Boat Cruise, Tarsiers and Halo Halo

After the Chocolate Hills, we stopped to see the tarsiers. I had never heard of this animal, but apparently it is the smallest living primate and it was the Spielberg's inspiration for ET. It was probably the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life! It was tiny and had huge eyes like saucers, and had these little delicate hands with big bony joints on them. They can almost rotate their heads 360 degrees and they can jump 3 meters, but when we saw them they looked very lethargic. They are endangered and only live in a few places in the Philippines. I felt very sorry that they were being ogled by so many tourists in the little cage by the side of the road, even though the place had a sign that said "Government approved Tarsier breeding facility".

After that we went on a boat cruise down the Lobok River. It was really fun! THe interior of the island is realy lush and green and the water was extremely green also. It was sort of misting while we were on our cruise and I felt like we were on the jungle boat ride at disneyland! You could see all of the kids playing and bathing in the water as we went by and there were villages and little huts also.

After our boat cruise, we ate at a restaurant on the river. Then we went to an old church and then we persuaded our driver to take us into Tagbilaran for Halo Halo ...the dessert specialty of the Philippines. Halo Halo is quite spectacular and very yummy. On the bottom, it has sweet red beans and pieces of purple yams. Then it has assorted gummy/jelly type sweet things, then pieces of fruit, then shaved ice, then corn sprinked ver the top, then a scoop of ice cream, and then corn flakes on top. They serve it with a shot glass of cream or creme caramel, which you pour over the top and it soaks into the ice. I loved it! It looks like a spectacle and it tastes like one too.


Matt and I on our cruise down the Lobok River