We got into Tagbilaran Bohol at midnight, got on the bike and after a few miss directions found a nice hotel. Two pools, TV cable air, the works but 1500 peso for the night. Well we were going to leave that morning so it was a waste of money to spend it to just sleep for a few hours. A Pension house was 900 peso with TV cable and fan? Nope, around the corner it was 300 peso but I had to park the cycle on the street. Lots of other bikes on the street so Oh, well. We took it and slept well with the deluxe fan on. Later we found out it was a 3 hour hotel and the noise we heard was clients going in and out of rooms getting serviced. So back to the docks next day coz they had so many clean restaurants by the water for breakfast. On a short note here I noticed now that it was day time that everything was so clean and organized. Very different than the Islands we were before. The roads were better paved and the street poles were made of concrete. Children were scolded if they were not neat and actually picked up trash to throw in the trash bins. After breakfast I talked to a few taxi drivers across the street and they gave me the poop. I was looking for the elusive white sandy beach. Not to worry go straight to Panglao Island, there is a bridge just east of the town. Ok off we went, over the bridge to Panglao Island, and we drove and drove not knowing where to go. We stopped at a resort that was just beautiful; it was high up overlooking the bigger Island. 800 peso per night, very nice rooms, ok, we just kept going. Maricel wanted to stop and get something to drink and we stopped at a highway sory-sory store. Got to chat with a few locals who could talk good English.
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