Chocolate Hills

Which actually don't look like chocolate right now since it is only the beginning of summer in the Philippines. The hills are still a nice beautiful green, but once it gets really hot and dry they will turn brown, hence the name Chocolate Hills. I think I prefer them green.

There are over 1,200 (I guess between 1268 and 1776, why they can't actually count them and get the exact number I do not know) of these cool hills on the island of Bohol. Hannah was obviously REALLY REALLY REALLY excited to go here because it has to do with geology. If blogspot wasn't being lame I would upload more photos, but I just ran out of photo space on my blog (didn't know that was possible) so I had to go through and delete some old photos and from here on out won't be as generous with the photographic evidence of my adventures. Dang. Anyways, just believe me when I say I have some excellent photos of Hannah freaking out about the Chocolate Hills, reading a plaque for a good ten minutes, and of course: holding a rock. Obviously.

So now that I have made fun of Hannah and her love for rocks, I should probably briefly explain how these hills were formed. And when I say explain I mean I will write verbatim what it said on Hannah's favorite plaque:

"The unique land form known as the Chocolate Hills of Bohol was formed ages ago by the uplift of coral deposits and the action of rain water and erosion. " And then, "The grassy hills were once coral reefs that erupted from the sea in a massive geologic shift. Wind and water put on the finishing touches over hundreds of thousands of years. "

Okay but I like this story better, a giant named Arogo was broken hearted (poor fellow) and was crying his eyes out. His tears dried and formed the Chocolate Hills.