LIVING IN ASIA

By: Patrick Mark Omo

 COUNTRIES
 Philippines
 Australia
 Afghanistan
 Kazakhstan
 South Korea
 Malaysia
 Indonesia
 Singapore
 Philippines
 The Philippines is a Southeast Asian country in the
Western Pacific, comprising more than 7,000 islands. Its
capital, Manila, is famous for its waterfront promenade
and centuries-old Chinatown, Binondo, Intramuros. a
walled city in colonial times, is the heart of Old Manila. It’s
home to the baroque 17th-century San Agustin Church as
well as Fort Santiago, a storied citadel and military prison.

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 AUSTRALIA
 Australia is a country and continent surrounded by the
Indian and Pacific oceans. Its major cities – Sydney,
Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide – are coastal. Its
capital, Canberra, is inland. The country is known for its
Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, a vast
interior desert wilderness called the Outback, and unique
animal species like kangaroos and duck-billed platypuses.

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 AFGHANISTAN
 Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is
a landlocked country located within South Asia and
Central Asia. The country has a population of 33 million,
making it the 42nd most populous country in the world.

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 KAZAKHSTAN
 Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country and former Soviet
republic, extends from the Caspian Sea in the west to the
Altai Mountains at its eastern border with China and
Russia. Its largest metropolis, Almaty, is a long-standing
trading hub whose landmarks include Ascension
Cathedral, a tsarist-era Russian Orthodox church, and the
Central State Museum of Kazakhstan, displaying
thousands of Kazakh artifacts.

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 SOUTH KOREA
 South Korea, an East Asian nation on the southern half of
the Korean Peninsula, shares one of the world’s most
heavily militarized borders with North Korea. It’s equally
known for its green, hilly countryside dotted with cherry
trees and centuries-old Buddhist temples, plus its coastal
fishing villages, sub-tropical islands and high-tech cities
such as Seoul, the capital.

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 Malaysia
 Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country occupying parts of
the Malay Peninsula and the island of Borneo. It's known
for its beaches, rainforests and mix of Malay, Chinese,
Indian and European cultural influences. The capital, Kuala
Lumpur, is home to colonial buildings, busy shopping
districts such as Bukit Bintang and skyscrapers such as the
iconic, 451m-tall Petronas Twin Towers.

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 Indonesia
 Indonesia, a Southeast Asian nation made up of thousands
of volcanic islands, is home to hundreds of ethnic groups
speaking many different languages. It’s known for beaches,
volcanoes, Komodo dragons and jungles sheltering
elephants, orangutans and tigers. On the island of Java lies
Indonesia's vibrant, sprawling capital, Jakarta, and the city
of Yogyakarta, known for gamelan music and traditional
puppetry.

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 Singapore
 Singapore, an island city-state off southern Malaysia, is a
global financial center with a tropical climate and
multicultural population. Its colonial core centers on the
Padang, a cricket field since the 1830s and now flanked by
grand buildings such as City Hall, with its 18 Corinthian
columns. In Singapore's circa-1820 Chinatown stands the
red-and-gold Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, said to house
one of Buddha's teeth.

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