Island of 'chocolate kisses': Bohol's beaches beckon from the Philippines

At the Southern Palms Beach Resort on Panglao Island, the preferred activity is relaxation. To do this, simply laze in a suspended daybed facing the resorts pristine white sandy beaches.

With 2015 being Visit The Philippines Year, we go to the island of Bohol, where the hills turn chocolate and the beaches are divine.

At the heart of the Philippine archipelago, in the middle of the more well-known triumvirate of neighbouring islands of Cebu, Leyte and Mindanao, Bohol would probably register in most people’s minds as the site of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that rocked the island on Oct 15, 2013.