Santa Cruz Island is one of Zamboanga City´s pride. The Sta. Cruz Island actually have two beaches. The Little Sta. Cruz Island and the Great Sta. Cruz Island. The Great Sta. Cruz Island has more unusally pink-colored sands and sandbars, while the Little Sta. Cruz Island has the white powder-like sands. Sta. Cruz Islands are know for their "pink sand beach" and best for snorkeling and scuba diving. Santa Cruz Island is located 4 km south of downtown Zamboanga City, on the Basilan strait. The island are accessible byt boat from downtown Zamboanga City. It takes aroung 15-25 minutes depending on the sea current and the speed of the boat.

The Hermosa Festival also known as Zamboanga La Hermosa Festival or popularly known as Fiesta Pilar a month-long festival held each year in the city of Zamboanga, the city center of Zamboanga Peninsula Region in the Philippines. It is one of the Oldest Festival in the Country and the most awaited Event in the Region.
The Festival is being held in honor of the miraculous image of Our Lady of the Pillar (Spanish and Chavacano: Nuestra Señora del Pilar), the patroness of Zamboanga City which is held in every 12th of October.

Tenerife is the largest of the seven Spanish Canary Islands. The island is an extremely popular tourist destination partly because of its year round high temperatures and sunny weather. Tenerife has it all from stunning beaches, historical buildings and small fishing bays to impressive volcanoes and a perfect climate. Resorts and Accommodation There are a number of popular resorts on the island, the most popular being Santa Cruz, Puerto de la Cruz, Playa Paraiso, Los Gi...

The Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao region was first created on August 1, 1989 through Republic Act No. 6734 otherwise known as the Organic Act in pursuance with a constitutional mandate to provide for an autonomous area in Muslim Mindanao. A plebiscite was held in the provinces of Basilan, Cotabato, Davao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Palawan, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur; and in the cities of Cotabato, Dapitan, Dipolog, General Santos, Iligan, Marawi, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa and Zamboanga to determine if the residents would want to be part of the ARMM.
Of the areas where the plebiscites were held only Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi voted favorably for inclusion in the new autonomous region. The ARMM was officially inaugurated on November 6, 1990 in Cotabato City, which was designated as its provisional capital.
In 2001 a new law was passed for the expansion of the ARMM to include the areas which initially rejected inclusion and the provinces which were carved from them, however only Marawi City and Basilan with the exception of Isabela City opted to be integrated in the region.

September 28, 2004, 9:45 pm We just returned to the resort after a gorgeous evening and decent dinner in Santa Eularia del Riu. Today we spent the whole day driving from beach to beach, starting on the northwest side of the island, just north of Sant Antoni, continuing towards the north side of the island and ending up in Santa Eularia. The first we visited was La Salada, just north of Sant Antoni, a place only reached via a very stony road. After parking the car we had...

Often referred to as the 'isle of eternal springtime', Tenerife is the largest Spanish island in the archipelago of seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Tenerife has the most varied landscape with extremely fertile valleys and awesome steep coasts. Similar to the other Canary Islands, Tenerife is also of volcanic origin and the volcanic crater Canadas del Teide rests at the center of the mountains. Indeed the name Tenerife is derived from 'Tene' signifying 'mountain' and 'ife' white.

Ninty some miles north west of Los Angeles lies the lovely beach city of Santa Barbara, California where you will find some of the cleanest and best tended beaches on the west coast.

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The beach city of Santa Monica, California with it's average year round temperature of about 68 degrees Fahrenheit, good air quality, 245 acres of state beach, over 3,800 hotel rooms, numerous restaurants and abundant shopping is not only a destination for millions of Southern California day-trippers, it is also a popular destination for vactioners from all over the United States and the world.

Galapagos Islands are the only place on earth where animals, birds and reptiles do not fear humans. Animals here are very friendly and accept humans as a part of their environs. Charles Darwin was spellbound by these islands and with the life forms that survived within the restricted area of these islands. The Galapagos Islands are located on one of the most active volcanic regions of the earth, the Nazca Plate. They are also popular as the 'laboratory of evolution' because it is home to unique species of plants and animals that have displayed continuous evolutionary changes. These islands have remained the focal point of fascination for researchers and tourists alike.