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    • Day 10

      Bee Farm

      February 20, 2023 on the Philippines

      Zum z‘Nacht mache mir üs ufe Weg zur Bohol Bee Farm.
      Bohol Bee Farm isch im 1998 gründet worde, die ganz gschicht het mitemne Gmüesgarte und mit 4 Mitarbeiter gstartet. Sie hei nid nur Gmües about sondern o sechs Kolonie vo Biene hei gha und drmit Honig hei produziert, im Jahr 2000 isch das ganze scho viel grösse gsi und sie hei 200 Biene Kolonie gha und si alli drü Mönet i ne neui Stadt vo Bohol umgsidlet um Honig z‘produziere.
      Mitlerwile isch das es grosses Unternehme, me cha ir Bee Farm übernachte, es git e Shop wo verschiedeni Produkt verchouft und o es Restaurant wome sehr fein cha esse.
      Hüt findet me ir Bee Farm leider ke Biene me, ufgrund vor Pandemie hei sie ke Königinne für Ihri Stämm chönne la importiere und somit hei sich ihri schwärm nüm chönne vermehre. Jetzt bezieh si Honig vo lokale produktione vo de Philippine.
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    • Day 33

      Bee happy

      May 22, 2019 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Die Bohol Bee Farm bietet nicht nur Gästen ein Zuhause sondern beherbergt auch viele Bienenvölker. Bei einer kurzen Besichtigung erfuhren wir mehr über die Lebensweisen der Bienen und durften sie selbst aus nächster Nähe betrachten. Neben den Bienenstöcken werden auch eigenes Gemüse und Obst auf der Farm angebaut. Was einst mit einem kleinen Restaurant neben der Farm startete ist über die Jahre gewachsen. Und so gibt es mehr als zehn weitere Cafés die über die ganze Insel verteilt sind und sowohl bei de Einheimischen als auch bei den Touristen immer beliebter werden.Read more

    • Day 7

      Nevsedni presun na Bohol

      October 29, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      To mate tak. Nekdy se holt pul dne balite, pak pul dne cestujete autem, letadlem, lodi... A je to jen unavne, zdlouhave, upocene, hladove, ziznive. Nejiste. Zpozdene. Proste "ztraceny den".

      Pak vkrocite jinam. Do jineho proudu. Ucitite zvláštní dotyk nekde vzadu nad hlavou, jak vas vede neviditelna ruka. A behem pul hodiny se stanete soucasti drobnych, ale silnych udalosti, ktere vam uplne vynahradi cely den...

      Co bych si chtel z tohoto dne zapamatovat a sem vypichnout?

      - Krome koupene letenky na ostrov Cebu jsem nemel zadny pevny plan, kde skoncim. Behem hodinoveho preletu jsem poprve otevrel Lonely planet a dival se, kam se vydat. Po pristani jsem u informaci zjistil, ze se casove dokazu dopravit trajektem na sousedni Bohol, a moooznaaa ho pak i celý prejet na vychodni pobrezi, do oblasti kolem mestecka Anda.

      - Taxikar byl mlady kluk, poctive meril taxametrem, dobre jsme si popovidali. Klickoval tak, ze by prazsti taxikari bledli zavisti.

      - Pier 1 neboli odjezdove molo nejen na Bohol, terminal 1, je hodne rozsáhlý komplex. Pro mistni je to neco jako jet busem. Jenom vas zkasnou o vstupni poplatek a 2x projdete bezpecnostni kontrolou jako na letisti. Lístky koupite pres silnici naproti terminalu, pak vam teprvr umozni vstup. Pry se vyplatí se pred koupi zeptat, zda je opravdu na lodi jeste volne misto, aby pak clovek nebyl nemile prekvapeny dlouhym cekanim na dalsi.

      - Podcenil jsem vodu, dehydratoval telo a dostal migrenu. Na letisti na dvojich wc netekla voda, takze muj filtr se do hry nedostal. Nez jsem si koupil pullitr petku za 25 na molu, uz bylo pozde.

      - Namorni plavba je věc osidna, a ani lodim se nevyhybaji zpozdeni. Ta moje mela 1,5 hod. z puvodniho vypluti v 1620. To mi bylo jasne, ze dalsi přesun po Boholu nestihnu a musim prenocovat v Tagbilaranu na jiznim cipu.

      - Cekani jsem si zpestril koupi vajickoveho burgeru a poslechem kapely nevidomych hudebniku, takovych peknych stariku. Hodil jsem jim do kasicky všechny drobne. Take si muzete dat hodne levnou masaz (150 p za hlavu a siji) od nevidomych maseru, primo na sedacce v hale.

      - Behem dvouhodinove plavby jsem zkousel zahánět migrenku dalsi vodou, pospavanim a sledováním Herkulese na video tv. Pokusy o nalezeni ubytování pres mobil selhaly na nedostatku kvalitniho signalu.

      - Ubytko vybráno u verejneho wc na parkovisti, 18 minut chuze. Po prosezenem dni jsem se chtel projit, a proto jsem neposlechl maminku a sel sam, v cizi zemi, cizim mestem. Po setmeni. Naprosto v klidu.

      - S usmevem odmitam nabidky motorkarskych a tricykl taxikaru, ze to mam par minut pesky. Lehounce prsi. Je to prijemne.

      - Na rohu hlavni od pristaviste opet odmitam odvoz, kdyz me za rukav taha mala ruka. Kouknu dole, tak 5leta usmudlana holcicka... Ale s krasnyma ocima... Ukazuje světově zname gesto "jist, jist". Aha, takze prvni filipinsky zebrak. Za ni, na schodech v podloubi, vidim zrejme jeji rodinu. Nejake drobne mam, lovim 10 p. A ona... Ona poskakuje k rodicum a tancuje u nich radosti. Tata se na usmeje, nezne a laskyplne. Vůbec ne jako nejaky "pasak" vyuzivajici ditete k zisku. Neskutecny moment. Lovim jeste jeden drobak a ze schodu se zveda jina divka, lezici oprena o matku. V jejich ocich čtu vdecnost, ale i strach - ze snad ucuknu...

      - Klickuji dvema, tremi ulicemi. A mistni zivot se mi odviji pred ocima jako film: kluci, hrajici nejakou pinkanou ve spinavem dvore. Cmoudici hromada odpadu a kokosovych slupek vedle zaparkovaného auta. Vyrostci upravujici motorku v dilne, smejici se necemu na mobilu. Projizdejici devcata, tri na jednom skútru - volaji Helou handsome! A pak se tomu pubertalne smeji. Muz a zena na motorce, on vepredu klec se slepici, ona v sukni, sedici elegantne obema nohama na jednu stranu. Babicka se dvema vnoucatky na zidlich, vsichni sledujici ulici jak televizi. Vnoucek vola: Helou, sir! Ja na nej pod dojmem filmu Helou, Hercules! Evidentne vi, protoze okamzite nadme hrudnik. Delam jeste poklonku babicce: Helou madam! A babicka se pobavila, az se zasmala a tleskla si. Tak tohle me bavi.

      - Hotel je dustojny, levny a kluk na recepci mluvi dobre anglicky. Jmenuje se Dindy, a ja odpadavam. Chapete... :) Zkousim mu to vysvetlit, ale co uz.

      - Sprcha, maly supermarket retezce 7eleven nabizi k jidlu... Instantni nudle! Jako odmenu za dlouhy prejezd pridavam dva coko donaty. Zajimava vychytavka: v obchode je nadrzka s horkou vodou, takze si nudle rovnou muzete zalit, a u dvou stolecku v rohu sníst. Ja jdu na hotel.

      - Pred usnutim podnikam nepříliš vydareny chat, a usinam těžko, trudomyslne a smuten.

      Tak to byl muj prejezd na Bohol.
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    • Day 14

      Beach Fun in Monsoon Season...

      November 13, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      I've decided to roll the last couple of days into one as to be honest they weren't very eventful.

      As I mentioned we were staying in dorms and this morning we had quite the commotion in our female dorm. At about 3am a very large Chinese guy walked in and fell asleep in one of the spare beds. To be honest had he done this and been quiet no one would have known. Instead he fell asleep and then snored like a ships horn continuously for 30 mins. Luckily we had one brave lass in the room that woke the, clearly drunk, guy up and told him to leave. What a champion!! I must admit I was far too British to comfront. After the guy left the cockrels started, the dogs were barking and there was no way anyone was getting back to sleep. At 7am I got up and ready for the day.

      After the morning events and having been bitten alive by mosquitoes (honestly I feel like the elephant man as they are all over my face) we decided to move homestay. We moved to Bougainvillea Campground Paradise Resort which was a thousand times better mainly because it didn't have as many plants around and the room had real walls. The campground had a gorgeous and friendly dog called Mocha who loved being stroked and would snuggle his head in your lap. It was so cute.

      The rest of the day was spent scootering around the various beaches on the island including the private local beach 200m away, white beach where we got trapped in the pouring rain and then the southern most beach for sunset.

      The next morning we got our confirmations that our visas were granted for India! We spent the morning planning our next couple of days and began the planning for India. I booked our first two nights in a homestay in Kochi. People have always said India is cheap but wow... I booked 2 nights including breakfast in a 9.2 rated homestay, on the main square and it was £10 total. Hopefully our money goes even further!! Just as we finished planning and were ready to head out obviously the heavens opened again, so we waited for it to stop. It weened off a bit so we jumped on the scooter had some lunch and headed to a famous cliff dive spot. The weather turned and it was just miserable. We were cold and very very wet. When we arrived we watched a couple of crazy people dive into the sea and Will went for a snorkel. The waves were really big due to the weather so he didn't stay in too long.

      As its our last day on Bohol tomorrow we decided to finally pluck up the courage to book another dive for the morning and then headed back to campground where the locals were all drinking beer and told us to join. I must admit I'm glad they were there as we were both so miserable and cold. We chatted for a while, another couple staying also joined and then the rum came out... We drank a lot of rum. The rum is really nice! For dinner we had roasted chicken again.
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    • Day 154

      Panglao

      June 12, 2019 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Après El Nido nous avons pris l'avion pour L'île de Panglao où nous avons séjourner dans un coin complètement perdu tout près de la mer.
      La nuit on dormait dans une espèce de hûte et la journée on louait un scooter pour faire le tour de l'île. On a acheté des masques pour allé voir des coraux mais on s'est surtout reposés parce que j'ai été malade à cause de l'eau du robinet 🤮.

      Ah oui on a vu une belle araignée dans les toilettes du logement...
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    • Day 12

      Final Stop Bohol Island

      November 11, 2018 on the Philippines ⋅ 🌧 29 °C

      Today's plan is to go to the Coco Resort for a bit of snorkeling before heading to Bohol. Having looked up boats to Bohol we were aiming to catch the 7pm ferry.

      So up we got, said hello to Cheryl and Curby and after checking the boat times with her she said there is only one at 12:30pm! Ahhh, time to rush. Showered, dressed and packed up we jumped on the scooter to get a classic Philippino breakfast of egg, rice and sausage and then grabbed our luggage and jumped onto a tricycle. The guy was super nice and let us stop at the bakery for some moon cakes on the way.

      When we arrived at the port we found out our original timing was correct and we should have caught the 7pm ferry. The 7pm ferry was slower but a quarter of the price and not the tourist ferry. With the 12:30pm ferry they try and same tourists for everything including charging for luggage! We just walked straight past the luggage area and onto the ferry and luckily it worked.

      The boat was only 2 hours so we arrived by late lunch in Bohol. We had done zero planning for Bohol having had shocking internet the whole time. When we arrived all the tricycle drivers were moithering us asking us where we wanted to go etc. We didn't have a clue and we just needed 15 mins to get our bearings, but they wouldn't leave us alone. I must admit I got pretty short tempered after a while. Once I had booked our accomodation I was pretty brutal with my haggling and got the tricycle down to 200 pesos. Normally they charge 400+. Maybe it was slightly unfair of me but honestly after being badgered for 15 minutes constantly, after politely asking them to leave us alone for a couple of minutes while we booked, I was not taking any prisoners.

      The driver was lovely and took us all the way down a very rocky road to our homestay, supposedly most just leave people at the main road which is about 8 mins walk away. I am so glad he didn't. Just on arrival the heavens opened and wow did they open. The rain didn't stop until about 4:30pm, so we just stayed in the common area drinking tea, eating our baked goodies as late lunch and chatting with everyone. It was a very social homestay.

      For dinner we just stayed on the coco farm and had veggie burgers with fried rice. We finally tried the local Red Horse beer and to be honest I was ticked up in my dorm room by 9pm.
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    • Day 93

      Morning on the Bohol countryside tour

      December 11, 2019 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      Spent the day seeing the highlights of Bohol with a small and nice tour group. Unfortunately not much information but we did get to see lots and the countryside and local villages are very pretty. I rode the giant zip line over the river gorge which was fun, and a great photo op. We also saw the ancient Baclayon Church, the Bilar Manmade Forest and Loboc River.Read more

    • Day 5

      Roller tour

      September 26, 2019 on the Philippines ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      Eindrücke von der Insel. Sehr positiv alle Einheimische mega nett 😊

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