Batanes on My Mind

March 9, 2010 at 9:40 PM · Filed under Travels and tagged: Basco, Batan, Batanes, Chavayan, Chawa, coconut crab, faluwa boat, Heritage churches, Itbayat, lighthouse, Loran Station, Mt. Iraya, Naidi Hills, Sabtang, Seair, Valugan

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Most of my companions are puking inside the faluwa boat as we made our way to Sabtang Island that day; it was an overcast sky with a little drizzle as our boat rocked back and forth amidst the towering waves of the South China Sea meet the currents of the Pacific Ocean in the most ‘intense’ experience of the entire trip. Loaded with us on the boat are motorbikes, local produce, live animals consist of chickens and goats as we toke the 45 minutes ride from San Vicente port in Batan. It took a while upon landing to got my composure back, by that time, the weather was changing for the best with the moody landscape transformed into a majestic vista.
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