It was already mid-morning and I am already on my way back to Tagbilaran City. I stood by the highway waiting for public transport going to the city but there doesn’t seem to be too many passing by at the moment. Fortunately for me, there was a small variety store selling drinks. I bought some drinks and waited at their bench for the bus. After fifteen minutes of waiting a multi-cab heading to Tagbilaran City passed by. But do not worry that you’ll miss it, the driver actually looks out for potential passengers.
There weren’t a lot of people on the multi-cab so I had enough space to stretch. The multi-cab was merely retracing the same path I took that same morning so I can never get lost here. Now that I am more alert, I can see the surroundings more clearly since there is enough space for me to look around. One of the places that interested me was the Man-Made Forest in the town of Bilar. It is actually a reforestation project that was started in the 1960s. Both sides of the road are densely planted with mahogany trees. What is most striking is how uniform these trees look, not surprising since they were all planted at roughly the same time.
I didn’t get off the multi-cab but was just passing through the man-made forest, the weather was nice and cool inside the forest in contrast to the hot and steamy summer weather outside the forest. The forest itself is quite attractive, though a little eerie just like a scene from a horror movie. It was a pity that the forest ends abruptly after two kilometers. Seeing as how the weather is so much better with the forest, I am surprised the local government hasn’t done more projects like these. It also shows how much of an attraction Bohol is since they are able to keep these forests alive for so long. This can serve as a model the other provinces can look to.
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