Archive for the ‘Philippines’ Category
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
The 2m-long reptile is a monitor lizard, the group to which the world's longest and largest lizards belong.
The monitor, described as spectacular by the scientists who found it, lives in forests covering the Sierra Madre mountains in the north of the country.
The striking reptile has bright yellow, blue and green ...
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
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Book 10 nights unlimited dive package at El Galleon, Puerto Galera, and get 3 more nights ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Manolo Serapio Jr., Reuters
Thu Jan 21, 2010 10:23pm EST
MANILA (Reuters) - Revenue from a small hydropower plant that cost little more than a supercar to build, will help preserve 2,000-year-old Philippine rice terraces dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World," conservationists say.
Read more…
Visit the stunning rice terraces of northern Philippines ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
A massive clean up is continuing across Indochina after typhoon Ketsana left a destructive path through central Vietnam and Cambodia.
The storm destroyed or damaged nearly 170,000 homes and flattened crops in six Vietnamese provinces, officials said, while more than 350,000 people were evacuated from the typhoon's path.
The coastal resort town ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
The central coast of Vietnam was struck by Typhoon Ketsana this afternoon, Tuesday 29 September, with strong winds of up to 150km/h (93mph) and heavy rain causing some damage. The airports in Danang and Hue were closed today, however, they are expected to reopen tomorrow and resume normal service. This ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
This is a lament!
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My last visit to Boracay was in 1997 when the very first few concrete buildings were just making an appearance along the famous 7km White Beach - voted the best beach in the world countless times for its flawless, squeaky white sand. ...
Posted in Philippines, Southeast Asia | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
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Claimed to be the longest underground river in the world (although Ii hear rumours that a much longer one has been found in South America somewhere) is located in the St Paul's National Park in Palawan, Philippines.
Emptying directly into the South China ...
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
My first revisit for a while to the beach resort area of Puerto Galera - I was expecting a shock. It was inevitable that there would be considerable development since my last visit 10 years ago and there was.
A rocky peninsular on the north coast of Mindoro Island housing one ...
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