Phillipines

• The Phillippines is made up of more than 7,000 tropical islands and has a population of 90 million. The country has a tropical marine climate with a dry season (Nov- April) and a rainy season (May-Oct).
• The captil Manilla- Metro Manilla- is a sprawling cluster of 17 cities with municipalities such as Manilla, Quezon, Makati, Pasay, and so on generating a populace to guess at; perhaps start at ten million and keep counting.
• Manilla has a hight population density, with one district having over 68,000 people/km so at times it may feel a little crowed espcially if you have just arrived from London which has about 8,000 people/km.
• Tagalog is the national language and English is used for official/business purposes.
• There are 54 other languages with over 140 dialect variations.
• The Phillippines has the world's third largest English speaking population.

 "Etching out a life on Smokey Mountain" and write a reflection on the issues referred to in the article:

Smokey Mountain is a truly famous landmark, a landmark where thousands of people lie in poverty. Decomposed rubbish, stands more than 20 metres high, there is no man made paths just a rope dangling from the top and rubbish trodden path. Young children suffer from lack of hygiene; the risk of transmitting rabies is at a high rate. A house is considered bits of plastic and wooden materials, people live up on this mountain. The girls don’t have access to education anymore, simply as they cannot afford it, and their parents for a living are out scavenging for rubbish. There are still questions surrounding if parents force children to work instead of attending school.  This is the cycle of poverty, something one can sometimes not escape.