So Bohol is rather nice. Well... mostly. Through this trip we've spent so much time in areas of the country that aren't frequented by tourists that it can feel odd being in a resort town. That isn't to say the beach isn't amazing... it certainly is... but seeing so many non-Filipinos is weird now. Even in Manila we spent more time in Smokey Mountain than at Intramuros or the other tourist places. And Mindanao isn't a tourist location... at all....
Today is a free day for us so I've been hanging out on the second floor of the resto bar (to use the local lexicon) of our resort, which is open air and about 30 feet from the beach, listening to Bob Marley (and now Dylan) while working on the blog.
In Davao we did the aerial spraying (30 years of Dole spraying pesticides on homes), a river water monitoring group, saw some eagles (and the monkeys the eagles eat) and did some rice planting. Hiking for 30 minutes in the Filipino countryside is pretty cool but having no shoes because your flip flops broke not even half way through the hike to the rice patty kinda sucked. There was also the jeepney ride in the countryside which wass amazing... since I was on top of it. Once I get around to putting up pictures there will be some from the roof of the jeepney.
A few observations since my last post of consequence:
1. Durian, despite the insistance of many SE Asians that it "smells like hell and tastes like heaven," I find it smells kinda bad and tastes like onions and bad mayonnaise.
2. Watch out for guys (as in men) sleeping on tables... they might wake up and ask you if you want to go to their house.
3. 490 pesos for an all-you-can-eat Mongolian BBQ is soooo worth it.
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