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Philippines Hash Bash 2011

(March 4-5-6, 2011)

Staged at Alona Beach, Panglao Island, Bohol with its stunning hash trails

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Philippines Hash Bash 2011
DATE	EVENT DETAILS
Fri March 4	3:00PM --- Start of Trail #1 Choice of 3 Trails: Runners / Walkers / Old Farts All-U-Can Eat Buffet Dinner With All-U-Can-Drink Cold Beers 11:00PM --- End of Day #1
Sat March 5	3:00PM --- Start of Trail #2 Choice of 3 Trails: Runners / Walkers / Old Farts All-U-Can Eat Buffet Dinner With All-U-Can-Drink Cold Beers 11:00PM --- End of Day #2
Sun March 6	9:00AM --- Start of Trail #3 Just One Epic "Hangover" Trail This Morning All-U-Can Eat Buffet Brunch With All-U-Can-Drink Cold Beers 3:00PM --- End of Day #3
Mon March 7	6:00AM --- Leave Alona Beach Optional hike at Bohol's famous Chocolate Hills (participants for this all-day trip pay their own way) 6:00PM --- Arrive at Alona Beach

Get to Alona Beach via TAGBILARAN airport (TAG) 18 km away.

Browse the websites of the airlines serving TAG from these links:

To ensure you get the flight & hotel of your choice --- BOOK EARLY!

Welcome to Alona Beach!

Alona Beach is a small stretch of tropical paradise on Panglao Island, Bohol in the Philippines. It is quickly becoming one of the top travel destinations in the Philippines because of its wonderful white sand beach, world class diving and beautiful blue waters. Not to mention its sensational hash trails.

The Beach

The beach at Alona Beach is a beautiful one and a half kilometer stretch of white sand bordered on both ends by rock walls. You can walk from one end to the other in 15 to 20 minutes. It's a great walk! You will pass by all sorts of restaurants where you can stop in for a cold drink and just enjoy sitting right next to the ocean.

Getting to Alona Beach

To get to Alona Beach, you will need to fly to Tagbilaran airport (TAG) or take a fast ferry from Cebu City or Dumaguete which takes around 2 hours. Flights from Manila to Tagbilaran take around one hour.

Getting to Alona Beach from Tagbilaran is easy and only 18km away. Just catch a taxi at Tagbilaran airport or seaport. A taxi should not cost you more than P500.

Where to Stay in Alona Beach

Alona Beach has everything from simple rooms to world-class resorts, depending on your budget. Prices range anywhere from P800-P10,000 per night (US$18-US$250). The great thing about hotels in Alona Beach is that being such a small area, your will never be far from the restaurants or the beach.

Things to do in Alona Beach

In Alona Beach, everything revolves around the beach. There are plenty of beach-side restaurants to stop in for a cold drink and just enjoy relaxing on a beautiful beach.

Alona Beach is known as a world-class dive destination. In fact, the first thing you will notice about the place is all the dive boats. There are dozens of them always docked in the water, waiting to take divers/snorkelers out for some underwater adventure.

Be sure to to get a massage while you are here. They are cheap and you can have them right on the beach.

Food and Nightlife in Alona Beach

If you are looking for a crazy nightlife, Alona Beach is not the place. There are better places in the Philippines for exciting nightlife. For the most part, Alona Beach is quiet, and I think most people enjoy this aspect of it. With that said, evenings at Alona Beach are a great time. There are restaurants everywhere and they will cook you up some of the freshest fish you have ever had. If you are looking for a more upbeat evening, you can surely find that too.

Restaurants

Alona Beach has a variety of great restaurants right on the beach. From Pizza, to Swiss, Italian, Thai or native dishes, there is something here for everyone on any kind of budget.

Bohol's Chocolate Hills

The Chocolate Hills are the most famous tourist attraction in Bohol, and one of the most famous in the Philippines. They are an amazing group of mound-shaped hills that turn brown during the dry season, hence the "chocolate" name. This is really a must-see while in the Philippines!

The hashers attending PI Hash Bash 2011 have the option to go on a hike at the Chocolate Hills on Monday March 7th. This will be an all-day event with early morning transportation from Alona Beach to Tagbilaran to the Chocolate Hills --- and late afternoon or early evening return to Alona Beach.
This hike will be a minimum of 20km or 4 hours so please only go on the hike if you are fully capable of long-distance hiking in the HOT Philippines. However, all participants of PI Hash Bash 2011 are welcome to join us on the transport from Alona Beach if they want to just see the Chocolate Hills without joining this grueling but fun and slow-paced hike.