MANILA is the capital of the Philippines. It is part of a large urbanized area know as METRO MANILA wich is composed of 14 cities and 3 municipalities. Manila is located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay and the Pasig River bisects the city in the middle and allows the waters of Laguna Bay, in the south of Manila, to reach the sea. The city has a total population of 1,652,171 according to the 2010 census; it is the most densely populated city in the world. The greater Metro Manila area is the fifth-most populous in the world with an estimated population of 21,951,000. 

Located between the Vosges and the Jura, the Doubs, which is part of the region of Franche-Comté, is on the road that connects the French capital Paris to Germany, Switzerland and Italy . The name of the Doubs is also attributed to a river. Doubs is a center of international excellence in mechanical (automotive and high-speed train TGV), biomedical engineering, and high precision cutting. Cross-border relations with the Swiss also contribute to the economic success of the region.

Horse racing, hiking, skiing, bicycle routes and motorcycle, camper, fishing, kayaking are some key leisure activities. Among the sites and monuments of the most notable exception may include: Citadel of Besançon, the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the Château de Joux, the village of Lods, the Château de Montbéliard, the Valley of the two lakes (Lake Saint-Point, and Lake Remoray) and numerous beaches, caves (caves of Poudrey, the Ice Cave and Cave Osselle), Natural Reserve of the Lake Remoray, the Val de Consolation, Jumping Doubs (les sauts dy Doubs), the Scales of Death( échelles de la mort), Mont d'Or, the source of the Loue .. . etc ...

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Paris is the largest city of the last great plain of western Europe. This vast plain called the Bassin Parisien  is crossed by large rivers of the Aisne, the Oise, the Marne and the Seine.

Lots of cereals are grown but by fewer operators. Are also grown several potted plants and bedding, perennials, watercress, parsley, azaleas, lettuce, the peas, faba bean, beans ...

The region of Ile-de-France is made in Paris and seven departments of Yvelines, Val d'Oise, Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts de Seine, in the Essonne, Val de Marne, and Seine-et-Marne. All for an area of 1.2 million hectares, a quarter is composed of the forest and a half of farmland (in 2009, SOURCE in french).

Of the 80 million tourists who visit France how much of them have attended Bistros, Cafes, restaurants, museums (Louvre, Quai Branly, Palais de la Découverte ...), parks (Jardin du Luxembourg ...) and woods (Boulogne and Vincennes) religious buildings (Notre Dame, Sacred Heart ...), cultural (Trocadéro, Eiffel Tower, etc ...), administrations (town halls, Courthouse, defense ...) cruises on the Seine, visit the basement ... the French themselves have made nearly 204 million trips with 89% in mainland France. (Figures 2012, SOURCE in english)

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After the green and steep hills of the Grands fonds, extends the plain of Grippon where is located the city of Morne-à-l'eau. It is a mixed landscape between mangroves, beaches, flat agricultural plains, windswept savannahs of the trade winds and towering cliffs. It is a rural place suspended out of time where history seems to struggle refusing to mingle with modernity. This land was the last refuge of the native Caribbean indians of the archipelago. It became a land of sugar cane mills and of sugar cane plantations as in Port-Louis where the ancient factory was re-established into an ambitious cultural center. The built heritage is sometimes dominated by the remains of slavery like for the stairs in Petit-Canal. The charming cottages and country restaurants are all indicated as bases for hiking and equestrian trails, rides in a cart of beefs, or bicycle. It is good to go surfing and hang out with the associations in the area.