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Bohol Island is a one-and-a-half hour ferry ride southeast of Cebu city, and Nuts Huts, a three-hour drive inland from the port, is truly in the middle of nowhere. That's perfect for travelers who have overdosed on Spanish churches, major tourist attractions and diving in the Mindanao Sea. Visitors with more energy to expend can always jump on a mountain bike, go caving or see the thundering Tontonan Falls. As for us, we rarely got vertical in the four days we were there. E-mail walterken@hotmail.com for reservations...
...show the world that we can protect our citizens, our visitors and our investors," she said. Hailing the importance of the $2.5 billion tourism industry, she reassured the business community this was just a "blip." (She also dispatched thousands of troops to protect beach resorts in such areas as Cebu and Boracay Island...
...Marinduque Island, south of Manila. Visitors can join masked processions and passion plays over the weekend. The theme is un-Christian revenge: a mock-up of the head of Longinus, one of the centurions who guarded Christ, is paraded through the streets. Or try spooky Siquijor Island, south of Cebu. Long a center for paganism and magic, the island attracts numerous witches on Good Friday who gather to brew and administer love potions, supposedly most potent on the godless day of Christ's death...