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EXCITING

philippines

a visual journey

tHE PHILIPPINES is a Southeast Asian archipelago of over 7,000 islands strewn between the Pacific Ocean and the China Sea. Here Orient meets Occident with a distinctive flair. Three centuries of Spanish Christianization and 40 years of American colonization have left their mark, contributing to the East-West character of a volatile, Latinized people of Asian bloodlines. Catholicism is the major religion, English is the tongue of the educated, and the soulful creativity of the Filipinos prevails in visual arts and handicraft. Music, basketball, boxing and politics are the national pasttimes, from bustling Metro Manila to historical Cebu to booming Davao in Mindanao. Ecotourism adventures await in the 81 provinces— from Boracay to Bohol, Panay to Palawan, to the Banaue Rice Terraces of Northern Luzon. All in this high-spirited place, the Philippines.

Contents

Mabuhay!

Meet the Filipinos

A Bastion of Christianity

Manila by the Bay

Tagaytay & Cavite

Laguna & Calabarzon

Watersports from Batangas to Bohol

Vigan & Ilocandia

Baguio & the Cordillera

Cebu & the Visayan Isles

Boracay

The Palawan Archipelago

Mindanao: Island of Adventure

Local Crafts

Filipino Food

Music & Dance

Visiting the Philippines