BEAUTIFUL BOHOL CHOCOLATE HILLS It is a hot morning on the island of Bohol A group of tourists arrives at the Chocolate Hills These grassy hills turn brown during the dry months They look like chocolate drops After exploring for a bit the group takes a boat tour down the Loboc River Colorful sunbirds flit about as the tourists cruise past palm trees 4
OTHER TOP SITES BANAUE RICE TERRACES HUNDRED ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK PUERTO-PRINCESA SUBTERRANEAN RIVER NATIONAL PARK SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH Next the visitors drive to the Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary They spot the tiny bug-eyed primates eating insects while moving about in their tree homes The group ends their day watching the sunset on a nearby beach Welcome to the Philippines 5
SOUTH CHINA SEA LOCATION The Philippines is located in southeast Asia The country covers 115,831 square miles 300,000 square kilometers This archipelago in the Pacific Ocean has over 7,000 islands Mindanao and Luzon are the biggest of the country’s 11 main islands Manila the capital is on Luzon No nations directly border the Philippines The country is about 500 miles 805 kilometers from the coast of mainland Asia The South China Sea lies to the north and west The Sulu Sea lies to the southwest The waters of the Celebes Sea wash against the country’s southern coast Waves from the Philippine Sea hit the country’s eastern shores 6
PHILIPPINE SEA LUZON MANILA THE PHILIPPINES CEBU CITY SULU SEA ZAMBOANGA MINDANAO DAVAO MALAYSIA CELEBES SEA 7
