Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Sights: Intrigue with CAMIGUIN

After Bohol, it's hard not to put high expectations with Camiguin. Both are similar since the two are island cities.  Camiguin is a place you would want to check out once in your life. There are some places of interests worth visiting.

Camiguin

To get to Camiguin's famous beach, the White Island, you have to take a 10-15 mins bangka ride. The beach is right at the sea with no vegetations or shade spots, be sure to bring sunblock. What's nice about the island is you can get a nice view of Mt. Hibok Hibok across the Island. And if the place is not too crowded, you'll be able to get a nice spot and have some privacy.

White Island Beach



fooling around at the beach

Camiguin is most famous for the Sunken Cemetery. Because of the volcanic holocaust that happened in the 1800s, the cemetery sunk in to the sea.  According to the locals, before you can actually see gravestones and some skeletons. But when I snorkeled around the area, all I saw was a stone crucifix hinge between rocks and corals.

The site of the Sunken Cemetery

The Cross hinged around by corals and rocks


Around the sunken cemetery there were some fishes and corals around. True story: When I was taking pictures, there was this small lone fish who stared straight at me as if telling me to bug-off. I stared back and it gave me a little nibble on my right toe.











You can visit two 'religious' places in the island. The Stations of the Cross and The Ruins of the Catarman or Gui-ob Church Ruins. 

The stations of the cross is an uphill climb on the Old Vocano.




The Carrying of the Cross Station


Up up we go

A view halfway up the Old Vocano


The Catraman Church also fell victim when the volcano erupted in the 1800s. This is what was left




Catarman Church

The tree beside the ruins is said to be more than a century old


You can also take a dip at Ardent Hot Springs, the hot spring water comes from Mt. Hibok Hibok.


Soaking in nature's hot tub

My favorite place that we visited was the towering 250 feet high Katibawasan Falls.


Katibawasan Falls



Just look how strong the current falls.

Im not sure where i took this photo , this is the first time I saw a brief and a panty being used as toilet signs. Funny!

Monday, 4 April 2011

Spices: BOHOL's Hidden Gem - Bohol Bee Farm

Whenever you're in Bohol, make sure to visit and eat at this fabulous restaurant/spa/inn. Its definitely a must, it has been one of the highlights of my Bohol Trip. I apologize for the blurry and noisy pictures, the place was so dimly lit and we didn't have a tripod on hand. The pictures doesn't do justice to how good the food was.





Upon reaching the place, it gives you that relaxing and soothing vibe. The place is filled with plants and trees with stone cobbled steps to prance on. Yellow light fills the area making the setting nice and romantic. You can either choose eating ala carte or have their buffet. Most of the people who visits this place choose to have a buffet, we opted for the buffet too.




lounging around while waiting to be seated  

For starters, camote bread and squash muffins are served. The pastries were soft and moist, it came with 3 kinds of dip. Pickled mangoes, mango chutney and our favorite the pesto cream spread.





Squash Muffins

3 kinds of Spread


The Seafood Soup was made up of the frehsest suahe shrimps, marlin and vegetables. Ginger was also added to get rid of the fishy smell and taste. The soup was so simple yet so comforting, I couldnt get enough of this.

The Organic Salad was next, it consists of lettuce, turnips, mustard greens and flower petals served with the best honey mustard dressing I've tasted so far. With the salad came Cabcab or Cassava chips with a tomato
and pesto dip in the middle. The cassave chips were thinly slice and perfectly cooked to a crunch.




Organic Salad

Cabcab Chips

The main course was of a platter of grilled marlin, honey glazed chicken and kalderetang spare ribs. The blue marlin has had charred grilled marks but still was soft and moist inside. The honey glazed chcken was divine, chicken was flavorful and the skin was cruchy. The kalderetang spare ribs was tender that it falls off the bone when you bite into it. The sawsawan (dipping sauce) in the midlle of the platter was a mixture of soy sauce and calamansi with honey.



Main Course Platter

Kalderetang Spareribs



For carbs, they serve Seafood Lasagna and Organic red rice. The lasagna was nothing special but it was good. The red rice was a new experience for us, it was not the usual tender white rice morsels that we are so used to, it has more bite into it and more flavorful.



Seafood Lasagna




Red Rice

For dessert, they serve two kinds of ice cream. The homemade buko and jackfruit ice cream. The ice cream had slivers and sliver of fruits and the consistency of the ice cream was different from the supermarket variety. It was a perfect ending to the meal.


Buko and Jackfruit Ice Cream

Here's the best part of everything. All of these wonderful, glorious, delectable food cost only P550 per
person (2009). You will never have anything better at this price!

You can also buy a lot of their goodies in the Buzz Shop.




Bohol Bee Farm is the very 1st place I'll be in whenever I go back to Bohol.