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If anyone reading this blog would like to send me a postcard, I would love it. Email me to get my address at: ashdepo@yahoo.com
Touristy postcards that show me your country, or city, or something significant about where you live are my favorite. If you would like one back, email me your address and I will be glad to send you from Minnesota USA as well.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Philippines

I received many postcards from the Philippines in the last week or so.

This card is of the Basilica of St. Martin de Tours. It was originally built by the Augustinian friars in 1572, this Basilica is on eof the oldest and the biggest in the Orient.


Tinago Falls. Tinago is a Filipino term meaning "hidden". The falls is approximately 240 high. Its very cold water cascading beautifully in a deep and calm basin-like pool. Under the falls is a small cave where people can enter and listen to the rumbling water.


Aerial View of Ortigas Center


Hinulugan Taktak National Park


Under the Philippine Sea


Katibawasan Falls measures 250 feet high cascading to a rock pool surrounded by orchids, wild fern, trees and boulders.


Anawangin Cove is a crescent-shaped cove with a pristine white sand beach. What makes the place unique is the unusual presence of tall pine trees flourishing around its vicinity. Some of the activities here are camping, fishing, island hopping, surfing and trekking.



Taal Volcano is a stratovolcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is situated between the towns of Talisay and San Nicolas in Batangas. It consists of an island in Lake Taal, which is situated within a caldera formed by an earlier, very powerful eruption.


Maria Cristina Falls-This beautiful dynamic falls, harnessed, supplies electrical power for the different mechanical and industrial installations of the city.


Maquinit Hot Spring produces a slightly salty, volcanically-heated water that comes from the nearby mountains of Coron, with therapeutic temperatures that range from 38-40 degrees C.


Bohol is one of the popular tourist destinations in the Philippines.
The Chocolate Hills-mounds of limestone formations, consisting of 1,268 haycock hills with heights ranging from 40-120 meters.
The Tarsiers-the world's smallest monkey
Sagbayan Peak-a mountain resort and recreaetional center that offers a great view of the famous chocolate hills
Loboc River-has floating restaurants along the scenic Laoy-Loboc River


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