South East Asian Trips

Philippines is an archipelago nation in the Southeastern Asia between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam. The country lies between 116° 40' and 126° 34' E longitude, and 4° 40' and 21° 10' N. latitude. It is surrounded by by the Philippine Sea from the east, by the South China Sea on the west, and by the Celebes Sea on the south.

The Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 lovely islands, covering a total area of 300,000 Sq km including the land area of 299,764 sq km. Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao form the main island groups of the Philippines. Its terrain consists of mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands. Philippines standard time is GMT + 8 hours.