BOHOL.. a paradise on Earth

...there is a story about a visiting Spanish prime minister who asked a Filipino senator is there!...

Bohol: For its relatively small size Bohol Island has much to offer in its history and natural attractions. Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi (c.1510-72), the Spanish conqueror and colonizer of the Philippines, anchored on the island in 1563 and is said to have sealed a blood packed with a chieftain named Sikatuna.
Boholanos are known to be an extremely industrious lot. The province is one of the largest coconut-growing areas in the country, while cottage industries continue their impressive production of delicasies and various handcrafts, which flood the Manila markets.
Notable among the Boholanos weavers products are mats and sacks made from saguran fibers, antequera baskets combining bamboo and nito, and items woven out of local grasses and reeds.
Tagbilaran is the capital of Bohol, and apart from here and Panglao Island where there is some activity, the rest of the island is an attractive slow sort of place, where life in the barrios goes on the same way it has always done. Bohol is on Philippines time and runs at strictly Filipino pace. Even the Carabao chew slowly.
There is a story about a visiting Spanish prime minister who when on a visit to the Philippines, asked a Filipino senator if there was a Tagalog equivalent of Manana, their is replied the senator, but it does not convey the same sense of urgency.
There are not many sights to see in Tabilaran, there is Tagbilaran Cathedral(6am-9pm),situated in Sarmiento Street, opposite the plaza, rebuilt in the nineteenth century, from the original that was destroyed by fire in 1789. The **Bohol Museum** (Mon- Fri 10am-4.30pm), cost a few peso for entrance, last i heard it was 10 peso, in Carlos P. Garcia Avenue, inside the former home of the, fourth President of the Philippines,contains various presidential memorabilia, and a shell collection.

The Tagbilaran City Fiesta is on May 1st