Chocolate Hills

For most Filipinos, the Chocolate Hills of Bohol are nothing new. Everyone must have seen posters of these mysterious naturally occurring hills at some point in their lives so I wasn't expecting much when I finally got to see them for myself.

I climbed out to the lookout point and was floored. First of all, these hills were pretty high, in the picture you can see them dwarf coconut trees that can grow to two storey and even more amazing were the quantity of the hills. They literally went on until the horizon.

It has not been determined how they came about but the name chocolate hills, sadly, came about because they turn chocolate brown during summer. Personally, I like the story of how they are really the tears of a heartbroken giant.

Anyone going to Bohol I highly recommend the slightly more than half day city tours, it's one of the best in the country.