With more than 7000 islands, The Philippines is a land apart from mainland Southeast Asia, not only geographically but also spiritually and culturally.
The country's overwhelming Catholicism is the result of 350 years of Spanish rule. Vestiges of this Spanish era include exhuberant fiestas, Spanish-Filipino
architecture and centuries-old stone churches. The Philippines is defined by its emerald rice fields, crowded megacities, colorful jeepneys, burning volcanoes,
bug-eyed tarsiers, fuzzy water buffalo and smiling, happy-go-lucky people.
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