My Bohol-Cebu Adventure Day 3

It was our third day in Bohol and I felt so much lively. Another early start for us. This time, a Habal-habal was waiting at the gate. It took us to Alona Beach where our boat was waiting for us. Donning our orange life vest, off we went in search for the Dolphins. It was not for impatient people who are too conscious of the limited time. I was thinking of our 1:30 trip back to Cebu, so after about an hour of floating on the sea, I asked our 'Captain' to proceed to Balicasag Island for our breakfast. So, Nong Kapitan reluctantly drove us to the Island where I saw Ms. Irene who was from Cagayan de Oro. She served us a really hearty breakfast for P150.00. I regretfully finished only half of it. She and her staff were so accommodating. She even lent us a snorkeling mask for free.

After a very satisfying meal, we proceeded to the fish sanctuary where I had an intimate encounter with different fishes--lots of them. I was so fascinated by the marine ecology that I witnessed I would have wanted to linger, but I was thinking of our 1:30 boat schedule, so finished our snorkeling. We went back ashore and paid our dues. We paid P300.00 for our boat rental, and P150.00 for the snorkeling gear. And P300 for the breakfast. 

Off we headed to the Virgin Island, another breath-taking scene. There, I ate swaki for P10.00, and banana cue for P20.00 and drank coconut water for P30.00. (Sigh) Being a tourist is soooooo costly. I could have had them all for P10.00 back home. But well, you know how your appetite is when you go swimming at the beach. Again, we cut our visit short, minding our trip in just a few hours. 

We headed back to Alona beach at 11:00 a.m. We were supposed to just take a jeep to Tagbilaran to save (only P20.00 fare from Alona to Tagbilaran, we were told). But since we were running out of time, we again rented a tricycle for P300.00--much cheaper than the P500.00 by car. We didn't even spare time for lunch. Only to find out when we reached the pier that our trip had been cancelled because our boat was being repaired. Darn! We would have to wait until 4:20 in the afternoon! Well, no choice. We just rented a locker at the pier to deposit our luggage, and then headed for lunch just outside. It was a blessing in disguise, too, that the trip was cancelled: we were able to hear mass at the cathedral since it was a Sunday. 

At 4:20, we boarded Oceanjet (2Go didn't have a spare ship) and reached Cebu at 6:30. Ate Pilar met us there and then we headed to their home for the night. There, we contacted some entities for our parasailing adventure. First, we chose cebu tours because my sister had wanted both parasailing and seawalk. Cebu tours offered a package that had both plus other activities. But then, at the last minute something came up, so we decided we would pass up on the sea walk. So we chose Kon Tiki Divers. They don't offer sea walk, but their parasailing is much cheaper than the others we'd googled. I dialed the number indicated in their website, hoping somebody would answer considering it was past 9 o'clock in the evening. Luckily, Ms. Dianne was still up and she answered our questions. She didn't give us any assurance because she still had to look at the schedule which was in their office and she was already home. That done, we turned in for the night.