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Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Sunday 4 November 2012
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Chocolate Hills, Philippines
Bohol is the focal island of
Bohol Province and the 10th largest island of the Philippine archipelago.
You’ll observe that Bohol is a tropical paradise of natural beauty with a mild
coastline of white sand beaches skimmed with coves – purely a heaven for divers
and snorkelers. Bohol’s most eminent natural attraction is the Chocolate Hills,
which is covered with small grass & conical shaped hills scattered by the
hundreds over an area of over 50 SKM. In fact there are between 1,260 to 1,776
individual mounds, ranging in height from 30 to 50 meters with the biggest
being 120 meters tall. The hills are covered with beautiful green grass;
actually turns brown during the dry season, making them look like dollops of
chocolate. The site is on UNESCO's tentative list for World Heritage Site, but
the Chocolate Hills are now threatened by quarrying activities.
The Chocolate Hills are well
composed of limestone and subsequently covered with topsoil and grass. Their
origin is not precisely understood but according to the most recognized theory
they were shaped when limestone weakened by rainfall, surface water, and
groundwater was fractured and uplifted by tectonic forces and consequently
eroded by rivers and streams. Such geomorphological features are often called
cockpit karst, and Chocolate Hills is considered to be a significant example of
this topography. Between the hills lie well developed flat plains that contain
plentiful caves and springs. One of tourist has observed the real mounds are
somewhat weird; if you go down to the base and have a look, these stuffs simply
rise from nowhere.
Most normal hills generally have
a mild slope that starts them off, but these hills sit there on grounds which
are totally flat farmland, and they abruptly 'exist'.” Various urban legends
and myths surround the formation of the symmetrical hills, and one story
involves two feuding giants who hurled rocks, boulders, and sand at each other.
The fighting continued for days, and exhausted the two giants. In their
exhaustion, they overlooked about their feud and became friends, but when they
left they be unable to remember to clean up the mess they left behind. One more
romantic legend says about a giant who fell in love with a girl, but when his darling
died the giant cried intensely. His teardrops gave upsurge to Chocolate Hills. Moreover
another less romantic story expresses about another giant who, in order to win
the heart of gorgeous young woman, excreted all over to lose weight and in
doing so formed those Chocolate Hills.
Monday 6 August 2012
Tinuy-An Falls, Philippines
Location: Barangay Borboanan Bislig City Surigao del Sur Philippines southeastern coast of Mindanao facing the Pacific Ocean, Bislig is 158 kms south of Butuan, 152 kms south of Tandag City the capital of Surigao del Sur, and 208 kilometers northeast of Davao City.
Bislig City can be reached by air or sea travel from Manila or Cebu via Davao City or Butuan City or Surigao City.
Height: 55 meters (four story building)
Wide: 95 meters
Mode of Transportation: Hire tricycle or habal-habal (motorcycle) from Bislig City Surigao del Sur Philippines. It may be reached via a 6-hour bus ride from Davao or a 5-hour bus ride from Butuan. From the terminal, it is a one hour bumpy ride to Tinuy-An Falls.
Wide: 95 meters
Mode of Transportation: Hire tricycle or habal-habal (motorcycle) from Bislig City Surigao del Sur Philippines. It may be reached via a 6-hour bus ride from Davao or a 5-hour bus ride from Butuan. From the terminal, it is a one hour bumpy ride to Tinuy-An Falls.
Parking: Right beside the waterfalls
Best time to go: January to February (water has a lot of volume) 9:00 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. (sparkle of rainbow appear)
Best time to go: January to February (water has a lot of volume) 9:00 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. (sparkle of rainbow appear)
A remarkable beauty!
That is what I can say of Tinuy-An Falls, it is the main tourist attraction in Bislig, a city known as the Booming City on the Bay.
Tinuy-An Falls is a real beauty majestic like a flowing curtain of a stage wherein a star is dazzling curtain itself, with approximately 95 meters wide and 55 meters high (180 ft), touted as the Niagara Falls of the Philippines, from afar one can actually see the layers of this humongous falls.
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