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Posted on July 22, 2006 @ 3:53 pm by massimo | Filed under: another green world,bargain,blog,fun,illustration,news,package tour,philippines,travel,wordpress

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Everybody can notice how often a distinction between the “natural” and the “artificial” is drawn: these categories actually face, and in most cases, they turned out to be absolute opposites. Can such a distinction be justified? The action of mankind towards the environment is too often entirely contrary to natural processes. I believe that now days only a very few inhabited locations –world wide- remain safe from this duality. The Chocolate Hills is a place where ambiguities between the natural and the artificial melt so exceptionally, that it’s hard to believe that these cone-shaped hills are not a man-made artefact. In 1988 the government of the Philippines declared the Chocolate Hills a National Geological Monument: really this is an unusual geological formation in the island of Bohol, consisting of at least 1000 individual mounds. What makes the whole setting fascinating is their mostly uniform shape and size ranging from 30 to 50 meters high. If you like to stay there you have very little choice: the only facility is the Government run resort, the perfect place to enjoy the hills and the intense green of the rice fields…

Illustration Friday’s topic is: opposites

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6 people have left comments

Wow, that must be something to see!! Excellent job on those clouds….a very mystical illustration!

Amy Zaleski wrote on July 22, 2006 - 7:29 pm UTC

would have lov to have seen this when i was there
great piece

michael dailey wrote on July 22, 2006 - 11:20 pm UTC

Looks like a beautiful place to visit. Love your clouds.

Kaya wrote on July 23, 2006 - 12:20 am UTC

Nice write up, I have never heard of them, I love natural geologic formations that don’t look natural – boggles the mind. I like the softness of your illos.

String wrote on July 23, 2006 - 6:29 pm UTC

I love the mix between the sky and the trees and hills. That vibrant green and your amazing lighting. Wonderful!

tiffini elektra x wrote on July 26, 2006 - 5:07 am UTC

On the road to Chocolate Hills you can already see some of the hills. The first viewing deck we visited is the Carmen’s Chocolate Hills Complex. It has more than two hundred steps going up so it was a challenge for us. When we arrived at the top of the view deck, there are many other tourists also. I felt relaxed and mesmerized at the same time while gazing to the unobstructed view of the hills which look liked clones to each other. One thing to keep in mind is expect the place to be crowded especially during the months of May to July where the hills are really brown in color. In other times of the year, the hills are green with grass so they are “Minty”.

Alex wrote on February 23, 2011 - 10:46 am UTC

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