load your motorbike or car, no Senior Citizen discount for online ticket purchase
Ocean Jet - 2 hours, departs 10:40 am, arrives 12:40 pm, Pier 1 Cebu

Tagbilaran Blogs

Tagbilaran

TAGBILARAN

Oct Chronicles: CPG Park, Bantawan Vendors October 2024

65 Years Old October 16, 2024

Chilling-out at the Floating Cottage with the Tagbilaran Walkers October 11, 2024

September Snapshots: Christmas, Cute Jogger, Confidence, September 1-31, 2024

Sunrise Yoga at Bantawan, Old Airport September 2024

Thai Food for September? September 2024

August Snapshots: Contol Tower, Archway, Blood Compact, Bridge, Laundry, Kape Huan, Drag Race, Boulevard August 1-31, 2024

Aug Food Odyssey: Pizza, Sikwate, Puto Maya, Budbud August 2024

She Sat Beside Me August 31, 2024

Yoga at the Tagbilaran Airstrip August 2024

DIY University August 31, 2024

Property Mapping using Google Sites August 26, 2024

July Snapshots: camping chair/lurker July 1-31, 2024

Learning Cebuano: July July 1-31, 2024

Kitchen Hacks: Wheat Loaf, Rosti, Pancit Canton, Pizza, Fruit Breakfast July 2024

Movie Review: The Matrix (1999) July 15, 2024

Yoga Talk Community July 14/28, 2024

Mangaon ta sa Hangos July 9, 2024

Bohol Gothic Wine Label July 5, 2024

June Snapshots: Cake delivery, Free hanging June 1-30, 2024

Kitchen Indulgence: Wheat Bread, Pizza, Lechon Sandwich, French Toast June 2024

May Snapshots: Stairway to Heaven May 2024

May 2024: Carinderia food May 2024

Moving to Taloto, Tagbilaran City May 19, 2024

Yoga for Grown ups May 27 - June 21, 2024

Yoga and Meditation for Kids May 27 - June 20, 2024

Dalareich Chocolate House Revisited May 4, 2024

Kat's Community Invite Apr 28 - May 19, 2024

30 days in Tagbilaran, Thank You! Oct 8, 2017

Breakfast Talk with Tagbilaran's Finest Oct 8, 2017

Exploring the Cafe Scene of Tagbilaran Oct 7, 2017

Yoga for 60+ Students at the University of Bohol Oct 4, 2017

Chocolate Overload At Dalareich Chocolate House Oct 2, 2017

Talk on Philosophy and Spirituality to 12-Graders at the University of Bohol Sep 27, 2017

Celebrating the International Day of Peace Sep 23, 2017

Judging a Student Debate at the University of Bohol Sept 15, 2017

Fitness Workout with Chie at Bohol Tropics Resort Sept 13, 2017

Modified Ashtanga Primary Series by Jing Yoga Sept 12, 2017

Tagbilaran Revisited Sep 7-12, 2017

Hello Tagbilaran! Jun 19-25, 2017

Bohol, Philippines

tourist attractions

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 - hub for tourists with hotels, resorts, restos, bars and dive shops
Chocolate Hills - hills side-by-side shaped like giant Kisses chocolate
Tarsier - pocket-sized marsupia looking like a monkey
Balicasag Island - one of the best dive spots in the Philippines
Loboc River - river cruise on a boat
Anda Beach - fine white sand beach with resorts, restos and cottages, 3 hours by bus from Tagbilaran
Cabagnow Cave Pool - brackish water pool about 5ft deep inside a limestone opening on the ground, 8 feet deep, P50
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 - cave pool with underwater cave system, P20
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 - deep refreshing cold spring with developed pool area
Firefly Tour - evening boat ride into the river to watch fireflies

hotel

Fox & The Firefly Cottages - SUP paddle boarding, luxury riverside native cottages, mountain bike tours, SUP yoga
Baranggay Valladolid, Loboc, Bohol
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

Jing Yoga - health & well being through yoga
The Courtyard - Airport Road fronting the church
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,

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)
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

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
Ocean Jet - departs 6-7:05-8:20-9:20-10:40-11:40AM, 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
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

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.
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.
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.
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.

Bohol Blogs

Bohol blogs