Bohol Tropics Resort, Tagbilaran (more)

Our suite last time (1999)

Our suite this time (2007)

Razel enjoys Halo-Halo

Bohol Tropics Resort, Tagbilaran

Bohol Tropics kiddie pool

View from the restaurant

Deric


Devon

Arrived Bohol Tropics Resort okay

Manila departure was pure chaos. But the flight from Manila to Tagbilaren was uneventful; except that the landing was house-laundry-house-laundry-touchdown followed quickly by full reverse thrust (110%) and stand on the brakes. Bohol Tropics is still delightful. I'll post some pictures once I get the laptop online (this is their free walk-up PC, circa 1988).

Roof-top pool

The Bayview Park Hotel (Ermita, Manila) has a quaint little pool facility on the top floor. It is open to the sky, but surrounded by a wall set with heavily-tinted windows. It'd be a million-dollar view of Manila Bay if they scrapped off some of the window tint.

Deric center-frame

Deric and Devon

Joy, Joy's mom, and Razel poolside

Trip overview

Red lines indicate flights, blue lines indicate ferry rides.

Manila - the view from our hotel window

Bayview Park Hotel, Roxas Blvd, Ermita, Manila
Overlooking Roxas Blvd, port in background

Manila Bay across the street

Back streets of Manila
Today is Sunday and we'll be taking it easy - no major adventures. There's a cute little pool facility on the top of this hotel and we'll probably take the kids there later this afternoon.

Minor change in travel arrangements to Bohol

Manila-Bohol
On Monday (20 August 2007), instead of flying Manila to Cebu and then taking a fast ferry from Cebu to Bohol, we've just booked ourselves (four of us [make that 6, maybe 7]) onto a direct flight (5J619 departing 11:50am) from Manila to Tagbilaren, Bohol. Instead of spending the whole day travelling, we'll be there in about an hour. This change is a bit of a clean-up from the last minute change to visit Manila instead of Camiguin.

FYI - Four one-way air tickets Manila->Bohol (about 400 miles) is under Cdn$150 total.

More of Razel's family

Razel & half-sister Jacquiline

Half-brothers Roger, Rocky, & Ronald

The Mall of Asia

Joy and Razel

Visiting the Mall of Asia

Mark & Jacquiline, Deric, Rocky, Ronald, Marina, Roger, Razel, Devon, and Jeff

This evening we visited the 'Mall of Asia' in Manila. It is the largest shopping mall in the Philippines, and - at nearly 100 acres of floor space - is reportedly the 7th largest in the world (or 4th, by Gross Leasable Area). Inside is a skating rink spanned by a foot bridge. There are 600 stores, and more than 100 eating establishments.



A large metal-work globe in the roundabout in front of the mall.

Wiki link: Mall of Asia

Minvan with 14 aboard - is everyone wearing their seatbelt?...

Dinner at Jack's Ridge overlooking Davao City

This post is out-of-order, being from our last evening in Davao City.

Jack's Ridge overlooks Davao City