Let\’s Visit Asia

May 24th, 2008

The Philippine Tarsier

The Philippine Tarsier is said to be the world’s smallest primate, measuring only about 4 to 5 inches in height. We’ve had the chance to see these tarsiers during our trip to Bohol, Philippines earlier this year and they were really, really tiny. For such a tiny head, though, they had such large eyes, […]

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March 30th, 2008

Virgin Island: A Taste of Tropical Paradise

I was going through the photos we took on our last trip to the Philippines and came across this photo of an uninhabited island between Panglao and Balicasag islands in Bohol. That’s me on the photo, marveling at the spectacular wonder of nature spread out before me.

The island itself is tiny, probably not more […]

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February 12th, 2008

Panglao Island, Bohol, in Photos

I just wanted to share some more pics taken from our recent trip to Bohol, Philippines:

The first few pics show the facilities of the resort where we stayed in, the Bohol Beach Club, and the beach pictures are of the resort’s stretch of white sand beachfront. The kid is mine ;)
Tags: Asia, asia-beach, asia-holidays, asia-travel, […]

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February 7th, 2008

Postcard from Bohol, Philippines

Just a shout out to let you all know I’m back from a wonderful 2 weeks in the Philippines. I haven’t had much time to write about our holiday while I was on the road– it proved to be too hard to resist the pull of the sun, sand, and glorious white beach — but […]

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January 7th, 2008

Bohol, Here We Come!

Ok, sudden change of plans.
When I realized what a long road trip it was going to be to head all the way to Pagudpud by car, I decided to check whether I could cut the trip short by taking a flight to Laoag City. Considering that I’m pregnant and we’ll have a hyperactive 5-year old […]

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