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Philippine Vacations & Explorations [ISBN 971-91712-1-9] covers the whole Philippines (well, almost--it's a big little country)--where, what, when, how, where to stay and eat, etc. in 352 pages with lots of great color photos. It is written by Jill Gale de Villa, an expat who has lived and traveled in the Philippines for over 3 decades, and her daughter Rebecca, who was born here. Jill's forte is the remote and mountainous regions; Rebecca gravitates to the seashores; both like to eat and shop! |
| In the US, Canada, and Europe look for Open Road's Philippines Guide--we wrote it [ISBN 1-883323-49-5; US$18.95, CAN$24.95, £12.95]. Available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. |  |
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| Luzon by Car, the Map is for people who want to drive themselves to the sites of Luzon, the Philippines' largest island. (This is where Manila is located.) The map is in full color, with lots of great illustrations--framable and usable! |
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The Illustrated Cordillera Guide is a fold-out pocket map for people who want to hike and trek in the rice terrace area. The Cordilleras are the mountains in the center of Luzon, the Philippines' largest island. Indigenous peoples of the Cordilleras successfully resisted Spanish colonization until the end of the 19th century, keeping their unique cultures, building fabulous rice terraces on steep mountainsides--stairways to the sky that are an 8th wonder of the world. |
Let's Hike is a small book of big opportunities around Manila for hikers.
Signs of the Philippines is for laughs--the laughs that heal. Filipinos have long been master of the double-entendre--we leave it to the reader to decide whether these gaffes were intentional. From "slow men working" (in a country where public works are notoriously long projects) to "Beware of Man" and "For Sale--German shepherd puppies and piglets."
