Close Encounter with the Bees

Our next stop from the Hinagdanan Cave was the Bohol Bee Farm.  This was also my first time to visit the farm.  

 A pose with their souvenir shop.  Just a pose 'cause the items are expensive, hehehe  

 Bee box for demonstration purposes.   We thought the bee farm is really in the Bee Farm.  But No.  It is situated in a different location.  They cannot take the risk of having all the bees and the tourists in one place.
She said if some bees would fly near us, we should not swat it as it will cause the bees to sting when in pain.

 The tour guide here is selecting a bee frame to show us.  

She is hoping she'll get the frame with the bee queen in it. 

 One of the bee frames from the bee box.  No bee queen here.  Too bad.  But she cannot anymore return the frame and get another one as it might already disturb the bees.

We took turns holding the bee frame, for photo souvenirs

Pat's sister, Ate Leah was the first to hold the frame.

Next was Pat

Then Me.   Yehey!  Mission accomplished! 

It was not so bad at all.   The bees sure weren't stingy.  :-)

After the tour, we went back to the souvenir shop and Pat bought a jar of honey and bee pollen. 

Hinagdanan Cave and the Tour Guide

It was my second time to visit Bohol but it was my first time to go to the Hinagdanan Cave.   The area was not really that inviting, at least to me.  And the entrance to the cave is small.  The stairs were a bit slippery.  After giving the entrance ticket to the incharge, we were assigned a tour guide to assist us inside.

The cave is small and there's a lagoon inside.  There is really nothing so special about the cave.  But what fascinated me while we were inside was our tour guide.   He was very bubbly, talkative (of course, being a tour guide, one should be).     More importantly, the tour guide knows how to manipulate digital cameras.  He was the one taking pictures of us while we were inside the cave.   And after the photo shoots, he even told us how to set the camera.  I was shocked!  The tourists visiting the cave have different kinds of cameras, yet, as I was observing the tour guides, they are all taking the pictures of the tourists using the tourist's cameras.  It's really amazing.  

 

 Group photo outside taken before we entered the cave 

(I forgot who took the picture)

Below are the photos taken by our Tour Guide.  

 First group photo inside the cave 

According to the tour guide this is the effect if we use "Auto" in taking the picture.

 Second group photo with camera adjustments by the tour guide   :-)

 Photo with our own pose

 Our new pose as instructed by the tour guide

 He realized we're a couple so he took a photo of us

 Since we don't look so sweet to him at the previous photo, he asked as to make a sweet couple pose

 The "Santino" pose according to the tour guide

Ate Leah asked the tour guide if a Santino episode was shot here.  

He said, "No. It's just because of the sun's rays effects."

Again for the couple :  a kind of stolen sweet pose

 a sweet pose looking at the camera as instructed by the tour guide

 A prayer pose

 As we were on our way back to leave the cave, the tour guide let us pose for another photo

 Before climbing the stairs, he asked as for another group pose

 A couple's exit pose of the Hinagdanan Cave

A group photo with the Tour Guide (taken by another tour guide)
I just forgot to ask his name.  :-(

That was a good tour by the tour guide cum photographer.  He didn't charge us anything.  Probably because we have already paid for the entrance fees.  But he did mention that they are volunteers so there was no guide fees mentioned for their services.  But even though, because of his excellent skills in guiding us, we insisted in giving him a tip.   For BIR purposes, I won't mentioned how much we tipped him... :)

I hope we could have those kind of tour guides in Iligan City.

Disney's UP - what's in it for me?

With the wedding anniversary fever still on me (it is still  May), I would like to share with you a Disney movie that really struck me after watching it (with Pat of course) and has immediately became on top of "my favorites" list.   The movie is called "UP".

It is the story of an old man (Carl) who is to be evicted from his home because of some neighborhood developments.  When the time comes that he already has to go to the  home-for-the-aged, an idea struck him.   He tied his whole house with lots and lots of balloons which eventually made the house  go up.   The photo below says what I mean.  His adventure started from there, with the company of an 8-year old Wilderness Explorer (Russell).

However, what I really love about  the movie is not the adventure of Carl and Russell, but the life of Carl and his wife, Ellie.

Ellie and Carl

First of all, Carl and Ellie reminded me of Pat... and me.   Carl and Pat are both big compared to Ellie and me.  Pat and Carl wear eyeglasses.   Ellie and me doesn't, except only when Ellie was already old, which also is probably what will happen to me when I get old, hehe.

Revilla and Pat

(Picture taken at Tangub City during Christmas time)

Carl is the quiet type who loves listening to Ellie.   Ellie is the more jack-of-all-trade type, and Carl assists her.   Carl and Ellie don't have a child.    Pat and I don't also have a child yet.  But, as with Carl and Ellie, Pat and I enjoy each others company, very much.   We like to do things together like planning our trips, designing our dream house, doing service to the less fortunate, and even doing household chores   :-).      

My adventures in life in which Pat was with me included my first time to ride a zipline at Macahambus, Cagayan de Oro City.  And all my other zipline rides in Iligan City and Bukidnon.   My first time to whitewater raft in Cagayan de Oro and so many other first times in my life that happened, courtesy of Pat.

Below are some photos of the trips/adventures Pat and I had done together.

 A trip to Cebu in 2005.  We visited the Noel Ancestral House in Carcar, the Lapu-Lapu Shrine and stayed the whole day at Plantation Bay Resort courtesy of Pat's uncle.   In 2004, during our honeymoon, we also visited Cebu and went to Taoist Temple and The Top.

My very first time to go to Marawi City (I cannot anymore remember when).  It was a weekend and Pat had some visitors from Davao City who visited Maria Cristina Falls and wanted to see MSU Campus in Marawi City.   He asked me to join them so I could see Marawi.  At first I was hesitant because of the stories I grew up with regarding Marawi.  And I told Pat that my father wouldn't probably let me go.  He said we won't tell him.  Just after we've been there already.  :-)
Well, of course, Pat is my husband and I always like going somewhere with him.

Our very first trip outside the country - Hongkong - in June 2009.  We went there with Pat's niece and her family.   We visited the Giant Buddha at Ngong Ping, the Ocean Park and Disneyland, Avenue of the Stars and Victoria Peak.

 

 Ozamis City in December 2010.  We went to Tangub with Pat's officemates to visit the Christmas Capital of the Philippines and stayed overnight in Ozamis City where we toured a little the following morning before returning to Iligan.

 Bukidnon in March 2011.   Again, I went with Pat together with some of his officemates to watch the Kaamulan festival.  We also visited the Dahilayan Adventure Park and the Monastery.

 Bohol in April-May 2011.  The latest trip we did.  We were with his sister, Ate Leah, a nephew and nieces.   We visited Tagbilaran, Panglao Island, Balicasag Island, Chocolate Hills and other tourists attractions.

Other places we've been to are Davao City, Samal Island, Camiguin  and Boracay.  I will share the other trips in another posts.  :-)