While planning our month-long trip in the Philippines we decided to limit, the number of our destinations so we can really enjoy the places we visit and not spend our time running around, and also save some money by avoiding too many domestic flights. This proved a difficult task considering the 7000 (!) islands that comprise the Philippines. We eventually decided to first head up north to witness the famous rice terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1995.
