Bohol Bound

We had decided to head to Bohol Island with my family. It had been quite rainy here the last week and a half so I was excited to get off Negros Island and head to sunnier skies. We started the journey by taking the 25 minute flight to Mactan, a little island right off the coast of Cebu. The two islands are actually joined by bridges so the drive to our hotel in Cebu city was short and easy. We spent our day in Cebu doing some shopping and relaxing by the pool which was on the roof of the hotel over looking the city.

The next morning we made our way to the Pier and took a ferry to Tagbilaran city, the main gateway to Bohol Island. We then drove over another bridge to the small Panglao Island where we checked into our hotel. It was such a great feeling to know that we were finally on holidays, a place where we could relax, let the kids play on the beach and in the sea and not worry about anything. The water was warm, clear and extremely inviting. We were all anxious to jump in for a swim!!

We spend the next day just lounging on the beach in the hot hot sun until we were all a little too crispy! The kids had a great time playing with the starfish and digging around in the sand. My sister, Kaitlyn, got a couple stings from a sea urchin, we found some booger looking jelly type creatures in the sand. We also found an abundance of "D.O.M.'s" (dirty old men) with their pretty young filipinas with them. I don't think that I could ever get bored of waking up to white sand, warm water and the hot sun shining down on me...

We did make one quick into town to pick up a couple things from the grocery store where Brayden was able to hop into a jeep his size and take Sydney for ride!