Philippines Days 11 & 12: Bohol Bee Farm and Divisoria

So my plan before leaving Bohol was to do nothing. And Bohol Bee Farm is a good place to just sit back and relax. With a rustic cottage and an organic farming experience, it was a great place to do nothing but eat good food. If you are a foodie like I am, then I would have to recommend Bohol Bee Farm for at least eating. It has wonderful fresh vegetables, which are all locally and organically grown on the farm.

For lunch I ate a fresh lumpia with a wonderful honey peanut butter sauce. I also tried a tomato soup, which was nice and fresh. And my main entree was a vegetarian pasta. Bohol Bee Farm was my paradise, being a vegetarian.

For dinner I enjoyed some chips, the lumpia again and a spicy eggplant with ginger called kinilaw na talong.

The next morning my travel mate and I ate our breakfast and headed off to the airport. We arrived in Manila into a guesthouse known as Makati Apartelle, and then wandered off to find some food, which included peanut M&Ms and Toblerone. Then to Chowking. At that point my travel mate’s cousin called her and invited us over to her place and that is exactly what we did next.

Now I had originally wanted to visit Divisoria area in Manila the first round I was in Manila, but rain and time was against me. This time, all the right things were working for me. We went to Wagas Market, a poorer area of Manila, where we met Donna, Jess’ cousin and then headed off to buy some food to cook. Donna’s home was a small little spot in an alley where convenient items were sold, like cigarettes, candy, water, soda pop. It was nice to be with everyday filipinos. It was also sad to see children sleeping half naked in the streets as the rain came down. It really was an experience. The only regret I had, was that I did not bring my camera to document it all.

After some amazing torta (eggplant similarly cooked like chile rellaños) and rice was consumed, we thanked our hosts and went on our way back to our guesthouse. The next day we are to fly back home.