- Adventures During Pandemic

 During the early days of the Pandemic there were laws and restrictions governing safe conduct in Bohol. I couldn’t even leave the house. Only Lyn had a pass allowing her to go out to buy food and other essentials. After two or three months the regulations were made less restrictive, and over the months following, they have been further loosened.

Typical rice field in the interior of Bohol Island

One of the things we have enjoyed the most is exploring in our car. Even if we do not leave the car we love driving to places we have not been before.

One of the nicer homes on the highway in Cortes

A more common home also in Cortes

The Province of Bohol has only one city, the provincial capital, Tagbilaran, and forty-seven towns. We have visited every one of them except one; two on the Island of Panglao and forty-four on the Island of Bohol. The only town we have not been to is on the other side of Bohol on a separate island, a town called President Carlos P. Garcia. The town is named after the only president of the Philippines ever from Bohol. When we lived in Tagbilaran, we lived on CPG (Carlos P. Garcia) East Avenue.

The Province of Bohol has 48 municipalities,
1 city and 47 towns

The municipality of President Carlos P. Garcia

As I wrote in another post we have enjoyed going to a few re-opened tourist resorts at greatly reduced rates which until a few days ago were not opened to anybody except Bohol residents. The national government has been working to safely reopen Bohol’s tourism. On Thanksgiving Day we went to another one (Ananda Resort) that we enjoyed immensely. It rained the whole time we were there, but it was very cozy. Lyn and I were the only guests there. A great experience!

We had an upstairs room with an open lounge area

A beautiful pool all to ourselves

A beach is nearby too

Edith Grand Garden Resort and Adventure Park

Though we did not spend the night, we did tour their large Kangcaramel Cave, dragon fruit plantation, and flower farm. We were the only guests on-site when we visited.

Dragon fruit

The cave is under a large hill

A large flower farm

We have also visited Bohol Bee Farm on Panglao Island several times. They have one of our favorite restaurants here where you can eat directly over the ocean in a rustic setting. They also have a great ice cream shop with at least fifteen exotic flavors like avacado, malanggay (moringa), and charcoal. It is a really nice place to hang out.

A pleasant atmosphere at Bohol Bee Farm

With Wendie, Lyn's sister

We took our masks off for the pictures

Bohol Bee Farm has locations at about ten different locations throughout the Visayas, but the original location here on Panglao Island is our favorite.