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Destination Facts
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Official Language:
Filipino and English
Time Zone:
+ 8 hours UTC/GMT
2½ hour ahead of India
Currency:
Philippine Peso
Tip: It
Telephone codes: Country
code +63 City Codes Manila:
2
Religion:
81% of the population Roman
Catholicism
Visa process:
A
Electricity:
220V/ 50Hz
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Off
the beaten path
- Watch cock fighting in Philippines a
very popular sports game. And it is more
for gambling, instead of fun.
- Go to Lake Taal near Manila. Lying
in Lake Taal is Volcano Island which itself
contains a crater lake. You can swim inside
the Crater Lake
- Go up to Antipolo (East of Manila)
and see a great birds-eye view of Manila
- Corregidor island is now a popular
site for a day trip with many boats and
tours leaving from the harbour in Manila,
It is interesting to look around the old
gun emplacments and buildings. During
the 2nd world war there were 15,000 American
and Filipino troops, consisting of anti-aircraft
and coastal defences and the Battle for
Corregidor was the culmination of the
Japanese campaign for the conquest of
the Philippines
- Visit the Temple of the God of War,
Kuang Kong in China Town. You can light
incense sticks and put them in the urn
at the entrance of the temple and utter
your prayers. There is also these red
wooden half moons you can use to have
your fortunes told
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