Islandhopping

Van Manila-Cebu-Bohol-March2009

Here you see Allan (with the meanwhile famous 2QT2BSTR8-cap) and HL: on the Weesam-speedboat, from Cebu to Bohol.

We couldn't take a roundtrip-ticket, since that is only valid till the 29th, and we'll stay till the 30th in Bohol, so we paid the one-way-fare (400 Pesos+25 P. terminalfee) instead of the 500 + 25. No harm done hehe!

Very much to the pleasure of HL, the sea was smooth as a baby's skin, flat as a mirror, no waves at all, lovely. When you look on a map, you see the two islands rather distant from each other, but when you're on the boat, you never have the idea of being in open see: you can see where you're coming from and where you're going to, and it really gives a sense of security!

On the last minute, a Korean filmcrew hopped on board, they are going to shoot a TV-program (those lousy early-morning-programs) about a famous Korean actress in Bohol. Like most Koreans, they are hyper-actif in the first half-an-hour, and then drop down to melancholy.

The hoteltransfer was perfect (and complimentary), the Peacock hotel itself is still partly under construction, they opened in 2008 and there are still many flaws and defaults, as one can expect with a new hotel by owners who are also new in the business. It is very harsly managed (the staff really suffers) by the German owner and his Pinay wife (madame plastic), and it's in the middle of nowhere, but I'm sure we'll adapt to it, and find a way to feel fine here! Allan is very helpful for that, he organises a taxi-by-call (cab 53), who we can hire for 1.800 Pesos per day.

After a swim, Allan took us to shopping mall (groceries) and the cathedral (hot & sweaty mass) and then to a cute local restaurant, where we had a delicious dinner. Then back to the hotel (by cab 53) and some very joyful negotiations with the nightmanager and his assistant: they showed us better rooms and we negotiated prices, so tomorrow we'll move from room 401 to another location in the hotel. I'll make a short vid about 401 though, the flaws in the room are really laughable :-) But hey, this is the Philippines! Meanwhile, the vid is posted on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GrYzVDL2cE !!!

And now an early sleep!

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