Tag Archives: batanes

Bowing to the weather in Batanes

Posted on Friday, 19 December 2008 by nina

As soon as we drove off in the jeep from the Ivana port, the thunderstorm that the weather websites were predicting finally arrived. The weather effectively killed off any plans for more sightseeing around Batan island. That and the queasy … Continue reading →

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Sabtang Adventure

Posted on Thursday, 4 December 2008 by nina

We woke up early the following day for our trip to Sabtang. Tita Remy has arranged for the jeep to pick us up at Novita house at 5:30 am, for the ride to the Ivana port, where we would ride … Continue reading →

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Flying in to Batanes

Posted on Monday, 17 November 2008 by nina

The flight out of Manila was scheduled for 5:50am. I still had work Friday night, so I was hurriedly finishing work-related things online. To my surprise, most of my travel buddies are also online on Plurk, which of course, made … Continue reading →

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Batanes Budget

Posted on Tuesday, 11 November 2008 by nina

Hola! I’m back from Batanes. I’ve yet to finish working on my photos for posting, so I’ll start off with our travel budget. Predictably, the most expensive part of Batanes travel is the airfare. Good thing Seair helped us out … Continue reading →

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Why I want to go to Batanes

Posted on Saturday, 8 November 2008 by nina

Batanes isn’t really one of the top tourist destinations in the Philippines. So why would I want to go there? It’s too far up north, that it’s closer to Taiwan than it is to Manila. Getting there is not easy, … Continue reading →

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