Baguio City, Philippines

Well, all the Philippines' cards i was supposed to get, are finally here...


This shows Baguio City and as the sender says, it is their summer capital coz during summer months, while tourists go to their beautiful beaches, a lot of Filipinos go here because of its cool climate.

Thats kinda cool...we should have something like that to go to when the summer comes, coz in my town, summers are just awful...40 degrees and more, heat, air which feels stiff and tough....

though at the time of writing this, i see a storm is coming!! the clouds have got really dark...i hear some thunder in the background!! could it really be???
As The Cure would say "infectious sense of hopelessness and prayers for rain..." Yeeeeyyyy...RAIINNN!!

So long ;-)

Philippines

A very very vibrant and lovely multiview from the Philippines, thanks to Bea who didnt listen to me when i told her NOT TO re-send me a card :) Well, i must admit this is one of those times when i dont mind at all someone went against me :P


Here is what you can see on the card, starting from top left...going to the right and at the last top right picture, you go down and when you get to the bottom, you move to the left...hope i didnt complicate it :)

1. Batak Tribe, Palawan (here i have to make a small notice, since language similarities always amuse me....'batak' in Macedonian means "a leg of poultry"

2. Boracay Sunset

3. Beautiful Lagoon of El Nido (its inexplicibly beautiful!)

4. Chocolate Hills, Bohol (sorry to disappoint you, i was disappointed myself. but there is NO chocolate "growing" on the hills :D Its named like that coz the green grass they are covered in, turns brown during the dry season). Hahahhaa.....it would have been nice if there was a place like that which "produced" on its own all kinds of chocolate :))))

5. Moriones Festival, Marinduque

6. Perfectly-coned Mayon Volcano, Legaspi

7. Limestone Cliffs of El Nido, Palawan

8. Banaue Rice Terraces

I just have a question that bothers me....when you get a multiview card and one of the small pictures shows a UNESCO whs, do you count it as a UNESCO or do you need a single view card from the site, so you can actually label it as UNESCO.....I know i had done this, but hoenstly im not sure if its right....

Philippines

Ok, i so much bragged i had received map cards, just now i realized i hadnt shown any of them...and since it was pretty hard to pick, i went eeny-meeny-miny-moe (in a Macedonian version, and that goes: eci-peci-pec :)))))

and here are the lucky winners:

This my VERY FIRST card from the Philippines as well....its quite a long story of my history with the Philippines cards, wouldnt go into that right now, but im glad that after 2 months waiting, i can finally say i have my first card from the Philippines...and this one traveled surprisingly fast - 10 days!!!!

I love how picturesque and colourful and vibrant this map is....it shows all those numerous islands that the Philippines consist of....i get a bit lost when i try to read them all, since there are too many...but i love it how on many places of the map, there are drawings which show something particular related to that place of the country....

I love this card....and thanks to Deb who actually managed to put up with my picky taste and found a map card for me...even though i didnt strictly requested it, she did...thanks! :)