>>> OKAY, HOLD ON TO YOUR HAIR,
HODA, AND KEEP YOUR ARMS AND
LEGS INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT
ITS TIME FOR OUR SERIES "TODAY
TAKES YOU" WHERE WERE GOING TO
TRAVEL TO A SURPRISE EXOTIC
LOCATION
>> LAST WEEK REMEMBER WE TOOK
YOU TO SOUTH AFRICA.
NOW WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE WERE
LANDING, SO LETS RECAP OUR
CLUES.
>> CLUE ONE, THIS COUNTRY
PROVIDES MORE NURSES TO THE REST
OF THE WORLD THAN ANY OTHER.
>> NURSES.
OUR SECOND CLUE IS THIS COUNTRY
IS SURPRISED OF 67,641 ISLANDS.
>> FROM SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY
THIS COUNTRY CELEBRATES ONE OF
THE LONGEST CHRISTMAS SEASONS IN
THE WORLD.
GUESS?
>> I DONT HAVE A GUESS.
I MEAN, CHRISTMAS SEASON
MEANS ITS COLD, GREENLAND
>> OKAY.
LETS SEE.
>> COMING IN FOR A LANDING
WHERE ARE WE
THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY OF
THE PHILIPPINES!
>> OH!
HERE TO GREET US IS MANILA
RESIDENT AND YouTuber NIKKI
BOOSTOS.
HI, NIKKI.
>> HOW ARE YOU
>> HOW -- HOW DO YOU SAY IT?
>> MABUHI.
>> A FORMAL GREETING
IT MEANS LONG LIFE
>> WHAT TIME IS IT THERE
>> WERE ON THE EXACT OPPOSITE
SIDE OF THE WORLD AS YOU GUYS,
SO WHILE YOU GUYS ARE HAVING
YOUR MORNING COFFEE, WERE
GETTING READY FOR BED AT THIS
SIDE OF THE WORLD.
>> WELL, WE ARE --
>> ITS CURRENTLY 10:00.
>> 10:00
YEAH
WERE SO EXCITED BECAUSE WE
CANT WAIT TO TAKE A CHECK OF
THE PHILIPPINES.
TAKE US AROUND
♪
>> IM YouTuber NIKKI BOOSTOS
AND THAT WAS MY PARODY OF LADY
GAGAS "BORN THIS WAY.
AFTER BECOMING A FINALIST ON
"CANADIAN IDOL" I MOVED ON TO
PARODIES OF PHILIPPINE CULTURES.
♪
HI, HODA
HI, JENNA.
IM RIDING THIS -- SEE THAT?
WERE ON A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE.
I HAVE SO MUCH TO SHOW YOU
AROUND MY CITY, MY HOME. YOU READY?
YOU READY?
LETS GO, GUYS
HODA AND JENNA, THIS HERE IS
CALLED THE TINIKLING DANCE
A CULTURAL DANCE WHERE THE
DANCERS COORDINATE THEIR MOVES
AND JUMP THROUGH THE CLAPPING
BAMBOO
AND TRUST ME, GUYS, YOU DONT
WANT TO GET CAUGHT IN THERE.
IT HURTS
LYLE, I HEARD A RUMOR THAT
YOURE GOING TO TEACH ME HOW TO
DO TINIKLING
>> YES, ARE YOU READY?
>> HODA AND JENNA, IM DOING IT
FOR YOU.
♪
>> YEAH.
I NEED TO REST
ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS I
LOVE ABOUT WALKING OUTSIDE IS
THERE ARE TONS OF STREET
VENDORS.
SELLING WATERMELONS.
MM
LOOK AT THAT
ITS ON A COLD PLATE
KEEPS IT NICE AND COLD IN THIS
LITTLE MAKESHIFT FRIDGE.
THE PHILIPPINES IS COMPRISED OF
7,641 GLORIOUS ISLANDS
AND MY TIP -- EXPLORE AS MANY AS
POSSIBLE
CHECK THIS OUT
ITS SO BEAUTIFUL.
I RECENTLY EXPERIENCED THE
NATURAL WONDERS OF THE CHOCOLATE
HILLS.
THIS IS SO COOL.
THE SUN DRIES OUT THE GRASS ON
THESE HILLS, AND THATS WHAT
GIVES IT THE CHOCOLATE COLOR
WE ARE HERE AT THE SANCTUARY
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW
WHAT A TARSHER IS, A TARSHER IS
A TYPE OF PRIMATE.
ITS NOT A MONKEY.
THIS IS FAMOUS FOR THE ICONIC
TARSHERS THAT LIVE HERE.
IT SAYS TARSLERS ARE RESTING,
PLEASE OBSERVE SILENCE
MY GOSH.
ITS LOOKING AT ME
OH, MY GOSH.
I SEE IT
HOLD ON.
ISNT HE CUTE?
LIKE THIS BIG.
THEY SLEEP DURING THE DAY.
THEYRE NOCTURNAL, THEY WAKE UP
AT NEAT AND EATIGHT AND EAT BUGS
WELL LEAVE IT ALONE
YOULL CHERISH WHITE SANDY
BEACHES AND MAGNIFICENT SUNSETS.
IN 2019, OUR VISIT TO THE
ISLANDS LEFT US STUNNED.
A GIANT ROCK CASTLE -- LOOK AT
LOU BIG THAT IS.
THAT IS MASSIVE.
BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL BLUE/TURQUOISE
WATER.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK
CHECK OUT THAT VIEW, GUYS.
EVERYONE COMES HERE TO THIS AREA
TO TAKE THE ICONIC INSTAGRAM
PHOTO.
ITS VERY SIGNATURE.
AND NOW, ITS TIME TO EAT.
KINA, AS THEY SAY IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
HODA AND JENNA,I AM HERE AT
SARSA RESTAURANT WITH MY BEST
FRIEND CHEF J.P.
>> HI, THIS IS A PANCIT CANTON,
PAN FRIED NOODLES, CHICKEN
MARINATED IN COCONUT VINEGAR,
LEMON GRASS.
AND LUMPIA SHANGHAI, A SPRING
ROLL
WE HAVE IT WITH VINEGAR.
>> MM.
THAT CRUNCH FILLS MY SOUL.
LETS TRY THE CHICKEN.
HODA, JENNA, EAT THROUGH THE
SCREEN
EAT THROUGH THE SCREEN
TAKE A BITE.
YOU CANT VISIT THE PHILIPPINES
WITHOUT TRYING OUR FAMOUS
FILIPINO DESSERT KNOWN AS HALO
HALO
EVERY BITE IS A DIFFERENT
SURPRISE
IT HAS SO MANY INGREDIENTS
YOU WOULDNT BELIEVE IT.
ITS LIKE YOURE PLAYING THE
LOTTERY, BUT YOU WIN EVERY TIME.
HONESTLY, THE BEST
AH
>> OH, THAT WAS AWESOME!
>> THAT WAS THE BEST TOUR.
>> YOU ENJOYED THAT?
>> WE LOVED IT
LOVED IT
>> GREAT
I HAD SO MUCH FUN.
>> A LOT OF FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW,
BUT MOST PEOPLE IN THE
PHILIPPINES SPEAK ENGLISH, IF
YOURE PLANNING ON GOING ON A
VACATION
>> THATS CORRECT.
IF YOURE AN ENGLISH SPEAKER
YOULL GET AROUND JUST FINE
HERE
>> IT IS BEAUTIFUL
>> AMAZING -- YOU TURNED US ON
THATS THE NEXT STEP
>> WERE COMING TO VISIT, AND