My Bohol/Cebu photo stint (slash) honeymoon

It's been more than 2 months now after our wedding day. Really, time went so fast! I still can remember when I just started preparing for the d-day…and now, it’s gone already. Usual questions of my friends these days are “musta buhay may asawa? Ano ginawa nyo after the wedding?”…haha! If you would answer it literally, it would be: “What a question! What would be the 1st thing the couples do right after the wedding? Of course, you know it!” hahaha! Oh well, let me cast off the green-mindedness in me first…wooosh!

Ok, now I’m fine. After the wedding (2 days after, to be specific), we went to Bohol (which we just booked 2 days before the wedding, haha…see? I’m not really after that!). We initially booked a PALakbayan package to Bohol, but sadly, PAL had no available booking that time. So, we took Cebu Pacific instead. We checked in Bohol Beach Club in Panglao Island…and wow! The place was so stunning! Believe me! Perfect for honeymoon!...oh did I write ‘honeymoon’? Well, you might not believe it, hehehe…but instead of resting and spending a peaceful time with your newly acquired man (*wink*), I spent 3 days and 2 nights of tiring photo stint around Bohol…and Cebu! Since I have been enjoying this endeavor for a few months now, why not teach my better half on how to do it? (So I can also have great pictures with my face on it!). So all in all, it was not really a honeymoon…it was our photo stint! Believe me, on our 3rd day (and the day of our flight back to Manila)…I was sick…and I just wanted to extend our days in the resort…I wanted to start the “real honeymoon days”…but wut to do, yani?!Day 1: We arrived at Tagbilaran Domestic Airport @ 8:00 AM. We were greeted upon arrival by the representatives from Bohol Beach Club…wow, we felt like VIP. An MB100 van took us from the airport to the resort. Our itinerary was to have a free day on Day 1 and a day tour on 2nd day and a free half day on the 3rd day. But since it was already 8:00 AM, we were not able to catch the Cebu trip of Supercat or Weesam. If we would get the 10AM trip, we will have less time in Cebu since the last trip going back to Bohol from Cebu is 6PM. So we decided to talk to the receptionist if it would be possible to book us a trip going to Cebu the next day and just schedule the Bohol Day Tour on that specific day. After 1 hour, yey! We were allowed to hold the day tour on Day 1…that means we can go to Cebu on Day 2! We went to the usual spots in Bohol. Some of them are (take note that I had to “google” these since I wasn’t paying much attention to the tourist guide since I was busy taking shots...):
• Chocolate Hills
• Loboc Tarsier
• Loboc River (Lunch Cruise)
• Bilar man-made forest
• Baclayon Church & Museum
• Dauis Church
• Oldest house in Panglao Island
• Blood Compact/Sandugo
…and a few more spots which I could not remember because of the reason I stated above. Here are some of the pictures I took during the Day Tour:







I took so many photos of this li'l creature, but I was caught by this amusing photo! I told Randy to spread his palm at the back of the Tarsier so we can demonstrate how small it is...timing was sooo good, the tarsier suddenly turned its head na parang ayaw nya magpahawak...sooo cute! Take note that these creatures are nocturnal..so they're almost not moving during the day...


Day 2: We woke up at 5:00 AM. At 5:45 AM, we’re already at the resort’s lobby to meet with our car service. He will be taking us to the Port to catch the 1st trip of Weesam Express.It took us 2 hours to reach Cebu City…while at the “mini-ship”, Randy & I decided to go to the viewing deck. It was sooo cold! We can see the mountains surrounding the sea…beautiful.
At 9:00 AM, we already reached Cebu port. Our first stop: Sto.Nino church. We were able to buy some religious materials for our home in the future and pasalubongs for our families.
Then, we headed to Magellan’s Cross which is just behind the Sto. Nino church.
We just had some picture-taking then, we went to SM Cebu! Since childhood, I’ve been wanting to go to SM Cebu. I dunno…probably because of the so many endorsements in TV.
Syempre si Randy pa rin ang model ko...hayy, wala akong choice eh...daya! ako, wala ganong picture na maganda...kaya nga tuturuan ko na sya eh...hehehe!

We ate our lunch there, bought some goodies and of course, photo shoot! From there, we went to TABO-AN. This is a place in Cebu where all dried goods are widely sold. I was really afraid to go to this so-called “life-threatening” place in Cebu. The jeepney drivers told us … “beware of the people here…they’re not that nice”…as told by them. Because of the warnings we received, I refrained from flaunting my cam…the reason why I had no photo taken in this place…not a single one. Oh…and did I tell you that we just took jeepneys for every destination we went to? Yep…because also of the fear that some taxi drivers would be arrogant...as told by the people we have talked to at the “mini-ship” and at the Bohol Beach Club (they all came from Cebu!). They told us not to take taxis…that is, if we could sustain the difficulty of riding jeepneys since all jeepneys are just pre-numbered…according to their route. But since we both came from Dubai (where buses are also pre-numbered), we survived! Yey! …by just asking the passers-by on which route to take.

At 3:45PM, we headed back to the port to catch the 4PM trip going back to Bohol. We were both tired na so we decided to go back to Bohol as early as possible. But nyay! When Randy paid the ticket, we were informed that the 4PM trip booking is already closed…so, we had no choice but to take the 6:30PM trip! Gosh, we had to wait for 2.5 hours in the Port. And take note, I was not really feeling well na talaga…I was chilling and I had sore throat…probably because of our stay in the viewing deck early that morning. So, we waited at the port for more than 2 hours!

At 9PM, we already reached Bohol Beach Club. I was very sick na talaga! Randy had to ask the lobby receptionist for medicines. Our flight the next day is @ 12:30PM.

The next day, we woke up @ 8AM. I was still not feeling well…but I forced myself to get out of bed to maximize the photo opportunities of the resort. After taking our breakfast, I held up my camera and started taking photos.

So, that’s it! Now, I’m hoping for the real honeymoon trip next time! When would that be? Watchathink?!?

Side story: My hubby is planning to go to Europe on our 1st anniversary as husband & wife…wooohooo…but wait, it seems that….THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER GOOD PHOTO-STINT! Yey! (Tsk..tsk..tsk, sometimes you have to deal with my addiction…)

CREDITS:
Photos taken by Lei
Equipped with: Sony DSC-H2 (point-and-shoot camera)
*Some photos which include Lei in the picture were taken by Randy.*