Philippines consists of 7,107 islands known as the Philippine Archipelago. A part of Malay archipelagao, Philipines is an island nation mostly consisting of small islands. If your idea of fun is a tropical vacation, travel to Philippines to make the most of your holidaying. Here you can enjoy the sea, the sun and the beach.
From enjoying the varied landscape to swimming with the the whale sharks and from savoring the fresh pineapples to meeting the mountain tribes, Philippines has got it all.
Philippine Weather
If you are planing to travel to Philippines, you would like to know what Philippine weather is like. Philppines has got tropical climate through out the country. It gets a fair amount of rains all the year round. From June to October, Philippines witnesses a strong spell of rains. From December to May, there are fewer rains. The overall weather of Philippine is hot and humid.
Travelers to Philippines should also be prepared to meet another feature of the climate of this tropical paradise: the typhoons. These usually occur anytime from June to November.
Philippine Culture
Philppine culture is greatly influenced by the religion of the majority: Roman Catholicism. Most of the cultural celebrations are related to the religion. If you want to witness these cultural-cum-relgious fiestas, travel to Philippines in the months of either January and April or in May and June.
Processions, community celebrations and fiestas are important components of Philippine culture and are celebrated with great enthusiam and joy by the governmant and people alike. The Ati-Atihan, the Black Nazarene, the Sinulog, the Santa Cruzan and the Flores de Mayo are some of the fiestas celebrated in Philippines. These cultural events are celebrated with music, food feasts and dancing.
Not only will you enjoy Philippines rich culture, you can also go for snorkelling, enjoy a ride on the colourful jeepneys and tricylces, savour the famous coconut wine Tuba and Tanduay Rum and go hitchhiking to the volcano landscape. Philippines is an Asain wonderland, go travel to Philippine and bask in the many delights it has to offer.
