2015 - SWAN HELLENIC MINERVA - BOHOL, Philippines

Today we are in Bohol & I have a trip to their very famous .... CHOCOLATE HILLS

But first we will be entertained, dockside, by the dancers .. here, getting set for the show & getting very wet too ..

The show has started ... .

Very good, ladies .. & in the pouring rain too.

They really do enjoy themselves I think & the rain is warm .

We are in the bus now & will soon be at the very famous .... CHOCOLATE HILLS of BOHOL

.... with a stop-off to see this very shy, tiny animal .. poor little baby wants to sleep.

That looks very much like RED IXORA .. the name of my girlfriends company in Myanmar

Through some lush countryside & we arrive at the very famous .... CHOCOLATE HILLS of BOHOL but of course we have to be entertained & fed & watered first ..

Very cute .. .. future Supermodels

Our first glimpse of the very famous .... CHOCOLATE HILLS of BOHOL . . . Oops! Did we come to the wrong place? These hills are NOT chocolate! Are they?

Here it is Our first glimpse of the very famous .... CHOCOLATE HILL of BOHOL . . . HILL, as in Singular .. but it is chocolate.

Oh well .. back to the show ..

Doing their Jimmi Hendrix impressions ..

You will have noticed that it has been raining .. hence the chocolate hills become the Green Hills -- the kids should learn the song 'There Is a Green Hill Far Away''

and after a very pleasant few hours it's back to the ship

I did have time to take a stroll into town & on the way back I had a beer with one of the crew .. we chatted & watched the birds on the water .. . he had to get back to work & I still had some Philippine money so I had another beer. The ship was only a spit away but there was a Tuk Tuk right outside the bar & I still had not spent all my Pesos so I had him drive me home .. He got the biggest tip of his career.