Major Industries: Aklan Province Islands Philippines
Most Aklanons derive livelihood from rice, corn, coconut, abaca,
piña and pottery making. Fishponds and off-shore fishing
employ many persons in Aklan. Small scale industries like piña
cloth weaving, abaca and bamboo handicraft. (excerpts and details
taken from European Philippine Services). A more detailed account
of the preceding paragraph can be found at EUROPEAN PHILIPPINE SERVICES,
PROVINCE OF AKLAN .
Aklan is the home province of the island paradise of Boracay, with
its pristine 4 kilometer white coral-sand beach fronts, friendly
natives and amenities of 4 and 5 star hotel and restaurants plus
the new Blue Sky and Clear Waters Golf and Country Club and of course
a treat of coral shores and diving areas where the sea-sportman
can delight.
Travel Quotes:
Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents. Italo Calvino
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. Aldous Huxley
Philippine Cuisine Island Philippines
Dishes range from the very simple, like a meal of fried salted fish and rice, to the elaborate paellas and cocidos created for fiestas, of Spanish origin. Popular dishes include: lechón (whole roasted pig), longganisa (Philippine sausage), tapa (cured beef), torta (omelette), adobo (chicken and/or pork braised in garlic, vinegar, oil and soy sauce, or cooked until dry), kaldereta (meat in tomato sauce stew), mechado (larded beef in soy and tomato sauce).
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Philippine Cuisine Island Philippines Philippines: Language and Dialect
While there are over 100 regional languages in the Philippines, the national language is Filipino, with English as the most widely spoken second language. All business, governmental and legal transactions are conducted in English. Philippines: Useful Filipino Phrases |
