Land-tripping in Breathtaking Bohol, Philippines

My first outdoor escape with my D90!

Crispy Squid with ketchup-mayo sauce.

This devil that is called "Happy Horse".  Some drinkers believe that this special bottle (1 in every case) contains a more potent mix than the normal Red Horse beer.

The Chocolate Hills of Bohol.  These 1,200+ cone-shaped hills across 50 square kms are green for most of the year, but turns brown during the dry season.  Best viewed from a plane, the mounds look like little mole hills.  There's a viewing deck in the town of Carmen where the Chocolate Hills seem to surround you.

This two-kilometer road surrounded by mahogany trees is the man-made Bohol Forest.  It can be found at the border of Loboc an Bilar towns.  The road is lined with thousands of mahogany trees whose trunks seem to shoot straight upward from the ground and disappear into the thick leaves.  

The Philippine Tarsier.  

Inside the Baclayon Church, or the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Baclayon is one of the oldest in the Philippines.  The main structure was built from coral stones from the sea, cut and piled over each other.  To get there, you may take a bus or jeepney from Tagbilaran heading to Baclayon.  Some tricycle drivers will also be willing to drive you there.

A few feet beside the monument of the Bloodpact (Sandugo), you will find a dodgy set of stairs leading to a small mangrove forest.  

I was a bit disappointed, not because there was a lack of sceneries to capture, but because I didn't have the tools and/or skills I needed to be able to capture them the way I wanted to. Yeah. It just goes to show that marami pa ako kakaining bigas. :|

My biggest disappointment was when I compiled all my HDR attempts (using the auto-bracketing function), I barely noticed the difference. That's one thing I'd consult the books for. Can't learn from experience if you can't even create the experience.


All in all the trip was worth it!