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Uniqueness and Beauty of Chocolate Hills in Philippines

Written By Unknown on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 | 9:01 AM

Philippine tourism is growing, especially in the countries of South Asia. The attraction of this island state is the beaches are spotless and quiet. However, there is another attraction of the more unique than the coasts of the Philippines, Chocolate Hills.

The Chocolate Hills or Brown hills is a geological formation in Bohol Province, Philippines, formed the hills strewn hills as far as 1260 in an area of ​​about 50 square kilometers. These hills are green with grass-covered hills of lime that turns into chocolate in the dry season, because this is called Chocolate Hill.

Chocolate Hills is in the thousands in the city of Carmen, rock, spread and Sagbayan numbered. Every city has an area to see the sights of the hill to see chocolate, but most frequently visited by tourists is the town of Carmen.

Geologically, it was chocolate Hill are formed millions of years, which was once a pile of lime. Mounds of lime is then mixed with the rain, combined surface water and erosion of the river, which connects in the hills of tectonic processes. The hills were then separated by layers containing many caves and springs.

Explained in the urban legends of Bohol Chocolate Hill was formed because in ancient times there were two giants who fought each other, while rocks and sand. When they are finished and leave the place they just left the remnants of the Battle of Mount Brown became as can be seen today.

Brown hills promote Bohol in the Philippines, long before the tourist map of the country to the beautiful beaches. Chocolate Hill is an icon of the Philippines since the first, and is a tourist town is famous Bohol. 1247 of these hills, two of which were Built for tourists. Previously station in the town of Carmen will be found.

Carmen station in the city has a terrace to see the sights of the Brown Mountain visibility to see up to 360 degrees, and only five kilometers from Tagbilaran City, Bohol's capital city.
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