Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Bohol 2

We finished a great day of motorbiking by heading back and enjoying a few beers. Unfortunately Tash felt a bit sick that night but luckily woke up feeling better the next morning.

The old church of Loboc

The next day we headed into Tagbilaran to do some adminy stugg and for some lunch at a Filipino institution - Jollibee. We then set out to reach the Tarsier Center which we were unable to reach the day before. With some help from a local friendly policeman we hired a taxi and made the trip back out towards Corella. Along the Loboc River there were a lot of Tarsier places and a lot of tourist yelling and pointing at the small tiny creatures. The Lonely Planet recommended heading out to the Tarsier Center run by the Philippine Tarsier Foundation instead in which tarsiers are kept in their natural environment with more controlled toursim. When we arrived it was obvious that there wasn't much funding for this Center which runs captive breeding programs as well. We saw some tarsiers which are nocturnal, strange but cute little primates and were saddened that not more funding is going into preserving these endangered creatures.
We ended the day in Tagbilaran at our hotel on the lagoon between Bohol proper and Panglao island with some dinner and SMLs. After building a few 'bridges' of beer bottles we headed into the main town again for some live music and videoke. Needless to say it was a late night to bed!