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28.06.07

Reader’s Batanes getaway

- Batanes -

img_0158.JPGHERE are photos of her Batanes getaway sent in by reader Jasmin Rose Limbo, a finance and administration coordinator in a maritime company in Makati City.

Jasmin writes: “I love to travel the beautiful islands of our country because ‘nature tripping’ is one of my outlets.”

The photo above shows Mhel, Glad and Jasmin at the Honesty coffee shop.

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27.06.07

Batanes is heaven on earth

- Batanes, Philippines -

By Marlet D. Salazar, Contributor
INQUIRER.net

beach2.jpgTHE LOOK on the faces of the people on board varies. Some are calm; others tense. And one lady grips her rosary as if her life depended on it. But evidently, everyone is quiet. The waves are huge all right, but for a group of islands bounded by the China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, these seem to be perfectly normal.

A 45-minute faluwa ride to Sabtang on an overcast and windy day makes things a little more, well, exciting. A faluwa is the motorized boat used for island hopping.

A trip to Batanes has always been about fun, adventure, and tranquility. Without this experience, it would have never been as memorable.

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