34. Philippines @ Cebu - Cebu + Bohol - Alona Beach

We went from Coron to Cebu by plane.



First we flew very delayed to Manila and



then we went on to Cebu. We were so delayed on the first flight, that we did not catch the second flight to Cebu, but had to buy new tickets. Thank you for the extra cost, Cebu Pacific Air....

Cebu island is a long narrow island stretching 225 kilometers from north to south.

Cebu city is "the second city of the Philippines". It is the 5th most populated city in the country with more than 2.60 inhabitants.

Cebu city is the first Spanish settlement and the oldest town of the Philippines. It has a huge shipping port and is home to about 80 % of the shipping companies of the Philippines.

In Cebu we met up with Riku, one of Markus good friends from Finland.



Together we went by ferry to the island of Bohol and



with tuk tuk to beautiful Alona Beach on the peninsula Panglao.

Bohol is the 10th largest island in the Philippines.

After enjoying the sun and the water spending a couple of days on the beach in Alona Beach Area we decided to rent scooters and have an island tour around Bohol Island...



First stop was the Loboc river where it was possible to do a river cruise in a motorized banca.

From the bridge across the river we could see Loboc church.

The church was damaged by the earthquake in 2013.

The earthquake was mesuared to 7.2 on the Richter scale.

On the way we stopped and had a little brake.

We bought coca cola and I looked behind for the local kitchen.

Then we went to Loboc Zipline.

This is not us, but we could see people on the zip line and how much fun they had.

Carina was the one who needed the most thinking time, but

after some time we decided to do it even that it looked a bit hmm..... :)

When we were gliding we could enjoy this beautiful view.

It was amazing.

First we took the zip line 520 meter and

then we took the cable car 420 meter back.

Next stop was in the tiny town of Bilar where a 3 kilometer man made forest is sanctuary to the endangered Tarsier.

The second smallest monkey in the world is as big as a mans fist.

The Tarsiers are most active at night and their diet consist mostly of insects.

They were cute, even that they were sleeping...

On our way we stopped for gasoline and just beside the gas station these guys were working.

The Chocolate Hills consists of 1268 haycock hills in an area of 50 km2, with heights ranging from 30 to 120 meters.

The dome shaped, grass covered limestone hills dry up and turn brown during the summer, transforming these rows and rows of Chocolate "kisses".