BOHOL: Certified Tourist Spot

 Bohol's official seal:

THE CHOCOLATE HILLS:

  One of the popular tourist spot in Bohol is the Chocolate Hills.The Chocolate Hills are probably Bohol's most famous tourist attraction. Most people who first see pictures of this landscape can hardly believe that these hills are not a man-made artifact. The chocolate hills consist of are no less than 1268 hills (some claim this to be the exact number). They are very uniform in shape and mostly between 30 and 50 meters high. They are covered with grass, which at the end of the dry season, turns chocolate brown. From this color, the hills derive their name. At other times, the hills are green, and the association may be a bit difficult to make. Here is the sample picture of chocolate hills in Bohol.

 

Legend has it that the hills came into existence when two giants threw stones and sand at each other in a fight that lasted for days. When they were finally exhausted, they made friends and left the island, but left behind the mess they made. For the more romantically inclined is the tale of Arogo, a young and very strong giant who fell in love with an ordinary mortal girl called Aloya. After she died, the giant Arogo cried bitterly. His tears then turned into hills, as a lasting proof of his grief.

However, up to this day, even geologists have not reached consensus on how they where formed. The most commonly accept theory is that they are the weathered formations of a kind of marine limestone on top of a impermeable layer of clay. If you climb the 214 steps to the top of the observation hill near the complex, you can read this explanation on a bronze plaque.

THE PHILIPPINE TARSIER:

  The Philippine tarsier, (Tarsius syrichta) is very peculiar small animal. In fact it is one of the smallest known primates, no larger than a adult men's hand. Mostly active at night, it lives on a diet of insects. Folk traditions sometimes has it that tarsiers eat charcoal, but actually they retrieve the insects from (sometimes burned) wood. It can be found in the islands of Samar, Leyte, Bohol, and Mindanao in the Philippines. It is not "The World Smallest Monkey. However, it is not a monkey. In truth, its classification is somewhat problematic. Some scientists consider tarsiers to be a taxonomic suborder among the primates. While, because they are closely related to lemurs, lorises and bushbabies, others classify them with the prosimians to which these animals belong. Monkeys and apes belong to the suborder of anthropoids.
 Here is a picture of Tarsier:

 

My mother is also from Tagbilaran City,Bohol.. I would like to take this opportunity to promote Tagbilaran City, last year, my family and I went to Bohol for vacation, it's just frustrating when i lost the copy of some videos recorded and pictures taken from my flash drive.. But i have some pictures here , taken at my sister's cellphone..

   That was taken at my sister's cellphone, it's kinda blurd .. I also want to invite people to come and visit and appreciate the beauty of Bohol.. Also try their calamay. The Calamay is a rice-based delicacy found in Jagna, Bohol in the Philippines. It is made of sticky rice which is grounded and cooked with coconut milk and dark sugar. It is said that cooking the calamay requires hard work because it needs hours and hours of stirring the sticky mixture over low fire to prevent it from burning. Calamay makers often make use of a large "kawa". a large wok-like cooking pot, and use a long-handled wooden ladle to stir the concoction to pure eating perfection.