Philippines

Population: 82.8 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Manila
Area: 300,000 sq km (115,831 sq miles)
Major languages: Filipino, English (both official)
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 68 years (men), 72 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Philippine peso = 100 centavos

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Philippines Travel Guide - 7017 Islands

The Philippines are 7107 mountainous islands east of the South China Sea and the distance from the Asian mainland keeps the backpacker hordes at bay. Previous invaders were less troubled ...

Culture Shock in the Philippines

A few days in Angeles, Philippines had left my 18 year old mind reeling in ways that I couldn’t have imagined. My new-found freedom seemed infinite, the entire world at ...

Sick, Miserable and Alone in the Philippines

I received a knock on the door that could only mean one thing- an unwelcome guest. I stood up out of bed in my in my cramped, steamy hotel room ...

The Red Light District of Angeles, Philippines, City of Fallen Angels

As I stepped out of my hotel room door I was immediately surrounded by four hungry-eyed prostitutes. One of them, a very dark skinned Filipina girl whose father had probably ...

Getting Dental Work Done in the Philippines

Dentists have a tough job. They’re expensive, universally disliked, have to spend each working day staring into complete strangers’ mouths while being tormented by foul breath, and little kids cry ...

Road Junky Letters - More on Drink and Drugs in the Phillipines

And we thought our readers were all innocent Gap Year kids ‘doing’ Asia.

Props to the great site man.

I’d just like to say, that being from the Philippines, marijuana is definitely ...

Dating Filipina Girls & Guys

As Filipinos have a good command of English and a culture that’s been at least partially Westernized, travelers actually have some chance of making a relationship in the Philippines work. ...

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