#Hugotpamore at Hugot Road, Loon, Bohol

What with the present pandemic, many people felt bored. It took me a long time to feel bored since I'm actually a homebody. I sleep a lot, any chance I got. So not having the chance to go anywhere is not really a problem with me. 

However, 166 days have passed since we mostly isolate ourselves from the rest of the crowd and I feel like I miss something. It's not that I just feel like I miss something but the reality hits me:

'What if we cannot see other places for the whole 2020?'

'Are we really deprived of seeing even just a bridge?'

'Can't we really do nothing at all? At all?'

After five months of just City-Work-Home routine, I decided to claim my life back. I asked my cousin to join me in visiting Hugot Road in Loon, Bohol. And she invited her friend Renzo to go with us  as well. It was indeed good for our mental health.

For the information of a Non-Filipino person, hugot is a Tagalog word, which became widely used recently via hashtags and shared for fun. It literally means 'to pull out' or 'drawing emotions from somewhere deep'.

People used 'hugot' lines or create a quote or phrase that can be attributed to a 'hugot' out of pain from broken friendships, relationships, failure and some do it for fun. 

One example of 'hugot' is "UNTA LAMOK NA LANG KO PARA MAKAPAAK KO NIMO", which means "HOW I WISH I AM JUST A MOSQUITO SO I CAN BITE YOU". :D

This indeed made me smile :)

So it was not just the road, or plainly those 'hugot' phrases, but the mangroves area are exhilarating too. Just look around. Feel it. Breathe in. When you do that, you'll know what I meant. 

And the 'hugot' quotes begin :)

Cousin MJ. 

Bikers whom we met there. They requested us to take a photo of them all. I told them, that it should just be my cousin because she can capture great photos than me. 

This part is kind of tricky. Only those who know how to capture pictures well can manage to have this too. I'm glad I was with these talented two :)

                                           Rinso, MJ's friend was all smile here too. 

In the end, it was a trip made in spite of covid, while traveling responsibly. That is, keeping our distance and wearing our face mask and face shield while inside the jeepney and during times when we were with strangers.

This present time may be different and challenging, BUT we still have a choice to move again, responsibly, following government protocols and safety measures. Embrace the NEW normal.

It doesn't mean, it is the end of the things that makes us happy.

So, GO!

How to get there?

From Tagbilaran City, take a tricycle to Cogon Bus Terminal for P15.

Take a jeepney or bus going to Sandingan, Loon  for P70 and tell the driver that you'll stop at Hugot Road.

Carpe Diem! :)