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Bataan Peninsula State University

Orani Campus
Orani, Bataan

Project
in
Philippine Literature

Presented by:

Jarize C. Tagorio
BEEd III-A
Presented to:

Mrs. Teresita Roberto

The Chocolate Hills


The famed Chocolate Hills of Bohol are not only two but more than 1,268 cone-shaped
hills a very strange geological formation that has baffled a lot of geologists. The hills
are spread over an area of 50 square kilometers or more and vary in size from 30 meters
to 120 meters in height.
The Chocolate Hills appear to be seemingly endless when viewed atop the hill
in Carmen town. The viewing deck there gives you a 360 view of the hills as far as the
eyes can see. It is more majestic when viewed from a plane them appearing to be
thousands of mole hills dotting out from verdant surroundings.
Whats unique with these limestone chocolate hills is that they are only covered in grass
and the cone shape is more or less common to all although differing in size. The hills
look chocolaty only during dry season when the grass withers and turns into brown and
looks like giant chocolate kisses.
Grass species found to thrive on the hills are Imperata cylindrical and Saccharum
spontaneum and several Compositae and ferns. Trees grow on the base of the hills and are
lush and verdant rings around the almost bare cone-shaped hills resulting in its awesome
natural beauty.
Likewise, the flatlands surrounding the hills are given to rice and corn farming and
results in a beautiful green backdrop for the Chocolate Hills. Elevation ranges from 100
meters to 500 meters above sea level. Higher hills can be found but almost uniform coneshaped hills are found in Carmen town.
The most acceptable geological theory of the Chocolate Hills of Bohol is that the hills
were the result of thousands of years of weathering of marine limestone. Others say that
the hills were formed ages ago by the uplift of coral deposits or that they erupted from the
sea in a massive geologic shift, and the action of rain water and erosion for the past
thousand years put in the finishing touches.
Considered sometimes as the Eight Wonder of the World, the Chocolate Hills has been
declared as the countrys 3rd National Geological Monument by the National Committee
on Geological Sciences on June 18, 1988 in recognition of its special characteristics,
scientific importance, uniqueness, and high scenic value; and as such is among the
countrys protected areas.
LOCATION
The Chocolate Hills of Bohol are spread over an area covering the towns
of Sagbayan, Batuan, Carmen, Bilar, Sierra Bullones and Valencia. Most of the hills
though are found in Sagbayan, Batuan and Carmen, the later having the most uniform
cone-shaped hills.
Two resorts have been developed: one in Carmen town called the Chocolate Hills
Complex, and one in Sagbayan and known as Sagbayan Peak. The oldest resort of the
two is the Carmen complex and is located in Barangay Buenos Aires about 5 kilometers
from the town. Carmen town is 55 kilometers from Tagbilaran City.

Calle Crisologo Mena Crisologo Street


Calle Crisologo, in the Heritage Village of Vigan, Ilocos Sur, is only 500
meters in length traversing five short blocks. But it has a history that
rivals Intramuros in terms of richness and antiquity.
The street itself is of cobblestone, lined with heritage houses on either
side. It speaks of muted opulence of a bygone age, of the galleon
trade, of robust commerce in abel cloth, gold, tobacco, and other
goods that to this day can still be found in souvenir shops there.
In the 16th century, when Spanish explorers first sailed down the West
Philippine Sea and up the coast of what is now Ilocos Sur, a bustling
commercial settlement was already in place.
The Spaniards named the coastal region Ylocos, and the town was
called Villa Fernandina in honor of Prince Ferdinand, firstborn son of
King Philip II of Spain.
The locals will tell you varying narratives of how Villa Fernandina
became Vigan. All are perhaps embellished folktale, the truth possibly
lost in the hazy mist of more than 400 years of history.
There are many points of interest in Vigan like Plaza Salcedo, Padre
Burgos House, Syquia Mansion, and the remarkable hotels around the
city, but Calle Crisologo is the most visited by tourists.
Calle Crisologo is named after Don Mena Pecson Crisologo, an
illustrious Ilokano writer and politician. But during Spanish colonial
times, the street was called Calle de Escolta de Vigan. At the time, only
wealthy families lived there.
During the American occupation, Calle de Escolta De Vigan was
renamed Washington Street.
The Americans established a civil government in Ilocos Sur in 1901,
naming Mena Crisologo as its first provincial governor.
Following Governor Crisologos death in 1927, Washington Street was
renamed Mena Crisologo Street in his honor.
But it was another Crisologo who brought Vigan to the attention of the
rest of the country. On October 18, 1970, Congressman Floro Crisologo,
head of the then powerful Crisologo political clan in Ilocos Sur, was
assassinated while attending mass at the Vigan cathedral, shocking
the entire nation and paving the way for other political families to
flourish in the province.
A visit to historical Vigan is illuminating in itself, but a walk on Calle
Crisologo amplifies the experience.
Vigans preservation of almost 200 ancient structures, many of them
on Calle Crisologo, led to its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage
List.
The street is closed to vehicular traffic. Only calesas are allowed, to
preserve the old-style ambiance.

The houses on Calle Crisologo display a unique architecture that blends


indigenous Filipino and colonial European design and construction.
A prominent wooden door on each stone house welcomes you into the
past. And if you let your imagination run free, through the capiz
windows above you might glimpse a bygone maiden in a Maria Clara
dress, sliding a window open to greet you as you look up from the
street below.

The Chocolate Hills


I like to go to Bohol and see the famous chocolate hills. I want to

see how beautiful the chocolate hill is and see its chocolate color. I
will enjoy every minutes that I am there and take some photos of
the chocolate hills to serve as my remembrance. I hope someday
my family and I got a chance to go travel, go to Bohol and have
fun.

Calle Crisologo Mena Crisologo


Street
When I was in High school, it is my biggest dream to go to Vigan
and feel the history it show. Especially I want to see and go to the
Calle Crisologo and see the old style houses that you can find in
this street that are full of histories. I want also to experience to ride
to a calesa and buy some of their product and other souvenir items
like T-shirts, bag, wallet and others. Of course I want to go there
with my beloved family to have bonding and another happy
moments to treasure.

Chocolate Hills | Bohol | Region VII.

Calle Crisologo| Vigan City, Ilocos Sur | Region I.

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