How to get there: Take the bus from Victory Liner Cubao terminal; the fare going to Baguio is P445. If you’ll be coming from the Pasay terminal, the fare is P455. Deluxe buses with lavatories and more comfortable seats cost P715 one-way.
Pacita Abad, the international artist from Batanes, was in Boston with husband Jack Garrity when we came visiting for the summer. But first, Pacita and my wife Noreen, schoolmates at the University of the Philippines, had a lot of catching up to do.
Fresh from her stint as one of two chefs who did the Apec welcome reception dinner, Margarita Fores has now turned her attention to a 10-day Batanes food promotion in her restaurant at Rockwell, Makati.
Still reeling from three moderate but destructive earthquakes which struck in just a day, the island-province of Batanes is definitely going to bounce back, rebuilding both lives and structures damaged by the tremors.
With the summer season and Holy Week upon us, quench your thirst for that ice-cold buko juice and wanderlust for...
As the “falowa” leaves Ivana Port on the main island of Batan to tread the treacherous waves of the Pacific Ocean leading to Sabtang, one can easily spot the ghostly crest of Mt. Iraya looming in the sky-blue distance, a prelude to the breathtaking beauty of this northernmost of Philippine provinces, Batanes.
What is so exciting and unique about the art of photography? With brain and hands, photography seizes the moment, captures a fragment of eternity, and preserves it forever. We immortalize beautiful sceneries and memories.
Indeed, #itsmorefuninthephilippines! There’s never been a better time to explore our own turf with the low fares and discounted rates offered by airline and travel agencies! While it’s almost an impossible feat to step foot on all 7,107 of our islands, at least you can start with these local destinations we’ve rounded up for our readers—we believe these places should be visited by every Filipino at least once in their lifetime!
Friends who have visited the churches in Batanes said it has been a fine spiritual and cultural experience. Mimi Casanova Noble of Taal Tours and Travel brought a group in March to Batan and Sabtang Islands, where they visited five churches and two chapels.
There are many things not to like about Batanes—lack of good hotels, frequent brownouts, a sporadic cell phone signal or lack of it outside Basco, the capital.
