Man-made Forest in Bohol

Bohol was also known for it's man-made forest that approximately stretches up to two kilometers. The road to Chocolate Hills from Tagbilaran passes inside this vast forest. So most visitors, took a stop right in the middle of the forest for picture taking. Of course, our group did not miss that opportunity and we too had our own photo taken as souvenir.

Yes, inside the forest is creepy but there were still vendors selling souvenir items inside this spooky woods. Business was still good even in this isolated and uninhabited area. Therefore, I conclude that the whole island is profitable and Boholanos are rich.

The forest was unique for the trees were in uniform. All trees were Molave I guess and these were imported from Malaysia if I am not mistaken. So we could all brag and say "Welcome to Malaysia!" and then imagine ourselves to be in that country when in reality we were still in the Philippines. 

These trees seemed to be competing with each other. They grew as tall as they could and they all forgot to extend their branches sideways. So their leaves are all up and high that you cannot glimpse the sky but you can clearly see their trunks and roots. Poor shrub cannot compete with these trees and dies. That is why erosion was still prevalent in the area.

We also noticed that no birds were jumping, singing and dancing inside this jungle. Well, obviously there are no branches for them to land on. But the real reason was that these trees were foreigners and were not part of our local ecosystem. The birds cannot find their food in here so they flew away and headed to our native trees that they were used to. The forest was so cool and beautiful to look at but not good enough for our local birds and insects to dwell on. Good thing that Pinoys realized this and right now the reforestation projects were using seedlings from our indigenous trees. These place taught us the importance of nationalism and patronizing our own, though not all were able to understand these facts.

There are endless list of reasons why we jump and this place is one of them.