Bohol

Bohol in March 2023: drifting the green Loboc River, meeting a tarsier, quad bikes by the Chocolate Hills, a cave lagoon swim and Alona Beach shakes.

Three days on Bohol in March 2023, and the island kept topping itself: river, tarsier, hills, cave, beach. In that order, and each one a keeper.

Inga leaning on the carved wooden railing of a floating restaurant deck on the green Loboc River, jungle and palms rising behind
Lunch that moves: drifting the impossibly green Loboc River on a floating deck.
A tarsier with huge amber eyes gripping a branch in the foreground while Inga and Dileep stand on the walkway behind
A tarsier at the conservation area, one of the world's smallest primates, thoroughly unimpressed by its visitors.
Inga and Dileep sitting on green quad bikes on a dirt track near the Chocolate Hills, storm clouds massing overhead
Quad bikes by the Chocolate Hills, racing a very dramatic sky. The sky won.
Dileep in a white I love Bohol tarsier t-shirt standing at the stone entrance arch of Hinagdanan Cave in Dauis
Fully committed to the theme at Hinagdanan Cave. Yes, the shirt has a tarsier on it.
Selfie of Inga and Dileep swimming in the dark lagoon inside Hinagdanan Cave, stalactites hanging above the water
Then a swim in the cave lagoon under the stalactites. Cold, dark and completely unforgettable.
Inga and Dileep with fresh mango shakes at a beachfront table on Alona Beach, turquoise shallows and boats behind
Winding down on Alona Beach, Panglao. Mango shakes were consumed daily, for research.

We came over on the ferry from Cebu, and we would do the whole loop again tomorrow.