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Pearl of the Oriental Beauty and Enchantment | A "SINAKULO" Philippine Holy Week Tradition |
The Philippines is an archipelago that is known as the Pearl of Oriental Beauty and Enchantment” because of its rare scenic views and tourist attraction, it is made up of 7,107 islands with a land area of 115,739 sq. m. (299,764 sq. km.) Mountains, caves, rivers and lakes are numerous in the my country, volcanoes ,beach resorts and waterfalls, on the other hand, are the most popular attractions here. It groups of 3 main island Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Our capital city is Manila located in Luzon. Time Zone is GMT + 8 hours. The climate in March to May is hot and dry. June to October is rainy, November to February is cool We have two official languages, Filipino which is based on Tagalog is our national language and English it is also widely used as the medium of instruction in education. But there are about 76 major language group, but we have more than 500 dialects in all over the Philippines, Our monetary unit is the Peso. |
|  | SCUBA DIVERS PARADISE If you a truly sport minded this is the place you need to visit
Switzerland is for skiers, Hawaii to surfers and Nepal to
mountaineers, the Philippines is for the scuba divers
APO ISLAND NEGROS ORIENTAL this is the most populous and diverse aquatic ecosystem in
the world.
APO REEF MINDORO a tiny speck of an island has a greater variety of marine life than
Australia’s Greet Barrier Reef.
CORON PALAWAN is the island of the Calamian Archipelago on the world dive circuit
now a divers can enjoy visiting the 12 easily diverable wrecks, most
of which are in reasonably good condition.
EL NIDO PALAWAN a place whose legendary beauty leaves visitor beyond words and
a home to its largest marine sanctuary. It has 26 different dive site
ranging from rock formation, slope and submerge reef to drop-off
and tunnel dives.
MOALBOAL CEBU this is the one of the first Philippines dives destination to gained international recognition in the 1980’s.
PANGLAO ISLAND BOHOL a jump-off poit to some of the best diving in the Visayas such as black coral forest, Cabilao’s hammerhead population and the manta rays of Pamilacan.
PUERTO GALLERA MINDORO is one of the oldest dive destination in the Philippines.
SUBIC BAY ZAMBALES considered one of the most important deepwater ports in Asia.
TUBBATAHA REEF PUERTO PRINCESA considered by many to be the Philippines premier dive
destination. |
PHILIPPINE TRIVIA World’s longest underground river system accessible to man – ST.
PAUL NATIONAL PARK
World’s longest Christmas holiday
Largest fish in the world – BUTANDING, Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)
World’s shortest and lightest freshwater fish – DWARF PYGMY GOBY (Pandaka Pygmaea)
World Biggest Papal Crowd.
488 out of 500 known coral species in the world are found here
Narrowest yet the most navigable strait in the world – SAN JUANICO STRAIT
Asia's first airline - PHILIPPINE AIRLINES
The world's largest pearl - TRIDACNA (mollusk)
The world's second deepest spot underwater – MINDANAO TRENCH
World's largest shells – TRIDACNA GIGAS
World's tiniest shell – PISIDUM
One of the most expensive shells in the world – GLORY OF THE SEA (Connus gloriamaris)
World's Smallest Hoofed Mammal - PILANDOK (Tragalus nigricans) mouse deer.
2nd largest bird on the planet - PHILIPPINE EAGLE | | | My friend Cary Santiago Creation Philippine Eagle |
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jumpingnorman Thu Mar 19, 2009 06:52 UTC
The Philippines does have very nice flowers/orchids! I'm glad you have a page on texting, hehehe....a national phenomenon! And BALUT!!! Norman :) | jivanne96 Thu Dec 20, 2007 17:56 UTC
very informative ang philippine page ninyo | Cess8 Fri Nov 30, 2007 05:02 UTC
I'll join you tonight for dinner, miss ko na kayo :) | titabell Wed Nov 28, 2007 14:34 UTC
Next year, dadamihan ko ang oras ng trabaho ko para pagdating ng 2009, medyo matagal ang bakasyon namin diyan. Di pa kami makabakasyon diyan dahil sa school ng anak ko. Medyo busy talaga siya. |
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