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The Philippines is known for its popular street snack, 'balut'. Balut is a fertilised duck egg, incubated for 2-3 weeks before being steamed and finally eaten. To eat balut like a local, you should make a hole in the shell, season the inside with salt and give it a swirl. The positioning of the Filipino flag indicates whether the country is at war, with horizontal bands of blue and red, with a white equilateral triangle at the side. Camiguin Island is home to more volcanoes than towns and has the highest number of volcanoes per square kilometre anywhere on the planet.

There are between 120-187 languages spoken in the Philippines. The Philippines is home to two official languages, Tagalog and English, and the world's longest underground river, the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River. Catholicism is the dominant religion, with 86% of the population identifying as Roman Catholic. Travellers can visit the river as part of a tour or independently, and many Tagalog words are the same as the Spanish equivalent. The Philippines is the second-largest archipelago in the world, behind the Malay Archipelago.

It is home to over 25,000 islands, and Jeepneys are the primary mode of transportation. It is also one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries, with 5,000 endemic species of plants and 700 threatened species.