After receiving my CFO certificate, we took a celebratory trip to Panglao in Bohol. It is one of the top destinations in the Visayas region, especially among foreigners searching for a piece of paradise.
We left Cebu through Ocean Jet Ferry from Pier 1, where some blind musicians kept us entertained. My husband recognized them from his first trip from Cebu to Tagbilaran many years ago. It was a good way to raise money for the association of blind people.
Our boarding time was 8 am, and we arrived in Tagbilaran after two hours.
A van and driver were waiting for us outside the port. It was a 30-minute ride to Panglao Tropical Villas, advertised as a quiet and laid-back place on the beach. There were construction workers in full swing with the noisy maintenance the whole weekend that we were there, but that was understandable 🙁
We escaped quickly to a place further up on the beach and enjoyed the captivating scenery. We found a good restaurant that luckily had good food and was far enough from our construction resort to deliver silence and an authentic taste of paradise.
It was a pleasant relaxation after my seminar and interview, but with unadvertised construction works going around all the time, the paradise became, according to my husband, very Filipino 🙂
We decided to laugh it off and found ways to enjoy our trip. It is good to commune with nature occasionally, and our travel to Panglao became memorable despite the lack of warning of the ongoing improvements at the villa.
