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I have just came from a brief vacation in Bohol. Before I went home, I listed a few sites I planned to visit during my stay. One of them is Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Dauis, Bohol. I was not able to visit many of the sites I listed, but Dauis Church I did. I would like to share with you some pictures I took of the very amazing place recently declared by the National Historical Institute as a "national historical landmark".

I took the time to search for all working official websites of the various Bohol towns or municipalities and ended up with the following list. Some of the websites are clearly still being constructed but a few are quite well developed. All except one are using gov.ph domains. Batuan is still using a .com domain. Anda - http://anda-bohol.gov.ph/ Antequera - http://antequera-bohol.gov.ph/ Baclayon - http://www.baclayon.gov.ph/ Batuan - http://www.lgubatuanbohol.com/ Bien Unido - http://www.bienunido.gov.ph/ Calape - http://calape-bohol.gov.ph/ Carmen - http://www.carmen-bohol.gov.ph/ Catigbian - http://www.catigbian.gov.ph/ Cortes - http://www.cortes.gov.ph/ Dimiao - http://www.dimiao.gov.ph/ Guindulman - http://www.guindulman.gov.ph/ Inabanga - http://www.inabanga.gov.ph Jagna - http://www.jagna.gov.ph/ Loboc - http://www.lobocbohol.gov.ph/ Loon - http://www.loon.gov.ph/ Mabini - http://www.mabini.gov.ph/ Maribojoc - http://www.maribojoc.gov.ph/ Pres. Carlos P. Garcia - http://www.carlo...

Finding a the phone number of a friend or an establishment in Bohol used to be a hassle. Each of the telephone companies operating in Bohol has their own directory. Someone looking for a phone number usually ended up checking all the available directories. Now, thanks to BoholDirectory.info , it is already very easy to find phone numbers of friends and acquaintances in Bohol. In fact, the site is very helpful to people searching for someone in Bohol or planning trips or vacations to the province. Just by searching, one can immediately get the telephone numbers of the taxi company in Bohol, some van-for-rent establishments, pension houses, hotels and resorts, and many others. Isn't that a great thing? Try the site out to better appreciate it.

They say that the island of Bohol sinks about an inch in May due to the thousands of Bol-anons who come home to attend the many town and barrio fiestas celebrated during the month. You can almost feel this once you disembark from those overloaded ships docking at the Tagbilaran Port in May. Fiestas in Bohol are occasions of great joy and merry-making, as well as lots of free food. Almost every household in town or in the barrio is on a welcome mode and, yes, you can literally go to any house, even if you do not know the owner, and eat your heart out. Experience this to believe. The following is a list of Bohol town fiestas in chronological order and with their corresponding patron saints. January 16 - Cortes - Santo Niño January 16 - Pres. Garcia - Holy Child January 16 - Valencia Sr. - Santo Niño January 17 - Carmen Saint - Anthony de Abbot January 29 - Ubay - Holy Child Last Saturday of January - Getafe - Holy Infant February 11 - Dagohoy - Our Lady of Lourdes April 27 - Corella - N...

This page requires a higher version browser Here is another report on Panglao, one of the best tourist attractions of the province of Bohol. Marjorie Gorospe of Inquirer.net explores the island and discovers locals (Bol-anons) and tourists savoring the peace and quite of the island laced by beautiful white-sand beaches.

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Last July 17, 2007, the New 7 Wonders of the World were announced during the Official Declaration in Lisbon, Portugal. The list included the Chichen Itza of Mexico, the Christ Redeemer of Brazil, the Colosseum of Italy, the Taj Mahal of India, the Great Wall of China, the Petra of Jordan, and the Machu Picchu of Peru. Now, after the resounding success of the search for the new 7 wonders of the world, the organizers, the New7Wonders Foundation, is now conducting a second campaign, this time for the new 7 wonders of nature. Qualified to be nominated are all natural sites, natural monuments and landscape. Of course, one of the nominees from the Philippines is our very own Chocolate Hills. It is described at new7wonders.com as: "... an unusual geological formation in Bohol, Philippines. It is composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills, all about the same size, spread over an area of more than 50 sq km The hills are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry seaso...

On my posts about the white beaches in Candabong, Anda, Bohol, someone commented (I think it was Amadeo) that we should not only be writing about the sights and wonders of Bohol, we should also write about its people, the Bol-anons. I could not agree more. Despite some bad incidents that you read in the newspapers once in a while, I truly believe that we, the people in and from the province. are really great friendly people. I'm sure that many people who have visited the province can attest to this. I got all the more convinced of this when I decided to scour YouTube for videos about Bohol and by Bol-anons. I loved what I saw, especially the videos on the famous Loboc Children's Choir which I have yet to see live. Really makes you proud to be Bol-anon. But I was struck by one video posted by Manuel Viloria of viloria.com . Where else do you get such warm welcome like this one by Mang Medik at one of the floating restaurants at the Loboc River in Loboc, Bohol. A familiar song ...

I remember several years back, when my sisters and I were still students at the universities here in Manila, our parents decided to come here from Bohol for the Christmas season. On Christmas eve, just as we always did before, we prepared for noche buena . Then, at around 10pm, our father and mother started dressing up to attend the midnight mass. We were not exactly sure at that time if they did celebrate midnight masses on Christmas at the church a few blocks away. By then, firecrackers were already exploding on the streets one after another. Still, we could not help but really go to church that time. Imagine all the firecrackers exploding, the smoke, tires burning on the streets, and there we were, one big family trying to reach the church. When we got there we learned, the church was closed. The midnight mass on Christmas eve is just one of the things I miss about Christmas in Bohol. In Manga (a district of Tagbilaran City), where I attended many midnight masses as a child, we alwa...

A foreign tourist was pleading with this child to teach him how to do it. The child gladly obliged. A quick run, a forward drop and a quick hop on the board, and you are off to a few meters of a ride. Or slide. I was later told this is called skimboarding. Clearly not very easy to learn, something the foreign tourist probably know by now. Just another scene at Dumulan Beach Resort in Panglao, Bohol.

You see them, town after town in Bohol. Aside from the white sands of Panglao, the Chocolate Hills, the Hinagdanan Cave, the Mag-aso Falls, and the Loboc River Cruise, a big part of Bohol's come-on are the old churches. Most have long history that you can almost feel just by looking at them. The Loboc Church, for example, has a history of music, a history which continues with the Loboc Children's Choir.

The Loboc River Cruise is a combination of a quick look at an old church and tower, a sumptuous meal, music in the tradition of the world famous Loboc's Children Choir, a riverboat ride, the contagious laughter of children swinging on vines to take a quick mid-day plunge into the river, and more than an hour exhibit of nature at its best - green mountains, unpolluted river, and the sight and sound of a waterfalls. Still another reason to visit Bohol.

It is always refreshing to be able to get out of the city and spend time on the white sands of the shore of some island. One such place is Panglao, Bohol. There is unimpeded view of the blue sea, the relaxing feel of white sand, the combined effect of sunlight and sea breeze on your skin, and some shade of palm providing a bit of cover. See all that here in this photo I took at Dumaluan Beach Resort. Lovely, isn't it?

This is like going home to me. I have been in Metro Manila for quite some time and my little family now consider our rented place in Quezon City our home. Still, there is always excitement in our hearts when we get the chance to go "home" to Bohol. This blog is in celebration of that joy and excitement. Here is a photo of the tower in Loboc which towers over a flea market, fronts the old church, and is viewable from the floating restaurants of the famed Loboc river cruise.