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As part of our tour of Bohol, we visited the Chocolate Hills. The Chocolate Hills are an unusual set of over 1000 mound-shaped hills. The name comes from the brown color of the grass during the dry season.
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First glimpse of the Chocolate Hills. |
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Base of the stairs leading to an observation point on one of the taller hills. |
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There used to be 213 steps leading to the top, but they added one more for romance's sake. ("2/14" is Valentine's day.) |
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View from the observation platform. |
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Yeah, that's me, with the post saying "May peace prevail on Earth" in different languages. |
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The origin of the hills is not certain though there are a few scientific theories. A leading theory is they are weathered formations of a kind of marine limestone laying on the top of impermeable clay soil. |
Another part of our tour was a trip on the Loboc River. This was a nice trip, which included a generous meal including a fresh cut coconut to drink.
The trip is on a barge pushed by a smaller boat. |
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A guitarist was playing various kinds of music on the trip. |
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The end of the upriver part of the tour is some cascading water (technically not quite waterfalls). |
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15 second Quicktime video clip of the "waterfall". Click to load and play (4.1 MB) |
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15 second Quicktime video clip of the trip down the river to music. Click to load and play (4.2 MB) |
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Going down the river. |
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The boat pushing ours. |
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Bohol is known for its endangered Philippine Tarsiers. Tarsiers are the some of the smallest primates in the world, with large immobile eyes. In Corella, they have a few of these Tarsiers out on display.
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Tarsiers are nocturnal insect eaters. Supposedly these tarsiers have adapted to be diurnal. |
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They even let you feed these tarsiers via a stick. |
A view from the road leading to Panglao Island from Bohol.
This is near Targbilaran. |
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Previous page: Bohol: blood compact, Church of Immaculate Conception, etc
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