With the fact, that I will visit next year for one month the Philippines as a part of an development aid team, I decided to conduct my old friend: “The Internet”. I love it! It helps me to obtain first-hand information and supports me when I am doing a search on a topic. It gives me free, immediate and media-rich information from different source. The content mostly has pictures, video and hyperlinks. The old days where you had to go in a local library for to do a research are gone. Also, one nice thing is that you can easily compare content and different subject.
As a first start I decided to do a comparison between Germany and the Philippines. A good start is always Wikipedia, but Wikitravel, the CIA World Factbook, Google Maps, etc. Following a table of URLs that I normally use for my search. Maybe you are interested, too.
| Germany | Philippines | |
| Wikipedia | Link | Link |
| Wikitravel | Link | Link |
| CIA World Factbook | Link | Link |
| Google Maps | Link | Link |
| German Department for Foreign Affairs | N.A. | Link |
| Wikinews | Link | Link |
| Wikimedia Commons | Link | Link |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | Link | Link |
| Encyclopedia.com | Link | Link |
| MSN Encarta | Link | Link |
| UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs | Link | Link |
| BBC Country Profiles |
Link | Link |
| US Library of Congress |
Link | Link |
| British Foreign & Commonwealth Office |
Link | Link |
| UNdata | Link | Link |
| World Health Organization | Link | Link |
| US Department of State | Link | Link |
Tags: germany, csc, philippines
