Mang Jun of Bohol

by Ruru Pilapil

"May name is Jun, you can call me, Mang Jun. And Welcome to Bohol!" *clap clap*

Mang Jun

Mang Jun is our driver / tour guide for our Bohol day Tour. On our first day, he picked us up at Tagbilaran Sea Port going to Paragayo Resort at Panglao, Bohol (where we're going to stay for 2 days). For our second day, he toured us around Bohol, from Chocolate Hills at Carmen, Bohol, to different churches and to the cheapest stores where we can buy pasalubongs.

I usually seat in front with Tr during rides, as punong abala of the trip. And most of the time, we (Tr, Mang Jun, and I) have the nicest and most informative conversation about Bohol. Mang Jun is smart, he's not the usual tour driver that only drops you on your destination, but he always make sure that before we went down on his van, we have this short info about the place. He also know a lot of trivias, things that you can't learn from books. He is really a certified Boholano, I can sense that he loves what he's doing and enjoys being with people who is interested to know more about his beloved Bohol.

Here's some of the things I've learned from Mang Jun about Bohol:

Do you know that tricycles in Bohol have a biblical passage at the back of them, it is required by the government. Boholanos are really religious, most of them are Roman Catholics.

And as what I've observed, most of the foreigners visiting / living in Bohol are British. Some of them even own a resort. As narrated by Mang Jun, only Britons have the capital to build a resort, and Filipinos only work for them. Yeah, sad but true.

For those who are planning to visit Bohol, and for Mang Jun's contact number, just leave us a comment. ;)