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Jan Snapshots: fashionista, vote selling, homeless American, short dick, ear pinch

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November Snapshots: Garbage, Vote-Buying, Hair, Beach, Ants, Park, Tire, Banana-Q

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January 1-31, 2025

Jan Snapshots: fashionista, vote selling, homeless American, short dick, ear pinch

Location : Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines

New Year 2025
New year resolutions come with the new year. Let's take a look around.

Fashionista

(January 31, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines) Every once in a while, I see fashionistas who make effort in making a fashion statement with what they wear. This one was spotted at Abaca Baking at Baseline Cebu. I celebrate these artists.

Vote Selling

(January 31, 2025, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines) Politicians used to buy votes - not anymore. Today, vote buying has become institutionalized that people themselves line up to sell their votes for cash and a few dry goods. When these policians rob them blind, they just curse but turn the other way. Honestly, the Philippines is hopeless...not in my lifetime.

The Homeless American

(January 30, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines) It has been years now since I first saw this odd homeless American. With the passing of time, he has become more and more deranged, sometimes even aggressive. What's his story? No one knows.

Short Dick

(January 30, Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines) This faucet fell short on its length and flows not on the sink but on its base...kinda like a guy with a short dick who ends up peeing on his pants because his dick cannot reach the urinal.

Ear Pinch

(January 13, 2025, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines) I read that pinching the earlobe at a specific spot stops any tooth ache. Years before, I also saw a dentist install a pincher on a patient's ear and then drilled - no pain. When my tooth started acting up, I tried it. Not really sure if it worked. Maybe I was pinching the wrong spot.

Boy ala Michael Jordan

(January 12, 2025, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines) This kid was doing drives, lay-ups and some fancy acrobatics ala Michael Jordan - quite impressive. But I wonder how he performs in a real game.

Ending Thoughts
Looking around, not much change with 2025...maybe it's too early.

--- Gigit (TheLoneRider)
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4 Days in Cebu enroute to Iloilo

(Jan 30 - Feb 3, 2025) My main destination was Iloilo, but I had to pass through Cebu. Why not spend a few days there? I love Cebu. Who knows? Maybe something interesting happens....more »»

February Snapshot:

Feb Snapshots: esplanade, bike lane, open vs close, good roads, Vietnamese resto, night light, honor coin, urinal, phone charger, keys, or else, pedestrian, 3rd wheel, bahalina, Dirty Harry, bodacious parking

(February 1-28, 2025) It's my first time to visit Iloilo City after 17 years. What the locals no longer notice is fresh and stark to me. It gets my attention....more »»

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.

Blogs

Bohol

Anda

ANDA

Exploring Combento Cave Pool Jun 29, 2017

Visiting Cabagnow Cave Pool Of Anda Jun 28, 2017

Exploring Anda, Bohol Jun 25-30, 2017

Candijay

CANDIJAY

Roadtrip from Candijay to Ubay Jul 1, 2017

Firefly Tour In Candijay, Bohol Jun 30, 2017

Freediving Canawa Cold Spring Of Candijay, Bohol Jun 30, 2017