Arrival in Tagbilaran City

We barely had an hour of sleep before Manny Gabutina arrived at our Greenhome to bring us to NAIA 3 for our long long long long weekend trip to Bohol. Often when people rush to pack stuff for a trip or vacation, chance are one would forget something. I nearly forgot our airline tickets.

NAIA 3 was nice and clean and cool, but really still not yet 100% operational. I told Chief that most budget airlines like Cebu Pacific are now housed here at NAIA 3.

By 5:45am, we were at NAIA 3. We didn’t have time to buy breakfast at Cinnabon or donuts. Or coffee. Running late for our flight. But we were used to that. Our Cebu Pacific flight took around an hour and our seats, 1D and 1E were the closest we could get to the pilot. Nothing fancy about this flight, except most passengers were really all dressed down in their shorts and Havaianas or rubber shoes (like Chief and myself).



By 7:30am Chief and I were in Tagbilaran Airport, Bohol, located in the Central Visayas region.


Can you identify where our green American Tourister luggages are in these carts? I remember we bought these bags in Oakland, California, when we were in the States last December 2007. Siyempre, it was bought on sale.

Also, see the first copies of the major newspapers flown in from Manila. Can you spot them in this cart?

We breezed through arrival and soon we saw the blue van which would bring us Villa del Sol, our home for the weekend. Tere had recommended Villa del Sol as a good place to stay while in Tagbilaran. Her family had stayed here last summer.

Bohol is an island province located in the Central Visayas region and is the 10th largest island in the country. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. To the west of Bohol is Cebu, easily accessible by boat. Even Camigiun is just 3 hours by boat, but we wouldn’t really want to do that now. Chief and I, together with Rene, Nady and Christie were in Camigiun just last summer.

And for the next few days, we would be discovering the chocolate hills, the tarsiers, Bohol Beach Club and Tanglao Island, but most of all, get a weekend for ourselves away from work and emails... except blogging. And yes, these travel steps are part of our 7th anniversary weekend.