Philippines II

Boracay is a small island in the central Philippines whose beaches have been named "best in the world" many number of times since tourists first started trickling in in the 1980s. Thanks to DJ who was visiting.

Stamps from a previously featured 2011 definitive set of marine life of the Philippines. Shown here are the triton trumpet, Charonia tritonis, and the picasso trigger, Rhinecanthus aculeatus.

Philippines

 Postcard of a three-wheel motor-rickshaw commonly used to cover short distances the Philippines, known as a tricycle. Usually they carry three or four passengers.

Stamps from a 2011 definitive set of marine life featuring the blue-faced angelfish, Euxiphipops xanthometapon, the polyclad flatworm, Pseudoceros dimidiatus, and the picasso trigger, Rhinecanthus aculeatus, which are all found in the coral reefs ringing the 7,000 islands of the Philippine Archipelago.

Special thanks to James who was in Manila on business.