And I was in Bohol for a night and two days! It was a trip bonding with my fabulous friends.
There are two viewing deck for tourists to see the Chocolate Hills in two different panoramas. One is at Sagbayan Peak and the other is at Carmen Peak, which is the most famous one. Both offer excellent panoramic view of the hills near and far.
Some hills
are covered in green grasses
and some are bald. They are majestic and breathtaking and as you gaze
at these hills from where you stand, you will be mesmerized by its
amazing beauty---and wonder, why the hell this stuff happened?
The
local
people have legends about the scattered hills' formations and
science, too, has its own explanation. Whichever you believe, it
doesn't matter. Just enjoy it.
If you don't like one, there
are 1,775 chocolate hills more to taste from. :))
Like the
expensive hersheys
on display on the window glasses at the department stores, these
chocolate hills are for your eyes only. ;)
SAGBAYAN PEAK
The
Chocolate Hills is a rolling terrain of haycock hills – mounds of
general shape which are conical and almost symmetrical.[4]
Estimated to be at least 1,268 individual mounds to about 1,776, these
cone-shaped or dome-shaped hills are actually made of grass-covered limestone.
The domes
vary in sizes from 30 to 50 metres (98 to 160 ft) high with
the largest being 120 metres (390 ft) in height.
Bohol's
"main attraction", these unique mound-shaped hills are scattered
by the hundreds on the island's central plain, concentrated near the
town of Carmen.
They are
scattered
throughout the towns of Carmen,
Batuan and Sagbayan in Bohol.
The Original
4! The Senoras (senior citizens) and me. Hahahaha!!!
CARMEN PEAK
The description below the photos tells the LEGENDS of the Chocolate
Hills.
The first tells the story of two feuding giants who hurled rocks,
boulders, and sand at each other. The fighting lasted for days, and
exhausted the two giants. In their exhaustion, they forgot about their
feud and became friends, but when they left they forgot to clean up the
mess they had made during their battle, hence the Chocolate Hills.
A more romantic legend tells of a giant named Arogo who was extremely
powerful and youthful. Arogo fell in love with Aloya, who was a simple
mortal. Aloya's death caused Arogo much pain and misery, and in his
sorrow he could not stop crying. When his tears dried, the Chocolate
Hills were formed.
The third legend tells of a town being plagued by a giant carabao, who
ate all of their crops. Finally having had enough, the townsfolk took
all of their spoiled food and placed it in such a way that the carabao
would not miss it. Sure enough, the carabao ate it, but his stomach
couldn't handle the spoiled food, so he defecated, leaving behind him a
mound of feces, until he had emptied his stomach of the food. The feces
then dried, forming the Chocolate Hills.
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