Bohol Trip Part 1

This blog is a five part series of out recent Bohol Adventure.  I hope you enjoy reading ad much as we enjoyed out trip.  Happy reading!

I just had a great weekend at Bohol.  My husband Ryan, two sons Hammie and Louie, Dad my father -in-law and the kids’ nanny Lyn went to Bohol last Thursday night May 5 aboard Trans Asia 1.  This trip would be my third time in Bohol.  The last time we went there was on March 2009 and Hammie was the only son back then.  This is Louie’s first trip to Bohol and first boat ride.  This would also be the first trip as a family of four.

I was excited to go there again as I see Bohol as a breath of fresh air from the busy life here in Cagayan de Oro.  Bohol may have a city but it is a far cry from the urbanized city here in CDO which make it attractive to local travelers like me and to foreigners who are looking for a little break.  I can compare Tagbilaran City to Valencia City minus the proximity of Tagbilaran City to beaches.

Well anyway one of the reasons of going to Bohol was to attend the 4th Grand Reunion of the Nalzaro clan which is the family of my husband.  It was the first time that my husband and my father in law to attend such event.  The family reunion was only held for a day on May 7 a Saturday and we were there for four days to also have some time to tour Bohol.

Our boat trip to Bohol was a short one, we left Cagayan de Oro by 7pm and arrived at 330am.  We waited for awhile for Ryan’s cousin Kuya Cyrus and Tiyo Jun who is also a priest to fetch us from the port.  I was a little bit anxious for Louie as his baby measles was starting to come out but good thing about it was that he was not feverish anymore.  His pedia told us to support the fever and just let the measles pass as most babies have it and there’s no cure for it.  But he had a great sleep on the boat as he liked the cold air-condition.  I could tell Hammie was excited as he enjoyed running around the deck we were in, he even woke up by 4am with no problem which is too early for him on a normal day.

We were fetched by almost 5am and first went to Bool where Tiyo Fr. Jun was assigned as a parish priest before going to Aliguay, Maribojoc where the ancestral house of Ryan’s family is located.  It is about 20 kms from Tagbilaran City.  

Ryan and I wanted to go some places that day either site seeing some tourist spots or have a day at the beach but the weather was not so good, it was cloudy and drizzling every now and then.  So we just went to one of the two malls in the city, Island City Mall to buy some necessities, had a little stroll, ate lunch at their food court and had a delicious locally made ice cream.  

I could say that this is the start of our short adventure in Bohol.  We ate lunch at the food court and I was very surprised at the very affordable meals they offer.  We decided to buy a sizzling hot plate of rice toppings where a cup of rice is topped with the viand of your choice.  This comes with a plastic glass of ice tea.  I only bought two meals as Hammie was not eating much and our meal only cost P90!  That is really cheap compared to eating lunch here in CDO at the mall food court as the price for two will not be lower than P100.  

Ryan told me that they have a locally made ice cream from Bohol Bee Farm Buzz Café at the mall so he bought one cone of two scoops (only P50).  It has exotic flavors of durian, ube, buko, pandan, mango, avocado and malunggay (moringa).  He bought avocado as the malunggay flavor was a bit runny.  And it was delicious!  I’m a sucker for ice cream and I could eat that ice cream all day!  What made it tastier was its cone made from cassava (I think) formed into a cone.  Yummy!  If you are wondering what the cone was like, it’s like the local delicacy of a flat, crunchy, cream colored, paper thin made from cassava with caramel syrup on top.  My mom calls it ‘kiping’.  So imagine that turned into a cone (minus the caramel syrup of course) and topped with your favorite ice cream.  Double yummy!

After our dessert we decided to go back to the house and take some nap and relax for the rest of the day as we realized we were tired from the boat trip and wanted to recover our energy for the next three days of fun!

To read on the 2nd part of our trip, click this : Bohol Trip Part 2