Pilipinas

3 unique archipelagos... 17 awesome regions... 81 beautiful provinces...

“Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.”

 ~ Dr. Jose Rizal

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PHILIPPINES:

* Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,641 islands and the only Southeast Asian country that shares no land borders with its neighbors.
* The Philippines is regarded as the Asia's "Pearl of the Orient".

* Philippines is among the 17 Megadiverse Countries in the World (have at least 5,000 endemic plants and marine ecosystems within its borders)

* Adult literacy is over 90% in the country, as education is highly valued.

* About 85% of the country’s total population are Roman Catholics.

My Quest to Visit ALL 81 Provinces of the Philippines

My Quest to Visit ALL 81 Provinces of the Philippines

The 38 Provinces of Luzon Archipelago

LUZON ARCHIPELAGO (visited 36 of 38 Provinces)
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)	CALABARZON (Region IV-A)
01. Abra	23. Batangas
02. Apayao	24. Cavite
03. Benguet	25. Quezon
04. Ifugao	26. Rizal
05. Kalinga	27. Laguna
06. Mountain Province
	MIMAROPA (Region IV-B)
Ilocos Region (Region I)	28. Marinduque
07. Ilocos Norte	29. Occidental Mindoro
08. Ilocos Sur	30. Oriental Mindoro
09. La Union	31. Palawan
10. Pangasinan	32. Romblon
Cagayan Valley (Region II)	Bicol Region (Region V)
11. Batanes	33. Albay
12. Cagayan	34. Camarines Norte
13. Isabela	35. Camarines Sur
14. Nueva Vizcaya	36. Catanduanes
15. Quirino	37. Masbate
	38. Sorsogon
Central Luzon (Region III)
16. Aurora
17. Bataan
18. Bulacan
19. Nueva Ecija
20. Pampanga
21. Tarlac
22. Zambales

The 16 Provinces of Visayas Archipelago

VISAYAS ARCHIPELAGO (visited all 16 Provinces)
Western Visayas (Region VI)	Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
39. Aklan	49. Biliran
40. Antique	50. Eastern Samar
41. Capiz	51. Leyte
42. Guimaras	52. Northern Samar
43. Iloilo	53. Samar
44. Negros Occidental	54. Southern Leyte
Central Visayas (Region VII)
45. Bohol
46. Cebu
47. Negros Oriental
58. Siquijor

The 27 Provinces of Mindanao Archipelago

MINDANAO ARCHIPELAGO (visited all 27 Provinces)
Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)	SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII)
55. Zamboanga del Norte	68. Cotabato
56. Zamboanga del Sur	69. Sarangani
57. Zamboanga Sibugay	70. South Cotabato
	71. Sultan Kudarat
Northern Mindanao (Region X)
58. Bukidnon	CARAGA (Region XIII)
59. Camiguin	72. Agusan del Norte
60. Lanao del Norte	73. Agusan del Sur
61. Misamis Occidental	74. Dinagat Islands
62. Misamis Oriental	75. Surigao del Norte
	76. Surigao del Sur
Davao Peninsula (Region XI)
63. Davao de Oro	Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
64. Davao del Norte	77. Basilan
65. Davao del Sur	78. Lanao del Sur
66. Davao Occidental	79. Maguindanao
67. Davao Oriental	80. Sulu
	81. Tawi-Tawi

Awesome Nature Wonders of my Homeland

	PROVINCE	ARCHIPELAGO	YEAR	TRIP TYPE
1	Batangas	Luzon	2007	group
2	Benguet	Luzon	2007	group
3	Bataan	Luzon	2007	group
4	Cavite	Luzon	2008	group
5	Pampanga	Luzon	2008	group
6	Laguna	Luzon	2008	group
7	Bulacan	Luzon	2008	group
8	Rizal	Luzon	2008	group
9	Zambales	Luzon	2008	group
10	Cebu	Visayas	2009	group
11	Palawan	Luzon	2009	group
12	Cagayan	Luzon	2010	solo
13	Mountain Province	Luzon	2010	group
14	Quezon	Luzon	2010	group
15	Pangasinan	Luzon	2010	group
16	Tarlac	Luzon	2010	group
17	Davao del Norte	Mindanao	2010	group
18	Davao del Sur	Mindanao	2010	group
19	Ilocos Norte	Luzon	2010	group
20	Ilocos Sur	Luzon	2010	group
21	Lanao del Norte	Mindanao	2010	solo
22	Misamis Occidental	Mindanao	2010	solo
23	Oriental Mindoro	Luzon	2010	solo
24	Basilan	Mindanao	2010	solo
25	Isabela	Luzon	2011	solo
26	Quirino	Luzon	2011	solo
27	Samar	Visayas	2011	solo
28	Leyte	Visayas	2011	solo
29	Southern Leyte	Visayas	2011	solo
30	Catanduanes	Luzon	2011	group
31	Bohol	Visayas	2011	group
32	Misamis Oriental	Mindanao	2011	solo
33	Bukidnon	Mindanao	2011	solo
34	Camiguin	Mindanao	2011	solo
35	Sarangani	Mindanao	2011	group
36	South Cotabato	Mindanao	2011	group
37	Batanes	Luzon	2011	group
38	La Union	Luzon	2011	group
39	Aurora	Luzon	2011	group
40	Iloilo	Visayas	2011	group
41	Guimaras	Visayas	2011	group
42	Albay	Luzon	2008	group
43	Camarines Norte	Luzon	2011	solo
44	Negros Oriental	Visayas	2011	solo
45	Negros Occidental	Visayas	2011	solo
46	Ifugao	Luzon	2011	group
47	Zamboanga del Norte	Mindanao	2011	solo
48	Zamboanga del Sur	Mindanao	2011	solo
49	Aklan	Visayas	2011	solo
50	Davao Oriental	Mindanao	2012	solo
51	Surigao del Norte	Mindanao	2012	solo
52	Capiz	Visayas	2014	group
53	Nueva Vizcaya	Luzon	2014	group
54	Dinagat Islands	Mindanao	2015	group
55	Agusan del Norte	Mindanao	2015	group
56	Agusan del Sur	Mindanao	2015	group
57	Surigao del Sur	Mindanao	2015	group
58	Camarines Sur	Luzon	2015	group
59	Nueva Ecija	Luzon	2015	solo
60	Apayao	Luzon	2016	group
61	Antique	Visayas	2016	solo
62	Romblon	Luzon	2016	solo
63	Marinduque	Luzon	2016	group
64	Davao de Oro	Mindanao	2021	solo
65	Davao Occidental	Mindanao	2021	solo
66	Sultan Kudarat	Mindanao	2021	solo
67	Maguindanao	Mindanao	2021	solo
68	Cotabato	Mindanao	2021	solo
69	Lanao del Sur	Mindanao	2021	solo
70	Zamboanga Sibugay	Mindanao	2021	solo
71	Siquijor	Visayas	2022	solo
72	Biliran	Visayas	2022	solo
73	Eastern Samar	Visayas	2022	solo
74	Northern Samar	Visayas	2022	solo
75	Sorsogon	Luzon	2022	solo
76	Masbate	Luzon	2022	solo
77	Occidental Mindoro	Luzon	2022	solo
78	Tawi-tawi	Mindanao	2022	solo
79	Sulu	Mindanao	2022	solo
80	Kalinga	Luzon	2022	solo
81	Aparri	Luzon	2022	solo