Close to the little village of Loboc on Bohol there are the Chocolate Hills. It is about 25 kilometers away, so for the sporty people it is possible to do this on a bike. The Chocolate Hills are a strange phenomenon. There are about 1270 of these hills, which are almost of the same hight, overgrown with grass. At the end of the dry season the grass turns brown, so they look like (with a little bit of phantasy) chocolate hills. No one knows exactly how these hills came here, but of course there is an old legend which goes like this: /Arogo, a young and very strong giant fell in love with an ordinary mortal girl called Aloya. After she died, the giant Arogo cried bitterly. The Chocolate Hills are claimed to be the proof of Arogo/s grief, for his tears turned into hills/.   On one hill the Philippine Government build a hotel with a high viewpoint. The hotel itself is not recommendable, but from the viewpoint you have a marvellous view over the more than 1200 hills.

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