Chocolaate!

Dunsborough Xmas

December 26, 2014 Dunsborough Perth Western Australia

Seriously one of the best beaches I’ve ever been in, is in Western Australia. This is in Dunsborough near Margaret River, a big wine region.

Hillarys Boat Harbour

December 21, 2014 Boat Harbour Boats Christmas Vacation Cofee Fish & Chips. Quick Bites Hillarys Boat Harbour Perth Travels

Quick drive down the road for some fish & chips. Everything tastes so much better when eaten in such a pretty place 🙂 x

Bell Tower Perth

December 20, 2014 Bell Tower Elizabeth Quay Perth vienna parreno

Visited the Bell Tower during the construction of Elizabeth Quay. Home of the oldes bell in the country – cast in 1550 in England. We put some coins in and played some toons on the carillon bells when we got to the top 🙂 x

TinderBox

December 6, 2014 2014 Abigail BomBom Ngo Betsy Ngo Cebu Celine Ngo-Chiongbian Earl Ngo Instagram Jiggy Selma October Philippines Tinderbox vienna parreno

Late Post. Our final night in the Philippines.

Bye Philippines! 🙁

Chocolote Hills + Hanging Bridge

December 4, 2014 Bohol Chocolate Hills Hanging Bridge

When in Bohol, you have to go to the Chocolate Hills. It’s named Chocolate Hills because it turns brown during the dry season. I think they actually look a bit like Hershey Kisses too… There’s about 1700 of them, spread over 50 square kilometres. It’s a natural geological formation and each one, shaped just so. Really amazing, when you think about it. It’s what Bohol is most famous for – what the Harbour Bridge or the Opera House is to Sydney.

Bohol Habitat Butterfly Sanctuary

December 3, 2014 Bohol Bohol Habitat Butterflies Butterfly Sanctuary Philippines Wildlife

Broken Churches of Bohol

December 1, 2014 Bohol Broken Churches Churches Eartthquake

Bohol

November 30, 2014 Baclayon Hills Bohol Hideaway Rest Sunrise Sunset

We took a Super Cat Ferry to Bohol from Cebu and stayed in a small resort in the Baclayon hills called Sunrise Sunset. It was out of the way from most things and a good place to rest & recuperate in. We were introduced to the owner, a Filipina artist-writer who lives in France, by my Uncle Claudio.

When we got picked up by the resort service at night I asked if we could go to a Seven Eleven and driver kind of laughed, “Ma’am there’s no Seven Eleven in Bohol”.

Bohol is quite a popular tourist place, but definitely still a lot smaller than Cebu.

The daily fare was traditional Filipino – fried Bangus (Milk Fish) w/ Garlic Rice, which we got a bit addicted to. Bihon Soup (thin rice noodle in broth) and Achara (Shredded Green Papaya Salad in Vinaigrette) were on the house.

There was a small infinity pool as well which was open all day & night. A good place to just relax, be lazy and do nothing. We actually tried to catch the sunrise and sunset most days, just because…. 🙂