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Meet the tarsier: The world's oldest primate

By BBC's The Travel Show

The tarsier is the oldest surviving primate on Earth – but it isn’t easy to find. Travel to the Philippine island that the animal calls home.
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Wildlife

The Travel Show

On the beat with Manila's dancing policeman

By BBC's Travel Show

For the past 10 years, this traffic cop has been entertaining the people who ride along Manila's busy roads. Can the BBC's Rajan Datar keep up?
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The undiscovered jewel of the Philippines

By Greg Bloom

The diving paradise of Apo Reef and the neighbouring town of Sablayan may just be the next big thing in Philippine tourism.
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Nature & Outdoors

The world’s most expensive dishes

By Becky Lucas

From the most expensive cupcake on the planet to sushi wrapped in gold leaves and sprinkled with diamonds, who knew food could cost this much.

Swimming with sharks in the Philippines

By Christina Durano

Off the coast of Malapascua Island, the Monad Shoal is one of the only places in the world where majestic thresher sharks can be seen nearly every day.
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The best beaches of the Philippines

By Lonely Planet

Pagudpud is not easy to access, but those with a sense of adventure should seek out this coastal resort town on the northern tip of Luzon, the Philippines' main island. The highway up here is the Philippines' answer to Australiaâs Great Ocean Road or Californiaâs Pacific Coast Highway. It zigzags around dramatic headlands and skirts seemingly endless beaches like Blue Lagoon, where Luzon's whitest sand and bluest water conspire majestically to be situated in one place. (John Borthwick/LPI)

The stunning archipelago of more than 7,000 islands is generating buzz as an alternative to South East Asian beach hotspots like Bali and southern Thailand.