Panglao Island, Bohol
Trip Start
Mar 29, 2008
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Trip End
Apr 08, 2008
Panglao Island,
Philippines
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Tagbilaraniin, Boholiin, saavuttiin parin tunnin lauttamatkan jalkeen ja Panglao-saaren Alona-ranta 20minsan tricycle matkan jalkeen ja se menikin iisisti. Tosin hotellit oli suht buukattuja joten paadyttiin toiseen sveitsilaisen omistamaan hotelliin, tai resorttiin joka olikin aika..noh, parhaat paivansa nahnyt.
Calypso oli resortin nimi ja huone makso tosin vaan 650pesoa eli kympin verran. Huoneessa kyl stinkkas, oli kosteeta ja suihku/vessa oli aika kamala mut jaatiin silti sinne. Tyontekijat oli tosi mukavia ja se helpotti. Uima-allas oli sen nakonen ettei sita oo putsattu vahaan aikaan ja muutenkaan siel ei ollut paljon tekemista. Niin ja puolet menun mainitsemista ruuista oli loppu.. joten ruuan kanssa oli vahan ykstoikkosta. Meian oli tarkotus menna Chocolate Hillseille skootterilla jos saa ois sallinu kolmantena paivana (skootterin lainaus kuulu huoneen hintaan) mut sillon tietty sato ja sit paatettiin jatkaa matkaa takas Alona-rannalle missa on vahan enemman tekemista.
Alonalla tsekattiin sisalle Bohol Divers Resort nimiseen resorttiin mista saatiin nipa-hutin tyylinen huone 800pesolla. Siella varattiin seuraavalle paivalle snorklausretki Balicasag saarelle. Alona on enemmankin sukeltajien suosiossa mut paastiin mukaan samalle veneelle ja snorklattiin kun kaikki muut sukels.
Hmm.. niin ja ekaa kertaa nahtiin kaks kilpikonnaa!! Sen lisaks paljon muita fisuja mut edelleenkin Indonesia pitaa pintansa mun lemppari snorklauspaikkana.
Alona rantsulla seuraavana paivana mentiin snorklaamaan rannalle ja siella nain mm.
"Take me with you!!"
yhen ravun ja Raffi naytti mulle bongaamansa nemo-fisut mitka oli hauskoja! Voih, se olikin sit vika kerta snorklaamassa meian reissulla. Otettiin lunkisti viela Alonalla ennen kun jatketaan matkaa Cebuun.
Alonalla muuten todistettiin outo ilmio..auringon ymparilla oli sellanen rengas mika oli kauttaaltaan tummempi kun muu taivas.. ma luulin eka et mun aurinkolasit on jotenkin vialliset mut Raffi naki saman ja otettiin fotoja siita. Noh, se ei oo selvinny mika se on ja onks ihan normaalia tuollapain maailmaa eli jos joku kuvista osaa sano mista kyse niin thanks. :)
Cebu kutsuu seuraavaks ja sit lennetaankin Macaon kasinomaailmaan. :)
Norsuliini
English:
Holla,
Tagbilaran, Bohol was reached after two hours in a ferry and Panglao island's Alona Beach after 20mins in a tricycle. Few hotekls we tried were booked so we agreed on going to Swiss owned Calypso few kms further in Dauan beach. Well the resort had seen its best days. Rooms cost 650pesos, that is around 10euros but t stank and was very humid and toilet/shower was awful really. The staff was very nice though. The pool however looked like it wasnt cleaned for a while and beach wasn't very nice either. Yeah, and half od teh menu portions were not available so the choices remained limited. We were planning to do a trip to Chocolate Hills on the third day since the resort offered a scooter incl.in the room price. It kept raining so we took off and changed a hotel to Alona Beach where there were more things to do.
In Alona we checked-in to Bohol Divers Resort where we got a nipa hut style room for 800pesos. There we also booked a snorkkeling trip to Balicasag island. Alona is very popular among divers so we were teh only ones snorkkeling. It was also cheaoer to just join them in that boat than to rent a whole boat to ourselves. First time we saw two turtles while snorkkeling, that was awesome. Besides many fish but still I keep claiming Indonesia is the best place fro snorkkeling so far. At the Alona-beach the next day we did some snorkkeling more and Raffi showed me many different colored nemo-fish there, and they were hilarious! And that was the last snorkkeling time on our trip.. buaaah.
The rest of the time we took it very easy at Alona.
We also saw this werid phenomenon at Alona. I happened to look at the sky and saw this ring around the sun. It was darker than the rest of the sky and nothing we've ever seen. Maybe it's normal at that side of the earth, I don't know so anyone more clever, let me know if you happen to know. See the pics.
Two more days in Cebu and off we go to casino world of Macao.
nora
Comments
Sun Halo (ring around the sun)
Sometimes happens with the moon as well. The cause is ice crystals high in the earth's atmosphere ...not so disimilar to a rainbow. Interestingly, only place I have ever seen them is in the Philippines, and often at the beach (well, for me at least).