Oh I love Philippines. I've been to the 3 places mentioned of the above with my best mates. Bohol is very accessible to me as it is just a super cat away from Cebu City. Nowadays I've heard they are getting expensive & is too crowded compared to 1993 & my last visits was 2007. It's an easy get away for the family/ friends on a weekend aside from island hopping in Cebu during the summer.
I love the white sand & the crystal blue waters of Boracay. It is also an accissible destination w/ ofc mates if u want stress busters. Despite of the cool white beach & islets in Cebu as we have company summer outing every year at work it just makes me feel a bit boring with the sand, sea & sun but now I'm missing it all.
I also love Puerto Princesa, Coron Palawan, El Nido & the underground river is wicked. I was shocked as it was so inexpensive out there. That was year 2004 & the jeepney fare was only PhP 6.00 anywhere u go. If I still got the budget, I will explore more to Mindoro One of my friends aunt live there & mentioned that it was really lovely.
I snorkelled in Blue lagoon, island hopping, dive at the snoring cave in Palawan. Visit the butterly nursery & the crocodile place. I forgot the name of this Water Falls in El Nido & that's how I started to love Nature. Oh memories...
I only showed my husband the Bohol's tourist spots & Panglao Island. I haven't showed him some places that I've been to but I mentioned to him the above places and seen my old photos I will take him one day....But I took my husband to some islets and loves Bantayan Island, Malapascua Island, Sumilon Island, Camotes Island and Badian Island in Cebu & pay visits to my mother side in Ormoc City where he loves the friendly people & the peaceful place.
On the other hand....There's even a lot of the nieghboring islands in Cebu to explore mentioning in the Visayas alone like Camiguin, Siquijor and visits Dumaguete, Iloilo & Bacolod too. In Mindanao part, the quiet place in Zamboanga City, fruits in Davao City off to Surigao then Siargao Island to witness the surfing competition. In Luzon the majestic Pagsanjan Falls, I would never try to go under that water falls again (there's a cave inside) as it feels like there's a hundred people blowing your back off with a hard wood & lots & lots, urban part of Cavite & lots. I'm so in love of our very own Philippines.
When I was in the Philippines, the view seems so natural to me & I just love the fact that I've been there just for strolling, diving, dining & visits classmates place. But now that I live in England, I do appreciate the beauty of the Philippines even more. What a paradise.