The Spirit of Valentines

If last week we talked about flowers, this week, with the thought of Valentine’s Day being around the corner, I’ve decided to blog about Chocolates. Yummy! Philippines may not be known for its chocolates, but it’s definitely known for its Chocolate Hills! Yes! Hills!

The Chocolate Hills is located in Bohol and some may say that it looks like piles and piles of grass or hay, or a kids drawing… some even think of it as women’s breasts, but they’re hills people! HILLS! There are around 1270 of these hills in Bohol with a uniformed height of 30 to 50 meters. The Chocolate Hills are usually covered with grass, but as soon as the dry season starts, it turns chocolate brown (hence the name).

Philippines is known for their myths, and of course, Bohol wouldn’t pass up on that. Legend says that these hills were caused by a giant that fell in love with a mortal. The death of the mortal had caused a lot of grief towards the giant and caused the giant to cry endlessly. In order to show how much grief the giant was in, his tears had turned into hills as a lasting proof.

Yes, cheesy, but don’t forget! We’re in the spirit of Valentine’s Day! Speaking of Valentine’s Day and giants, who wouldn’t want to see the beauty of Dolphins! Due to Bohol being located at the center of the Philippines (blue section of the background), most of its land are separated from each other. Bohol is surrounded by sea water, therefore attracts a number of aquatic animals.

Bohol provides its tourists the ability to watch the Dolphins from a boat known as Bangka and experience the dolphins’ presence in their own habitat up close! Most of the tourist guides were known as hunters, but had given the opportunity to have a change of job description and used their ability to look for dolphins as an asset for their tourism.



Dolphins have always been known as the sea’s cute and not-so-furry creature, but Bohol offers its own cute and furry creature! Okay, maybe not so cute when you see its eyes, but hey, they’re small! Tarsiers are very small and only eat insects and certain plants. They’re very active during the daytime, but once it turns dark, they tend to get a little rowdy. Now you know why their eyes look a little scary!



Bohol offers much more than what I’ve mentioned, but the rest are definitely worth a visit!