The finest and the most soft white sand beach I did find on Panglao Dumaluan beach. During the low tide it was just like wheat flower the look and also how it felt! I had to put it to my water bottle and bring it to my home in Finland that anybody could believe that should be true!
Anda Beach is the best and there's not a lot of tourist. I hope you visit the Rice Terraces at Candijay, Bohol. It's near Anda, perhaps only 30 minutes away. Enjoy! 😅👍
Lamanok island is known as an ancient burial ground but was massively rob and descrated there was a time where old coffins butvtaken away to a museum in Manila and Tagbilaran to preserve them
This tour guide is so funny talking about private parts of human ...oh my lord!!! 😂😂😂 The place is amazingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing your videos watching from 🇬🇧
Genetically, origins of Filipinos are Austronesians however ethnically, majority are of Malay descent that came from the Southeast Asian mainland as well as from what is now Indonesia. Al though one strain may even have come from the Southeastern coast of Africa thus they have ethnic groups who are small black and curly hair, the Negritos, Ati and Aetas in other areas of Luzon and Visayas. They are believed to be the early inhabitants way back before Austronesians arrived. The tour guide was correct ‘cause Austronesians really belong to the Malay race😉or another term called Malayo-Polynesian. Austronesians are more on the ethnolinguistic group of people that is spread throughout a wide area in the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Filipinos came from these origin and still speaking it as Austronesian language with the exception of the chavakano which is not an Astronesian language but a Creole Spanish based
You can also explore The Alicia Panoramic Park in Alicia, Bohol, it is close to Anda - hiking in the mountains, There are also caves and spring pools in the area. Another one is the Bohol Biodiversity Complex in Bilar, Bohol, you can see different species of trees and can hike there too. Enjoy Bohol ❤
The guide is nice. But I must correct him on the last part. Filipinos are Austronesians. Our ancestors are the Aboriginal Taiwanese. We moved south from Taiwan, to the Philippines around 5,000 years ago, before moving to Malaysia, Indonesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, etc. We did not come from Malaysians. And those caves are not Malay. But they are close cousins. The reason why so many Filipinos think we came from "Malays" is because in the colonial era, "Malay" was a catch-all term for all Austronesians. It was taught in history books for a long time in school, hence why people of the guide's generation still think that way. The red paintings on caves and cave burials facing the water is a common tradition in ancient Austronesians. But they could also be Negrito, who made similar paintings (much more numerous in Borneo and Sulawesi). Negritos were assimilated by Austronesians when they arrived. Negritos entered the Philippines via a different path, from mainland Southeast Asia tens of thousands of years ago, when Borneo, Sumatra, and Java were still connected by a land bridge, and only a short canoe hop to the islands of the Philippines.
@fthenorthmacroexcell6843There's a possibility that Taiwan and Luzon may have been settled at the same time by the pre-Austronesians of southeastern China (the Dapenkeng/Liangzhu Cultures). Which would make the Aboriginal Taiwanese a close sibling, rather than an ancestor. Nevertheless, Luzon and Taiwan maintained extensive contact in the late Neolithic (particularly in the maritime jade trade, which flourished around 4000 to 2500 years ago), so it's not really that big of a point. Regardless of whether we passed through Taiwan or not, we (Filipinos and Taiwanese aborigines) were still pretty much the same people in the early stages of the Austronesian expansion. But in terms of whether _they_ came from us, that's scientifically unlikely for most Taiwanese Aborigines based on archaeological, linguistic, and genetic evidence. Not only human, but also the plants and animals that we carried with us. Linguistics particularly shows that Taiwanese Aborigines have languages which are older and more deeply different than any other Austronesian culture. Which is why Taiwan has 9 of the 10 different main branches of the Austronesian language family. While _everyone else,_ from island Southeast Asia all the way to Polynesia and Madagascar share only _one_ main branch of Austronesian: Malayo-Polynesian. That said, the Tao people (Yami) of Orchid Island in Taiwan belong to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of Austronesian, specifically the Philippine sub-branch of Malayo-Polunesian, and may be a back-migration from the Philippines. They are extremely closely-related to the Ivatan people of the Philippines. Side Note: don't confuse our origin from China as being equivalent to being Chinese. The pre-Austronesians and other cultures that formerly lived in southern China during the stone age to bronze age are not Sinitic peoples, they're the ancestors of the modern mainlander Southeast Asians and Austronesians, pushed out during the Han expansion in the last 2000 years or so. We are not closely related to the Sinitic peoples.
This interesting adventure is as historical as it is educational for me. Salute to you guys for having the courage to explore places that are less visited or unknown to many yet. Now I know why your channel is named Two Mad Explorers! Back there, I had mixed feelings when you were both following that long boardwalk path knowing you both were entirely on your own until you reached the hut where the tour guides stayed. It gave me that Wrong Turn feel in the movie including when you were up there already negotiating the narrow path going to the caves plus those stories explained to you by the guide who, with his facial expressions, really sounded like a seer. 😂 In the mangrove area it looked like you were in the Survivor series getting lost around the island. Something distinct also around the country when speaking of small boats is that most (if not all) boats used by small fishermen or island hoppers are designed with outriggers. I don't see this boat design in other countries. Only in the Philippines. Please correct me if I'm wrong.😊
I found a 5 meter python in my back yard in Anda. They can swim far in the ocean, even from one island to another. If you come back to Anda I can get a private boat for you. P3000 for a half day and 5000 all day all inclusive.
The discovery of a fossilized remains of skull cap and jaws of females in Tabon caves, Palawan showed early human settlements in the country for more than 16,000 years ago making it the oldest human fossil recovered. There’s no study or evidence which ethnic group it belong ‘cause the cave showed Stone Age artifacts of utensils and the fossilized remains were dated way back 10,000 years ago. So no studies whether it will answer the origin of Filipinos . After all, these group of islands were in the first place but a resting ground for travelers and merchants though some settled and thus the Atronesians came into the picture. Tabon cave remains and artifacts as claimed based on carbon dating were Pre Mongolid from the Holocene times dated before 11,000 years ago.
If they could only try eating local foods instead of only the common fried meats. You’ll find more local foods in the island provinces particularly sold in home cooked carenderias and local market eateries. If they can assimilate with the locals/villagers and try eating the display foods then the experience will be more fun, adventurous and a learning one. They will not look hungry anymore
@@El_.5794you both realise that 99% of our travel is not on camera? We film one day of each week that we are travelling 😂 do you both really think we just don’t eat for 6 days? RU-vid is 1% of our life here….
@@TwoMadExplorers maybe perhaps next time show us when you’re eating local foods in a carenderia please? … we really love and appreciate when foreigners enjoy their foods esp. local foods. I was just responding to the first comment that you look hungry and the food struggle
