Mint Island self-help guide-October 2008

Mint Island Tower tagbilaran Tagbilaran

Traffic:

Manila airport: Cebu air Cebupacific international and domestic flights are NAIA3 Terminal, access Terminal need to hold the printed e-ticket and pass the security check.

Airport tax: domestic flights and international flights of 200 pesos, 750 Peso, need to be purchased separately. Commercial facilities within the airport, departure hall upper several food counter, sold coffee and Hamburg. In the international flights Terminal has a mini's duty-free shops and a couple of restaurants, prices are not expensive.

Tabira-LAN Tagbilaran (Mint Island) Airport: very mini, with almost township public stations, into and out of the airport building need to hold the printed e-ticket and pass the security check.

Airport tax: domestic flights 20 pesos, to bring change. No restaurant.

Cebu air Tip: 45 minutes before flight departure does not handle the boarding pass, Cebu air has the right to seat to overbooking of alternate passengers.

From tagbilaran airport to Mint Alona Beach Island: take a taxi or Van: 600 pesos per car; riding tricycles (seats 2-3 persons): 250-300 pesos.

With 30-40 minutes, passing through Tower tagbilaran city.

Tower tagbilaran City: very small, there is one of the main shopping Mall, Bohol Quality supermarkets and stores, and a McDonalds and a pizza.

Alona Beach and from the Tower in tagbilaran City: take a taxi or Van, one-way need 600 pesos; 300 pesos one-way ride tricycles; sat locals by lorry of small bus, the fare per person 30 pesos, in Bohol Quality Mall nearby parking, from urban to Alona Beach at 6 o'clock for afternoon classes.

Bohol (Tagbilaran) attractions:

Brobo Church listening to children's choir, chocolate hills, Luo Bo River tour River and watch glasses monkey: private general 2000 pesos a day.

Sea watching dolphins + Balicasag Island snorkeling: find Agent for shipping General 2000 pesos/boat; the beach directly talk to the fisherman is bargain General 1000-1200 pesos/ship, sail to all day.

However generally play the second half of the day.

Dolphin Watch: General 5 am half, lucky you can see a lot.

(We will probably see 50 multi-head together tour). After watching dolphins can visit Balicasag snorkeling.

Balicasag snorkeling: packages ship to Balicasag Island, also need to take a boat to go snorkeling area snorkeling, price 100 pesos for each person.

Boat boatman can act as a lifeguard. Snorkeling area in waters near Balicasag Diving Resort. Snorkeling is best to wear sandals, coral and sea urchins to avoid injury.

Balicasag Island, Virgin Island: Virgin Island in the vicinity there are, however, be able to visit the Virgin Island is smaller and has a crescent-shaped Beach compared to a short stay, not snorkeling.

Alona Beach: more original, more dirt on the beach, beach narrow, not suitable for beach activities.

To the sea walk 10 meters underwater, it is water, pasture, there are many sea urchins, are injured, it is best to wear shoes.

In Alona Beach is not far away there is also a beach: Dojio (Hou) Beach.

The wide sandy beach, water, sea urchin and more. You can rent a floating raft (with pavilions, 200-300 pesos a day) to the distance of the beach a little far away, the water depth of approximately 3-5 m, then you can snorkeling, there are many coral and tropical fish. Note do not swim buoy outside the buoy is 10 meters deep in the trenches.

Overall evaluation: places of Bohol is more suitable for diving and snorkeling, and if it is to enjoy the beach, then went to long beach.

We just arrived in Alona Beach at Bohol Beach disappoints, but in the Balicasag and Dojio snorkeling feel great, believe deep depth would be more interesting. Bohol sea is suitable for diving, underwater fauna and flora is very rich, high-visibility. Coupled with the ability to see the dolphins, the overall feeling is very good.

Tip:

In the Philippines to tip is generally based on the satisfaction level of 20-50 pesos.

The hotel and dinner can, where appropriate, to give a tip.

Hotel: we live in is:

Isis Bungalow (Tagbilaran, Bolhol Island)

Address: Alona Beach Panglao, Bohol, 6340

Phone: + 502 92 92 63 38

Website: www.isisbungalows.com

Hotel environment good, relatively clean.

Diet: eating really well in the Philippines, the local people usually get similar domestic box lunch-like packages, relatively cheap, but the taste is not afraid to flattered, also weak.

At Alona ate a few days later summed up, to eat well, food, pizza steak sandwiches are very authentic, price compared to domestic authentic western food, is not expensive, main course basically not exceeding 150 pesos.

Addition of only 160 pesos a roast chicken not to be missed.

In the enter the Alona Beach 50 m near the junction of the roadside on a restaurant specializes in grilled chicken, we didn't eat for a few days, is cheap and good.

If you want to improve the food that you can to Tagbilaran City Mall to eat at McDonald's and Pizza Hut, and the other

You can buy some canned food in the supermarket, where fish canning and canned fruit is very cheap.

Exchange: if it can play in Beijing to bigger branch of Bank of China to make an appointment for flowed, basically can wrap to the exchange rate is the best;

Second, you can bring to the Philippines for flowed in a large shopping centre and the airport has changed the meeting point, the exchange rate is down and also not bad;

Once again be brought to the Philippines Cup card cash withdrawal.

In the Manila airport Cebu air terminal of arrival and departure level, carefully and find all the available payment ATM (RCBC Bank).

Other: Filipino Chinese people more and more, visit our 11 outing Bohol Island Alona Beach basically half of all Chinese tourists.

Philippines official language is English, Filipino General are relatively fluent in English.

All road signs and signs are in English.

There is no difference in the Philippines and China, the power supply is 220 volts, no conversion is required.

October 1 day bought copy of Manila daily, China's national day is celebrated on the page; red in the picture version of China's successful title spacewalk and black title of United States economic crisis; in advertising Edition of full-page ads are Nestle affirmed in the Philippines of Nestle dairy products reliable, can rest assured that your purchase.

Think about China's influence in this place is really not bad.