Bohol, Phillipines

We had quite the adventure in Bohol! After our experience in Manila without a place to stay, Brent decided to book something in advance. Our plane landed on the narrowest airstrip either of us had ever seen and the airport was out of an old black and white film, so of course we weren't surprised when our mode of transportation to our hotel was in a motorized tricycle! We were a little worried about our chosen "resort" when the driver didn't know where it was or how to get there, and then became increasingly perplexed when the "five min drive" turned into 30 min. It was also disconcerting when we got there and our driver turned his nose up at the place and shook his head to tell us not to stay there. But we had already paid and although no one spoke a lick of English, we were going to make it work. Since we were literally in the sticks, our driver waited for us and took us back into the city. He actually became our key to discovering Bohol and he took us to the ferry where we realized we needed to buy our tickets to Cebu for the next day (early, NOT the day of like we had thought) and then showed us the way to the tarsier rehabilitation center and the chocolate hills. The tarsier is the worlds smallest primate and they are actually pretty old man cute...their eyes take up over half of their head and then the rest of them is wrinkles. The newborns are no bigger than your thumb! Super cute! After seeing them, we headed out towards the country to what is known as the chocolate hills. Obviously they aren't chocolate but there are just a group of these hills all in the countryside made of shells and limestone and shaped by rainwater. At dawn and dusk they look brown, but today for us they were a brilliant green! After all the sightseeing we found our way back to the resort and with no way to go anywhere else, we walked on their "beach" which was a tiny strip near mangroves (oh how well the Internet can lie!) and had dinner and a fee beers at our place. In the end, it really wasn't all that bad other than it's distance to anything else, but the next morning they fixed us an amazing breakfast and we were off to Cebu!