http://bantayanislandtours.com Helping you Enjoy Bantayan Island Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:01:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bantayan Island Trip 08-22-2009 Last week I went with a friend over to Bantayan Island for a night.  I wanted to stay longer but unlike him, I'm not on vacation but I am on a budget, which is blown.  My friend though, he's still over there.  Seems he likes the place ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island-visits/two-days-on-bantayan-island/304/ Tristan's Resort Reviewed Last week, I had the opportunity to head over to Bantayan Island for a night.  I choose to stay at Tristan's again.  It was my second time to stay overnight at Tristan's.  It is hard to improve on the experience at Tristan's. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="That's me relaxing ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island/reviews/resort-review/tristans-resort/281/ Bantayan Island Quickie Yesterday I woke up to the sound of my air conditioner going off. Its yet another brown out in Bogo City. When Bogo City looses power, all of Northern Cebu Province usually does. I don't know how widespread the outage was, one time all of ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island/day-trip-bantayan-island/244/ Tickety Boo Beach Resort:  Bantayan Island Kids all over the Philippines make sail boats out of whatever materials they have. When we went near the beach at night, we spotted these kids playing with the sail boats they crafted from discarded items. Jessie hopped the retaining wall and grabbed ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island/reviews/resort-review/tickety-boo-beach-resort-reviewed-part-2/189/ Bantayan Island Resorts It is my goal to stay at each beach resort on Bantayan Island at least twice and give you the inside information on each one. I would like to go every month but I probably wont be able to do that unless you want to take me! ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island/reviews/resort-review/tickety-boo-beach-resort-reviewed-part-i/130/ Old Spanish Fort This old fort appears to have been built by the Spanish, probably around 400 to  500 years ago.  We were told it was built by the Japanese but I don't think that's true.  I think it, like many old forts were used by the Japanese during WWII.  I ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island/things-to-do/bantayan-island-museum/114/ Kota Park On our visit on March 22nd, we had the chance to visit a beach and park used by the locals.  Now this beach is not secluded like the beaches on Santa Fe but its a very nice beach with lots of room to roam in the sea.  If you ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island/things-to-do/kota-park-on-bantayan-island/81/ Hard Kock Cafe Reviewed Hard Kock Cafe is an expat hangout on Bantayan Island.  There's usually a card game going on that sometimes results in some heated disputes from the way the players were talking but they went on to say everything works out okay and everyone remains friendly. Like most restaurants ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island/reviews/restaurant-review/hard-kock-cafe/71/ Food and Drink in Santa Fe Bay During my March 21st visit to Bantayan Island we stumbled upon the floating bar.  We had seen it before but had not been close enough to actually visit.  This time we rented a multi-cab and drove as close to it as we could. :)  ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island/reviews/resort-review/floating-bar-bantayan-island/49/ During my visit to Bantayan island last month I rented a multi-cab so we could get around the Island and visit some more areas that we have not been too. While out exploring, I noticed a sign pointing toward an eco-tourism attraction. I asked the driver to take ... http://bantayanislandtours.com/bantayan-island/things-to-do/eco-tourism-on-bantayan-island/39/