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This beautifully photographed travel pictorial captures the people, art, architecture, food and landscapes of the Philippines.
The Philippine Archipelago with its 7,100 islands is culturally diverse and unique in Southeast Asia, and renowned for the splendor of its coastal beaches and terraced mountains. Seventy million Filipinos have been nurtured by both tropical environment and unique historical developmentthrough 300 years of Spanish Chistianization and 40 years of American modernizationand have emerged as an attractive blend of East and West, soul and style. The island country is perhaps best known for the friendliness of its people and their natural sense of song, dance and hospitality. The archipelago is also called Pearl of the Orient.
With over 150 photographs and a detailed map, Exciting Philippines is an essential book for expats or tourists traveling to the Philippines.

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w ELCOME to one unique Filipino national sensibilityhospitality. Unlike any other Asian nation, the Philippines is a destination readily accessible to visitors from both East and West. Warmth and accommodation come naturally to the islander Filipinos. Guests are feted, honored and shown the best of the countrys offerings.

The Philippines can be an exciting, even flamboyant place, driven by the exuberant spirit of the Filipino people. Their hybrid culture derives from a unique mingling of Eastern and Western influences, from diverse Malay, Chinese, Spanish and American strains and bloodlines. Their special character was formed by four centuries in the convent and four decades in Hollywood, wrote historian Carmen Guerrero Nakpil. However one sees it, Filipinos have evolved a real cosmopolitan flair, topped by their national knack for song, dance and theater throughout seven regions. Welcome to the Philippine Islands abundance of natural attractions and rich archipelagic experiences beyond the urban centers.

Yellow daisy flower teenagers about to join the street parade at the - photo 1

Yellow daisy flower teenagers, about to join the street parade at the Panagbenga Flower Festival in Baguio.

Life is a beach on Boracay one of the top destinations in the Philippines - photo 2

Life is a beach on Boracay, one of the top destinations in the Philippines.

Mabuhay is the aloha greeting of the Philippines In one word Mabuhay hails - photo 3

Mabuhay is the aloha greeting of the Philippines. In one word, Mabuhay hails: welcome, farewell and long-live. Spirited Filipinos are the most hospitable people in the world.

A Nayong Pilipino smile and a red terno the Filipinas national costume - photo 4

A Nayong Pilipino smile and a red terno, the Filipinas national costume.

Cone-shaped Mt Mayon the main attraction and active volcano of Bicol - photo 5

Cone-shaped Mt Mayon, the main attraction and active volcano of Bicol.

Fresh catch of the day served on Isla Naburot Iloilo Civic parade - photo 6

Fresh catch of the day, served on Isla Naburot, Iloilo.

Civic parade passing the heavyset Basilica of Taal Batangas Surfboards - photo 7

Civic parade passing the heavyset Basilica of Taal, Batangas.

Surfboards at sunset on the northern Ilocos coast of the big island Luzon o - photo 8

Surfboards at sunset on the northern Ilocos coast of the big island, Luzon.

o VER THE CENTURIES , both Spain and America have colonized this fragmented archipelago and left behind their tracesin staunch Roman Catholicism, the Spanish attitude of maana and the American-accented tongue and legislative system. Early Malay-Filipinos intermarried with Chinese and Arabs from the 10th century onwards and were colonized by the Spanish from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The Americans arrived in 1898 and occupied the islands for four decades. In 1946, after the devastation of World War II, the Philippines took its place as Asias first constitutional democracy. In 1986 and 2001, two popular uprisings called People Power ousted bad leaders, renewed the sense of national self and installed the best Filipinoswomenas Presidents!

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Hanging midway down the archipelago like a necklace of uneven pearls, the Visayas comprise six major islands Cebu, Bohol, Negros, Panay, Leyte and Samarand their fringe isles.

A beach bunny in bikini on Mactan Cebus own resorts isle The tropical - photo 9

A beach bunny in bikini on Mactan, Cebus own resorts isle.

The tropical resort formula white sandy beach aqua sea palm trees and - photo 10

The tropical resort formula: white sandy beach, aqua sea, palm trees and picturesque cottages here those of Argao, Cebu.

Basilica of Santo Nio in Cebu with the Sinulog parade Relaxing in a - photo 11

Basilica of Santo Nio in Cebu with the Sinulog parade.

Relaxing in a resort on the island paradise of Panglao down south of Bohol - photo 12

Relaxing in a resort on the island paradise of Panglao, down south of Bohol mainland.

v IVE LA DIFFERENCE of the Visayas: the slower pace of life; the seductive lilt of the languages; the loving women; the seafood, beaches, guitars; and the sweetest of mangoes. CebuQueen City of the Southwas named the eighth most livable city in Asia! The Cebuanos work harder, try harder and have created the second biggest city in the country. Cebu boasts an international airport and malls and convention centers within this historical cradle of 16th-century Spanish Philippines.

Isla Naburot off Guimaras and Iloilo is a private isle made for adventurous - photo 13

Isla Naburot, off Guimaras and Iloilo, is a private isle made for adventurous, Robinson Crusoe-type guests.

b USINESS - MINDED C EBU is a manufacturing center and port, doing a thriving trade in handicrafts and accessories, furniture and guitars. Taste the seafood. Enjoy the nightlife. See Magellans Cross, the Basilica of the Santo Nino, and Casa Gorordo for a glimpse of the city's heritage. Catch Sinulog, Cebus dancing, costumed parade in January.

Iloilo possesses the gentility of a bygone era, with its lovely ancestral houses of the Jaro district, the folksy carvings on Iloilos old churches and some of the nicest people and pastries of the Visayas! For adventure seekers, theres exotic Isla Naburot, a private isle southwest of Guimaras Island. From Iloilo, take a ferry to Bacolod in Negros, island of the sugar barons and golfing center of the Visayas. Here the Negrense people live hard, play hard and enjoy the lifestyle of the modern haciendero . Both creative crafts and wild notions originate here. Visit Silay town to the north, with its ancestral mansions and orchid farms. And be in Bacolod when the stunning Masskara Festival unravels on the streets.

For scuba diving, plunge into the seas of Bohol, southeast of Cebu, where rich fishing waters flow over some of the Philippines most seductive dive sites.

A resort cottage right by the sea for holiday-makers in southern Cebu - photo 14

A resort cottage right by the sea, for holiday-makers in southern Cebu.

Masskara is a thanksgiving and Mardi Gras the ultimate costumed revelry of - photo 15

Masskara is a thanksgiving and Mardi Gras the ultimate costumed revelry of Bacolod, Negros Oriental.

This is Plantation Bay Hotel on Mactan Island a far-out fantasy resort built - photo 16

This is Plantation Bay Hotel on Mactan Island, a far-out fantasy resort built round a shallow lagoon.

Guitars are a specialized product from craftsy musical Cebu Boracay has - photo 17

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