These are the Chocolate Hills because they are somewhat brown during the dry season-we had lots of laughs about being sad that you couldn't eat the chocolate hills but keep watching-we found a way later on!
The Chocolate Hills form a rolling terrain of haycock hills – mounds of a generally conical and almost symmetrical shape.
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Estimated to be from 1,268 to about 1,776 individual mounds, these
cone-shaped or dome-shaped hills are actually made of grass-covered
limestone.
The domes vary in sizes from 30 to 50 metres (98 to 160 ft) high with
the largest being 120 metres (390 ft) in height. Bohol's "main
attraction", these unique mound-shaped hills are scattered by the
hundreds throughout the towns of
Carmen,
Batuan and
Sagbayan in Bohol.
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During the dry season, the grass-covered hills dry up and turn
chocolate brown. This transforms the area into seemingly endless rows of
"
chocolate kisses". The branded confection is the inspiration behind the name, Chocolate Hills. Info copied from wikipedia
Not everyone wanted to have a family picture made as we walked up the 214 steps to the top viewing platform! Scott counted on the way up and again on the way down and said there were only 180 or 190 something steps.
Going Down!
This is what Ashley did most of the 2 hour ride home-I was in the back of the van with the boys reading The Last Battle-we are finally finishing the Narnia series-it has been great!
More sites on the van ride home
I took these 2 for my friend Stan who is a builder-I laughed when I saw this posted sign with the building permit number on it! Different standards than in the US
Here is the entrance sign to our resort.
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