Kumusta/Children of the Mega Mall Toy Robot Ballet (video) Still
from a Road Movie Magellan's Cross, Cebu But long haul flights
damage the environment, so better take this virtual tour
instead... Actually, people have been visiting the Philippines
for thousands of years. Many of them liked what they found &
stayed put: "Like the other island groups of southeast Asia, the
Philippines have very early human inhabitants - perhaps even as
long as 60,000 years ago. In more recent history the main
outside influences are Chinese, Hindu and - from the 15th
century - Muslim. But no external power tries to dominate or
unify the scattered islands (more than 7000 in the archipelago)
until the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century." (Source:
History of the Spanish Empire, historyworld.net) "The Negritos
are believed to have migrated to the Philippines some 30,000
years ago from Borneo, Sumatra, and Malaya. The Malayans
followed in successive waves. These people belonged to a
primitive epoch of Malayan culture, which h