Day 3 Manila to Bohol

Today we flew with George form Manila on an early flight to Bohol, with us came Ramon and Larry. The flight took just over an hour and of course we arrived to beautiful weather, hot and sunny. We took a taxi to our hotel, the Alona Tropical Beach situated on Panglao, an island attached to Bohol by two causeways.

The hotel is small and simple, but comfortable and is situated between two much more expensive ones at one end of a fine white sandy beach. After dropping our bags in our rooms we went for a bit of late breakfast, noodles with seafood and more with chicken and pork. Clare tucked into some fruit pancakes and a mango milkshake.

We then had a quick walk into the nearby village for some more supplies of fresh fruit and then hit the beach for some R&R. The sea is lovely and warm and Clare had a lovely time enjoying it and the sun.




After a few hours it was time to check out the neighbouring posh hotel and have some afternoon tea - well mocha iced coffee, caramel cake, banana turon de Bohol and a huge halo-halo. Larry reserved a beautiful table overlooking the beach at this hotel which will be a lovely spot for our dinner tonight.

We had a gentle stroll along the beach to work off our afternoon snack and check out the rest of the hotels and bars along the short half mile stretch of beach All the bars etc were trying to get customers to eat drink at their place - some had a lovely array of fresh seafood on display to tempt the passing trade.

Now it's time for our cocktails before dinner! Tomorrow we are off to check out the sights of the island.