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Loay and Loboc Adventures

Posted on October 8, 2009 by under Things to Do, Travel.    

Tita Susan was able to arrange for a van and driver for us to use for our suroy suroy in Bohol for only P3000 (P3500 after gratuity). I think it was better than arranging for a preset tour because instead of visiting specific attractions, we were able to tell our tour driver Doracs (Elmer Racines aka Dodong Racines, tour driver extraordinaire) exactly what we wanted to see and do so we were able to skip all of the places that we weren’t so keen on visiting specially since our time in Bohol was limited.

Our first stop was Tita Esper’s house in Bohol. She gave an envelope for mom to deliver to her brother Manong Juanity Bunyao. We were worried that we would have trouble finding their house because there are no house numbers in Tocdog, just like in Tabuc. However, it was actually pretty easy to find her house because it is right next to the road. Tita Esper told mom that it is next to the road and directly in front of the sea. Mom recognized it right away. I did too, because I saw the picture of their house that mom posted on Twitpic. The house is grand and looks just like it does in the picture.

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We couldn’t stay at Manong Bunyao’s too long because it was almost time for lunch and Tita Susan wanted to treat us to lunch aboard one of Loboc’s floating restaurants. Loboc is a municipality that is right next to Loay.

The Loboc river cruise is the highlight of the Bohol trip for me. We were treated to local and international music, as we enjoyed the lunch buffet aboard one of the floating restaurants. Cruising the beautiful river was nice and peaceful. Having locals sing and dance on a stationary raft partway during the cruise was nice also.

We passed by several other floating restaurants filled with tourists, as the cruise is one of the most popular attractions in Bohol province. The cruise also took us to Busay Falls (another popular attraction), where our floating restaurant turned to go back to the starting point. The entire lunch cruise took about 45 minutes to an hour.

Tita Susan originally wanted us to do a dinner cruise along Loboc. I could tell that it would be magical because they have beautiful lights lined up along the river. Except, we arrive really late on Saturday afternoon and we were all really tired. So we did the lunch cruise on Sunday instead. It was still wonderful, but I would definitely want to go back and try the cruise in the evening. I highly recommend the Loboc river cruise as a must-see/do while in Bohol.

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