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About Philippines: The Land Luzon is the island of contrasts. The most modern districts in the Philippines, including the capital city of Manila, are in Luzon, but so are some of the oldest tribal communities in the nation like the Ifugao of the Cordilleras. Luzon is also where a visitor can see the latest model luxury cars overtaking a carabao sled or modern skyscrapers within driving distance of primordial volcanos.
The Visayas is also famous as a seat of history, being one of the earliest landfalls of western voyagers. It has also gained a reputation as being a cradle of the nation's future, if the unprecedented economic growth of Cebu City continues. Mindanao is our offering to the Guinness Book of Records with the world's largest clam, the world's largest Eagle, the nation's highest peak and the world's largest city. Mindanao is also home to the Philippines' Muslim population.
The Philippines has many things to offer the visitor: a mixture of the old and the new, a diversity of art and culture and a warm, friendly people. Blessed by nature, the Philippines has something to offer every sportsman too . . . extraordinary dive sites, forests to roam, mountains to climb, caves to explore. |
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The
Philippines is an archipelagic nation made up of 7,107 islands spanning
1,840 kilometers north to south. It is part of the East Indies, a vast
island group lying south and east of mainland Asia, with Taiwan at its
northernmost coast and Borneo on the south. The three main Philippine
island groups are Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.
The
Visayas is famous for its charm,
a trait shared by many other southern regions in the world, but here
seems to run deeper among a people who are intrinsically connected to
their sun soaked island home. 
With
a land mass of 300, 780 square kilometers, the Philippines is considered
a medium-sized nation, about two- thirds the size of its first colonizer,
Spain, and a little larger than the British Isles. Manila is only one
hour and 40 minutes from Hong Kong by jet; Sydney only 7 1/2 hours away.
Flights to Europe take 17 hours and to the American west coast 15 hours.
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