Bohol Vacation: Part IV

After the 2-day road trip, we had to wake up quite early the next day. When I mean early, I mean early… we had to be on the port around sunrise. For someone who wakes up late in the day and loves his bed (I sleep until after lunch or thereabouts) I wasn’t really keen on doing anything so early in the morning. The only consolation I had was that it was a short drive to the port and that the sunrise was beautiful. A bonus was that we quickly got into the boat and got settled in.

golden sunrise


setting off


So what was so important about getting on a boat so early you may ask. Dolphin watching of course! Our spotters went around in circles looking for the dolphins, and we spent most of the morning going back and forth looking for them. We found none. It was drizzling, no dolphins and not enough sleep… it was not a good sign, our spirits where going down at this point. We dropped anchor on one of the islands to grab some chow, which was surprisingly delicious given the price we paid for it. The locals were very hospitable and we started chatting about the dolphins and conversing in very rudimentary bisaya which was fun actually. After snorkeling and enjoying the beach, we headed back to the boat for our second part of the dolphin “hunt”.

old watchtower


the girls


the boys


Still we found no dolphins and it actually started to rain again. I was pretty disappointed at this point and didn’t even bother trying to help spot dolphins. Then somehow, nearing the port, someone spotted something… then a plethora of activity on the part of the boatmen. That was it! Dolphins, finally! As we came in closer they would stick out their tails as if to taunt us, and some would even jump over the water! We stayed with them as long as we could before heading back to the port. And despite the rain falling down on us on the boat, we were just glad to see them dolphins, I really didn’t care.

doplhins