Calma, Bohol - near the school and community swimming pool.
The four above pics are from around Calma, Bohol - near the school and community swimming pool/park where I took the side road off the main road. According to the map in the LP and from what I can glean from some Google searches, this is probably somewhere near the towns of Garcia Hernandez and Jagna. This town was in an amazing setting, a beautiful valley, like Shangri-la or Bali Ha’i
All these are on the road from Taglibaran to Anda on Bohol. Some of them are right from the main road, some are from some diversionary off shoots. This was a great day, 8 hours of visual bliss. And I had my mp3 player on too. Really amazing. Like your favorite ski run through the trees, but going on for 8 hours. So it was about 4 hours each way, got me up one side of the island. No tourists for the most part. Most at the resort I stayed at doing dive trips. I road to Anda, which had some very secluded resorts, and had lunch and a fair bit of a 1 liter beer, talked to a young French couple, and beat it back home before it got too dark. Good thing because my motobike didn't have a light. The sun went down about 10 minutes before I got home, so not too bad. Was getting dangerous riding not seeing/being seen.
Me at the end of the road, Anda on Bohol.
It rained a bit on the way out - enough to hurt my face, but I drove through it.
This is where I'm at now, Boracay Island. Like the upscale part of Bali, it's small so mostly just resort stuff. Lots of Japanese or Chinese walking around in groups of 6 to 10. Partied at a good small bar last night with mostly Europeans. Then hit the dance club. Drank too much. Hopefully I've got the big over drinking night out of the way. Still hurting as I type this. Unfortunately tonight is Friday. But I want to Kiteboard tomorrow, should be there at 8am, and learning/doing that hung over won't be any fun. Won't happen. So... Plus it is $300 for 8 hours. But this is "the" place in Asia to do it. Saw 2 windsurfers, and 20 kite boarders yesterday. Seems the switch has been made.
