“Masterpiece of nature”, Weber on PPUR

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, 25 October (PIA) -- Continuing its global call to vote, New 7 Wonders of Nature Founder and President Bernard Weber breezed into Puerto Princesa City this weekend to officially visit the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) calling it “masterpiece of nature.”

City Mayor Edward Hagedorn personally accompanied the N7W team in the 45-minute river tour of the PPUR, the world’s longest navigable underground river. As soon as they came out of the mouth of the PPUR cave, Weber with N7W Director Jean Paul de la Fuente and City Mayor Hagedorn, waved the Philippine flag.

Weber said the river tour was a “very nice experience.”

Weber said that the PPUR has a good chance to make it if all Filipinos all over the world would get their acts together and motivate them to vote.

He also said that PPUR may be one of the finalists to be considered because of the beauty of what is inside the cave but also what is outside, and the daily increasing votes.

The N7W President is touring the sites of all the 28 entries as part of the final leg of its global promotion and to inspect and experience the beauty of the finalists. Its next stop is the Komodo Natural Park in Indonesia.

Hagedorn said he is confident the PPUR will be voted to the list of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. He said that PPUR is one of the finalists, generating increasing text votes everyday from all over the world.

The New 7 Wonders of Nature began in 2007 with the purpose of creating a list of the 7 natural wonders following its New 7 Wonders of the World of man-made structures. It is now on its final stage of campaign with 28 finalists with the PPUR as the country’s official candidate.

(vsm/pia-palawan)