http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Philippines , Batanes en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:54 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:54 +0000 Been looking forward to this trip for the longest time. More so when my close friends decided to join me on this coveted journey to the northernmost frontier of our county. Never mind that we went on zombie mode to reach the domestic airport at 330 am. Nor that expectations were so high that we were afraid we39d get disappointed. But as it turned out we weren39t disappointed one bit. Just http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/blog-778229.html First Part Second Part The Sunday Catholic mass was yet another challenge. The service was spoken in Ivatan a totally different language from the other three Filipino languages I know. But upon recognizing the presence of the tourists the priest then carried on with the homily in Tagalog Philippine National Language and welcomed us in Basco. Although I did not understand most of wh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/Batan/Basco-City/blog-731062.html First Part It was another early start of the day up by dawn to catch the 0600AM Falowa to Sabtang. It was steep cliffs sharp curves and varied mountain scenery on the way to San Vicente port with our constant companion the cold wind and drizzle. Below the cliffs are the harsh waves crashing to its base forming white foams and turning noticeable blue in much of my fascination as they hit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/Sabtang/blog-716138.html Since were scheduled to go to all the tourist spots around Batan Island we started our day early.Our first activity was attending the Easter Sunday Mass more popularly known in the Philippines as the salubong at the San Jose Church in Ivana by 5 am. The church was already more than 200 years old yet it still stood majestic fronting the beaches of Ivana. We followed the procession goi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/Batan/blog-635815.html What seemed to be a long and tiring journey finally came to an end at nine oclock in the morning when our plane Laoag International Airlines made a touchdown at Basco Airport Batan Island. At last we were in Batanes.We were met in the airport by would you believe the Vice Mayor of Ivana Mr. Saturnino Valones and his wife Auntie Beth. With them were their other relatives Tita Candi J http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/Batan/blog-635791.html The windswept city located at the northern most part of the Philippines hence the sturdy stone houses. The mountainous region of Batanes is the countrys smallest province isolated from the rest of the Philippine islands home to the laid back Ivatans. Only three of the ten islands in the province are inhabited Itbayat Sabtang and the capital Basco with majority of its population being fishe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/Basco/blog-588519.html Hello travelers coming to BatanesAll year round touring the island of Batanes is perfect for the reason the island has four season similar to Taiwan. From December to February it is winter season. March to May it is spring season. June to August it is summer season and from September to November it is fall season. From time to time weather changes. It usually shift from sunny day to rainy d http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/blog-564601.html Since this is going to be my first blog of a place Ive wanted to visit and a blog to encourage people from Sea Air to let me join in their trip. I would like to share with you how madlydeeply I love Travelling and the Food that goes with it and joining you in this Batanes trip will surely make my TravelBlog a lot more interesting. It has been my goal every year to travel outside of Metro Mani http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/blog-541751.html It was love at first sight. After years of pure imagination I was finally able to set foot on Batanes a group of islands at the northernmost tip of the Philippines. Three islands are inhabited Batan Sabtang and Itbayat. It is actually nearer Formosa Taiwan than Luzon mainland. Together with 4 friends they just first met one another at the airport our adventure was one that would be h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/blog-477230.html After getting rained on in Cocoloco Island in Roxas Palawan we were expecting part 2 of our honeymoon to be sunnier and warmer. Unfortunately it was not. But our stay in Batanes was still lovely and as a good friend told me be thankful for having experienced Batanes on a rainy day. Not bad Kate Unlike most of our travels I was too busy preparing for our wedding to research for a doityo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Philippines/Batanes/blog-279729.html