Difference between revisions of "Philippine"
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<div style="margin:0;background:#CCFFCC;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #CC00CC;text-align:left;color:#000;padding-left:0.4em;padding-top:0.2em;padding-bottom:0.2em;">'''[[BORACAY]], PHILIPPINES'''</div> | <div style="margin:0;background:#CCFFCC;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #CC00CC;text-align:left;color:#000;padding-left:0.4em;padding-top:0.2em;padding-bottom:0.2em;">'''[[BORACAY]], PHILIPPINES'''</div> | ||
− | *DESCRIPTION: Excerpt taken from "Boracay, The island guide written by Hannes Bertschi" | + | *DESCRIPTION: Excerpt taken from '''"Boracay, The island guide written by Hannes Bertschi"''' |
− | *Published by Encyclea Publications, an imprint of PPPublishing, Hong Kong | + | **Published by Encyclea Publications, an imprint of PPPublishing, Hong Kong |
− | *Copyright 2008 | + | **Copyright 2008 |
*Boracay has come a long way from a somewhat sleepy island in the 1980s with nipa huts and little infrastructure to a first class resort destination with international hotel operators like Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts establishing a presence with a spa resort which is now open. | *Boracay has come a long way from a somewhat sleepy island in the 1980s with nipa huts and little infrastructure to a first class resort destination with international hotel operators like Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts establishing a presence with a spa resort which is now open. | ||
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*According to another version, the name came from the local words bora (bubbles) and bocay (white), because Ati ekders were amazed at the resemblance of the white sand to water bubbles. | *According to another version, the name came from the local words bora (bubbles) and bocay (white), because Ati ekders were amazed at the resemblance of the white sand to water bubbles. | ||
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