First postcard

The Philippines

This is my first postcard from a penpal in the Philippines.
I love it! Come on, it shows the famous tourist attraction:
Chocolate Hills
They're so named not because they have cocoa trees
(though that was what crossed my mine upon first sight of the name)
Honestly, they look like giant mole hills or from a perverted point of view,
they look like women's breasts.
Believe it or not, these Chocolate Hills are natural, not man-made.
They are covered with grass, which, at the end of the dry season,
turns chocolate brown.
 From this color, the hills derive their name.
 At other times, the hills are green, and the association may be a bit difficult to make.

An excerpt:
"Legend has it that the hills came into existence when two giants threw stones and sand at each other in a fight that lasted for days. When they were finally exhausted, they made friends and left the island, but left behind the mess they made. For the more romantically inclined is the tale of Arogo, a young and very strong giant who fell in love with an ordinary mortal girl called Aloya. After she died, the giant Arogo cried bitterly. His tears then turned into hills, as a lasting proof of his grief.

However, up to this day, even geologists have not reached consensus on how they where formed. The most commonly accept theory is that they are the weathered formations of a kind of marine limestone on top of a impermeable layer of clay. If you climb the 214 steps to the top of the observation hill near the complex, you can read this explanation on a bronze plaque.
-http://www.bohol.ph

I want to thank my sweet penpal in the beautiful Philippines for this postcard :) And yes, good friends forever :D

~Salam~