We woke up very early to catch the 8:20 plane to Bohol. We almost missed it as I popped off to go to the loo as everyone was queuing and the que wasn’t going anywhere, Amy was napping, I came back and the que was gone and Amy thought that we were the next flight, I went and checked and we were that flight, we then ran to catch the plane. When we got on we found out some of the joys of flying with Cebu Pacific Airways: the only flight company I have flown with that the cabin crew play games with the guests! They did some rounds of guess the song from the lyrics, where the first person to put their hand up and answer correctly won a Cebu Pecific Airways bag! You don’t get that sort of in flight entertainment with British Airways!

When we landed and got off we took a tricycle to Panglao. We paused and had some unusual fruit drinks (of which I can’t remember the names of the fruits, but they were most enjoyable) and decided what to do next (it was soooo hot!), we wondered to the beach to find somewhere to sta, the one I was recommended was full for the night, so we booked it for the next night and after much searching the only affordable option was a room in an interesting hostel: I had my camping mat so I slept on the floor and all was gravy; the place was pretty much falling apart, had no atmosphere or personality and we would have much preferred dorms, it wasn’t ideal, but it would suffice for one night.

We then went back to the tourist district and booked a couple of tour:

1. A night tour along a river to see some firefly.
2. A full day tour of lots of the main attractions of Bohol.

We then had a quick street food dinner of chicken on a stick and rice and then went on the firefly tour:

The firefly tour was actually really cool! We got a minivan out to the river on Bohol, then got into these big boats and sat around tables around the edge of this boat looking out at the lake and stars. When we got goingthe boats were really rather noisy, but the fireflys were amazing! There were a handful of hives of them in the trees dotted around the river, they pulsed with light and you could see the individual flys them all flying around as they pulsed, it was almost hypnotic, a few fireflys ventured into our boat and the stars were very clear and bright, it was a nice experience.

We then got back on the minivan, drove back to Bohol and walked along the beach back to our hostel, stopping for a brief moment to enjoy the stars and look out at the sea. The Philippines is a very beautiful place.