In our country tagline it is called It's more fun in the Philippines. It must be a lot of fun here because Filipinos who are used to hardship and problems always prioritize being positive in life.

Speaking of being positive in whatever happens in life I will share with you a picture where you can see here the big typhoo that has sunk in various places.

Here everyone works and helping together just to get out of the place left by typhoon ondoy. Everyone then became equal because their equipment was gone and swallowed by the mud. Filipino Spirit to helping together is normal.

Yes, That is a big typhon arrived here in Philippines. Arrived in September 24,2009 to September 30,2009. It is been 11 yeard now. The affected countries are:

• Philippines

• China

• Vietnam

• Laos

• Cambodia

• Thailand

According to wikipidea,

Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $1.09 billion in damages and 747 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 789 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion. Ketsana was the sixteenth tropical storm, and the eighth typhoon of the season. It was the most devastating typhoon to hit Manila, surpassing Typhoon Patsy (Yoling) in 1970.

Yes, It's more fun in the Philippines.

FIESTA

Every city withinside the Philippines, regardless of how massive or small, holds a fiesta. Traditionally, the fiesta is a time of happy celebration for Filipinos, who cook lots of hearty food, throw open their doorways to visitors, and parade withinside the streets. Some Filipino fiestas have developed into elaborate, multi-day festivals, at the same time as others have saved their community roots.

Famous Festival here in the Philippines:

• Sinulog

• Pahiyas

• Ati-atihan (derives from Aklan)

• Panagbenga

• Dinagyang

• Kadayawan

Beautiful Islands

Philippines is wealthy in herbal resources. With over 7000 islands and islets, it's far natural that island-hopping is one of the quality matters you could do here.

Most popular and visited by tourist is the Boracay, Island.

Boracay is a small island withinside the primary Philippines. It's recognized for its accommodations and beaches. Along the west coast, White Beach is sponsored through palm trees, bars and restaurants. On the east coast, sturdy winds make Bulabog Beach a hub for water sports. Nearby, the statement deck on Mount Luho gives panoramic perspectives over the island. Offshore, coral reefs and shipwrecks are domestic to numerous marine life.

Historical Places influenced by conqueror Spanish,American and Japanese in the time of World War II

Barasoain Church

Having earned the identify because the Cradle of Democracy withinside the East, Barasoain Church is the maximum critical non secular constructing withinside the Philippines.

It changed into based with the aid of using the Augustinian Missionaries in 1859 and served because the consultation corridor of Malolos Congress, the primary congress withinside the Philippines which changed into held in September 15, 1898 below the presidency of Pedro Paterno. Three main occasions withinside the Philippine records befell on this church the convening of the First Philippine Congress (September 15, 1898), the drafting of the Malolos Constitution (September 29, 1898 to January 21, 1899), and the inauguration of the First Philippine Republic (January 23, 1899).

McArthur Park

If you ever drop via way of means of Tacloban City, the Leyte Landing Memorial Park, previously called the “McArthur Park,” is a must-go to destination. Remember the promise made via way of means of Gen. Douglas McArthur “I shall return”? He saved this promise whilst he lower back with an military of seven hundred ships containing 174,000 American soldiers at Red Beach, Palo, Leyte on October 20, 1944. The “red” in Red Beach doesn’t check with the herbal shadeation of the sand, however its color after being soaking wet in blood.

Many travelers go to the park to reminisce an essential occasion in history the fulfilment of Gen. McArthur’s promise to the Filipinos to return back again and assist them win towards the Japanese colonies. It continually brings inspirational recollections of ways our liked ancestors fought for our freedom.

And many more historical places here..

Some facts about Philippines

• The Philippines was the first country in Southeast Asia to gain independence after World War II, in 1945.

• The Philippines has the highest rate of discovery of new animal species with 16 new species of mammals discovered just in the last 10 years.

• Current president Benigno Aquino III is the first president of the Philippines to be a bachelor and he is the son of ex-president Corazon Aquino, making him the second president to be a child of a former president (his predecessor Gloria Arroyo was the other).

• The world’s biggest pair of shoes was made in Marikina City, Philippines, in 2002. The wingtips measured about 17.4 feet (5.3 m) in length, 7.9 feet (2.4 m) in width, and almost 6.6 feet (2 m) in height. Their cost was 2 million Philippine pesos.

• The Philippines are named after King Philip II of Spain. Explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the Eastern Visayas Felipenas first, and the name was later applied to the entire archipelago. The country’s official name is the Republic of the Philippines.

• The world record for most women breastfeeding.simultaneously was 3,541, set in Manila, Philippines, on May 4, 2006.

• Of the top 10 largest shopping malls in the world, three are found in the Philippines: SM Megamall, SM North Edsa, and SM Mall of Asia.

• The world’s largest pearl was discovered by a Filipino diver in the Palawan Sea in 1934. Known as the “Pearl of Lao Tzu,” or “Pearl of Allah,” the gem weighs 14 pounds (6.35 kg) and measures 9.5 inches (24 cm) long and 5.5 inches (.4 cm) in diameter. It has a value of over US$40 million. It is believed to be 600 years old.

• The Philippines is the world’s largest exporter of coconuts and tropical fruits, such as papaya and mangosteen.

Source: https://www.factretriever.com/philippines-facts

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