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Choco
Hills gains 3rd spot in wonders
By: KIT
BAGAIPO
 | | Boholanos
across the globe have organized campaign groups to generate the most number of
votes cast for the Chocolate Hills, which has earned a notch up in the new wonders
of the world search.
As
of June 14 (Saturday), Chocolate Hills ranked third in the global search after
Tubbataha Reef, another Philippine nature site, which is currently at No. 2.
During
his "The Governor Reports" last Friday, Gov. Erico Aumentado said one
of his mission in going to the US is to campaign for more votes for the Chocolate
Hills. |
Support
groups here bared that almost all Boholanos in other countries are doing their
share in support to the Chocolate Hills campaign.
The
move to hoist the Chocolate Hills in the new seven wonders of the world search
gained its initial foothold after Aumentado gathered all internet operators in
Tagbilaran City to help in the campaign.
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Tourism stakeholders
here, led by Carmen Mayor Manuel Molina also pitched in by organizing support
groups, asking local tour guides to include in their spiels the Chocolate Hills
drive.
Pres.
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo herself, in her sorties across the country never fail
to mention the country's nature sites to get into the top seven list of modern-day
Wonders of Nature.
The
Underground River in Palawan is currently at 5th place while Mayon Volcano is
ranked 9th. | The
Chocolate Hills is an "unusual geological formation composed of around 1,268
perfectly cone-shaped hills of about the same size spread over an area of more
than 50 square kilometers, the hills are covered in green grass that turns brown
during the dry season, giving them the name 'Chocolate Hills'.
Tubbataha
Reef, on the other hand is an atoll coral reef in the Sulu Sea east of Palawan.
It is a marine sanctuary protected by the government.
The
reef is composed of two atolls - the North and South Reefs, separated by a channel
of about 8 kilometers wide. The atolls each have a single small islet that rises
out from the water.
Meanwhile,
Palawan's Underground River - also dubbed the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River
National Park -- features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 kilometer-long
navigable underground river.
Located
about 50 kilometers north of the city of Puerto Princesa in Palawan, the river
winds through a cave before flowing directly into the South China Sea. | 
