Wednesday, July 1, 2009

After disembarking at the Pilar port, we tried to look for transportation going to Sorsogon City, after which we'll try to find our way again to Legaspi City, the capital of Albay province. But along the way we stopped for our breakfast at a local carinderia.

Sorsogon City
is a 3rd class city in Sorsogon, Philippines. The city is located at southernmost tip island of Luzon. This city formed by merging the Bacon and Sorsogon towns. Because of its position as a trans-shipment point from the Visayas and Mindanao, the city attracted a significant number of transient shoppers and tourist. The City is also nicknamed as "Gateway to Southern Philippines". Sorsogon City is one of the region’s leading cities in urbanization and also one of the most populous cities of the region as well.

One of the agricultural products produced in commercial quantity by the province is pili nut.
Although they are grown as ornamental trees in many areas of the Old World tropics of Malaysia and the Philippines, only the Philippines produces and processes pili nuts commercially. Production centers are located in the Bicol region, provinces of Sorsogon, Albay, and Camarines Sur, southern Tagalog, and eastern Visaya. There is no commercial planting of this crop, fruits are collected from natural stands in the mountains near these provinces. In 1977, the Philippines exported approximately 3.8 t of pili preparation to Guam and Australia.

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