After 3 days traveling in the Philippines, I finally reached the spectacular tropical island of Bohol. It really is a little bit of paradise.
Today I joined a scuba dive boat, as one of 3 snorkelers. The visibility was up to 30 meters, with bright sunshine. Huge numbers of very colorful fish, giant coral, and weird looking squid. We even saw a very poisonous meter long Sea Snake, which came a little too close for comfort. When I ventured over the underwater drop-off wall, peering down into the abyss, I say this giant ball of large pike was being pushed up by something just below me. I didn't hang about to find out what was chasing them.
Yesterday, I rented a motorbike to ride through the interior "chocolate hills". There was almost no traffic, and I really enjoyed the breeze while riding. Attached is photo of a Tarsier, which is the smallest primate on earth. Each eyeball is 16 mm in diameter, which is larger than their entire brain. They sleep with their eyes open, and can't move their eyeballs, but they can rotate their heads almost 360 degrees to look around. Very weird.
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