Cagayán Valley Region - Page 5

-=+cZaRiNa+=- · May 2nd, 2007, 05:54 PM

Pwede pa kayang mapuntahan ang Y'Ami island, yung pinaka-dulo ng Batanes... I mean, pinaka-dulong hilaga na talaga ng Pilipinas!

Lili · May 2nd, 2007, 07:15 PM

^ Very hot and humid dyan sa Batanes. Parang malagkit sa balat.

efp · May 2nd, 2007, 07:39 PM

Guys, in the unlikely event anything in the last couple of posts was aimed at me, apologies but I have no Tagalog. My loss.

kiretoce · May 2nd, 2007, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by efp

Thanks! I'm outa time now but more in a few days if they are appreciated.

They're very much appreciated!

Thanks for sharing....anticipating the next set of photos!

Quote:

Originally Posted by efp

Guys, in the unlikely event anything in the last couple of posts was aimed at me, apologies but I have no Tagalog. My loss.

Are you not Pinoy? Just curious....

Lili · May 2nd, 2007, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by efp

Guys, in the unlikely event anything in the last couple of posts was aimed at me, apologies but I have no Tagalog. My loss.

Beautiful shots of Batanes @efp. Pardon us for posting in Tagalog. Well, let me translate the Tagalog portions: @Czarina said that even if she has not visited Batanes yet, she wants to stay there forever. She was wondering if it is possible to go to Y'ami island, the northernmost part of the Philippines.

I said something about the weather being hot and humid there that it feels sticky to the skin.

efp · May 2nd, 2007, 08:47 PM

No need to apologise, we can't all be lucky enough to be born Pinoy....

. I was just concerned you might be asking me something and think me rude not replying. I am a Brit btw, but with a filipina wife and a deep affection for the Philippines.
Thanks for the appreciation, I will run in some more pix as soon as imageshack stops crapping out on me. Is there a better host?
As far as Yam'i goes, it's 5 years since I was in Batanes but I don't think much will have changed. You arrive on Batan which is beautiful, Sabtang is awesome but the ferry trip is hair-raising in anything but the calmest weather and Itbayat is a long trip and had no accomodation or transport and only one ferry a day if you were lucky so we were advised against it at the time. Yam'i must be way out further so I guess the only option would be to charter a boat. We went in the April/ May weather "window" when we were told conditions were at their kindest but even then the sea conditions were savage. It would be a brave trip, but I can see the appeal.

kiretoce · May 2nd, 2007, 08:59 PM

Try www.photobucket.com.

efp · May 2nd, 2007, 09:10 PM

OK, I think I'm getting the hang of this now... a few more.

Batanes Resort, near Basco. Gov't run, at the time the only "resort". Rooms, location and staff lovely. Food dreadful..

The port at Basco at sunset, from terrace at Shanedel's Inn. Recommended.

A cow in "Marlboro Country", SE Batan

View from Ivana across the channel to Sabtang. Looks calm but it wasn't...

kiretoce · May 2nd, 2007, 09:13 PM

Batanes is so verdant and scenic, and not so tropical-looking at all!

efp · May 2nd, 2007, 11:18 PM

Last for now.

Out guide Danny. If you meet him at the airport where he works, please give him our best regards and get me his email address which I lost. Typical Ivatan, honest and friendly. A thoroughly nice guy.

Builders at work

Sabtang native preparing food.

Northern coast Batan

Landing dock at Sabtang

kiretoce · May 3rd, 2007, 12:53 AM

Batanes is so beautiful! I wonder if their local tourism industry gets developed over time, will these tranquil and scenic vistas be overrun by the gaudy, kitschy, and tacky? I seriously hope not.

Lucentino · May 3rd, 2007, 08:39 AM

nice pics @efp... we are from the philippines but haven't been there --- talk about strangers in their own country...

Weather here might be as unforgiving as the North Sea eh?

Since I haven't been to Batanes, it makes me wonder if there are gas stations or do those boats fill up somewhere else... saw some pics showing presence of motor vehicles, but I believe the main mode of transport in some islands are bicylcles...

efp · May 3rd, 2007, 10:38 AM

Last few. Hope I'm not using up too much of peoples bandwidth..

The finest dining in town. Sorry we missed the Grand Opening...

A room with a view.

Compare and contrast. I believe this mansion and estate belongs to a top politician.

Rush hour in downtown Sabtang port...
I dont recall seeing a gas station but I suppose there must be one somewhere, probably in Basco port for the few vehicles there are. I guess fuel is distributed in jerry cans locally.

Lucentino · May 3rd, 2007, 11:30 AM

the politician's mansion, were you able to see the inside or was it off limits? it has a nice view of the surroundings for sure... i wonder where they get their drinking water...

nice restaurant -- how was the food? any "local" delicacy?

do you have a picture of the airport and some government buildings (the capitol or municipal buildings perhaps)?...

Thanks @efp!

-=+cZaRiNa+=- · May 3rd, 2007, 11:49 AM

efp, I love your pictures so much! Everything about Batanes is wonderful - in any angle, even its people.

Do you have pictures of the interior and the rooms of Shanedel's Inn?

efp · May 3rd, 2007, 12:03 PM

Lucentino, can't help you there. I was more interested in the rural areas. No we didn't go any closer to the politicians house, and I'm afraid I can't recall what the food speciality was, but almost certainly fish. They are big on garlic tho, they grow a lot of it.
All I can offer is this view of Basco from the old wartime radar station on a hill just outside town. The buildings with red roofs at upper right may well be municipal offices. Just took the snap because of the funeral procession going into the graveyard.

efp · May 3rd, 2007, 12:22 PM

czarina, thank you for your kind words. Again, I'm afraid I didn't take any pictures of Shanedels, other than this rather poor effort of my wife and friends at dusk on the terrace which doesn't tell you a lot.. But they had the best food in town and spectacular sunset views from there.
And now I come to think of it I believe the food speciality of the area is gin..

Lili · May 3rd, 2007, 12:24 PM

Is she your Filipina wife? She is very lovely. She looks like a beauty queen or a model.

When I was in Batanes, I stayed in the monastery of Sto Domingo church. I have to rummage for pictures because that was years ago. At that time, Batanes did not have those concrete houses with the red roofs as lodges. I think a good idea for Batanes is to have "bed and breakfast" facilities.

There was a thread here on abandoned lighthouses. We have discussed there that that is good idea to preserve and utilize those lighthouses as well as promote tourism in those beautiful places of the Philippines that are rarely visited even by Filipinos, and also to preserve their pristine state instead of building those structures that look incongruous with the place.

I wonder if Batanes would have such a lighthouse. Most probably, it is still operational.

efp · May 3rd, 2007, 12:28 PM

I am a very lucky man. Thank you.

[dx] · May 3rd, 2007, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by efp

Last few. Hope I'm not using up too much of peoples bandwidth..

I guess it's the same church shown in the photo below. It's beautiful.

I like the whitewashed building with arches and the strong, wide columns. It's got that authentic, old Spanish Mission feel to it.

image hosted on flickr

Thanks for the great photos, efp!

and yeah, your wife is lovely

May 2nd, 2007, 05:54 PM	#81
-=+cZaRiNa+=- --- Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queen City of the South Posts: 77 Likes (Received): 0	Pwede pa kayang mapuntahan ang Y'Ami island, yung pinaka-dulo ng Batanes... I mean, pinaka-dulong hilaga na talaga ng Pilipinas! __________________ Please edit your signature to conform with forum signature rules.

May 2nd, 2007, 07:15 PM	#82
Lili The Original is The Best Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New York Posts: 5,252 Likes (Received): 3	^ Very hot and humid dyan sa Batanes. Parang malagkit sa balat. __________________ Too Blessed to be stressed. Xocóatl is my elixir.

May 2nd, 2007, 08:47 PM	#86
efp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 41 Likes (Received): 0	No need to apologise, we can't all be lucky enough to be born Pinoy..... I was just concerned you might be asking me something and think me rude not replying. I am a Brit btw, but with a filipina wife and a deep affection for the Philippines. Thanks for the appreciation, I will run in some more pix as soon as imageshack stops crapping out on me. Is there a better host? As far as Yam'i goes, it's 5 years since I was in Batanes but I don't think much will have changed. You arrive on Batan which is beautiful, Sabtang is awesome but the ferry trip is hair-raising in anything but the calmest weather and Itbayat is a long trip and had no accomodation or transport and only one ferry a day if you were lucky so we were advised against it at the time. Yam'i must be way out further so I guess the only option would be to charter a boat. We went in the April/ May weather "window" when we were told conditions were at their kindest but even then the sea conditions were savage. It would be a brave trip, but I can see the appeal.

May 2nd, 2007, 08:59 PM	#87
kiretoce I got my eye on you. Join Date: May 2004 Location: United States of Amnesia Posts: 19,691 Likes (Received): 19	Try www.photobucket.com. __________________ You're gonna wish you never had met me. Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep.

May 2nd, 2007, 09:13 PM	#89
kiretoce I got my eye on you. Join Date: May 2004 Location: United States of Amnesia Posts: 19,691 Likes (Received): 19	Batanes is so verdant and scenic, and not so tropical-looking at all! __________________ You're gonna wish you never had met me. Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep.

May 2nd, 2007, 07:39 PM	#83
efp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 41 Likes (Received): 0	Guys, in the unlikely event anything in the last couple of posts was aimed at me, apologies but I have no Tagalog. My loss.

May 2nd, 2007, 09:10 PM	#88
efp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 41 Likes (Received): 0	OK, I think I'm getting the hang of this now... a few more. Batanes Resort, near Basco. Gov't run, at the time the only "resort". Rooms, location and staff lovely. Food dreadful.. The port at Basco at sunset, from terrace at Shanedel's Inn. Recommended. A cow in "Marlboro Country", SE Batan View from Ivana across the channel to Sabtang. Looks calm but it wasn't...

May 2nd, 2007, 11:18 PM	#90
efp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 41 Likes (Received): 0	Last for now. Out guide Danny. If you meet him at the airport where he works, please give him our best regards and get me his email address which I lost. Typical Ivatan, honest and friendly. A thoroughly nice guy. Builders at work Sabtang native preparing food. Northern coast Batan Landing dock at Sabtang

May 3rd, 2007, 12:53 AM	#91
kiretoce I got my eye on you. Join Date: May 2004 Location: United States of Amnesia Posts: 19,691 Likes (Received): 19	Batanes is so beautiful! I wonder if their local tourism industry gets developed over time, will these tranquil and scenic vistas be overrun by the gaudy, kitschy, and tacky? I seriously hope not. __________________ You're gonna wish you never had met me. Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep.

May 3rd, 2007, 08:39 AM	#92
Lucentino ® Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lucena City Posts: 1,582 Likes (Received): 6	nice pics @efp... we are from the philippines but haven't been there --- talk about strangers in their own country... Weather here might be as unforgiving as the North Sea eh? Since I haven't been to Batanes, it makes me wonder if there are gas stations or do those boats fill up somewhere else... saw some pics showing presence of motor vehicles, but I believe the main mode of transport in some islands are bicylcles... __________________ ¡ “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” — Jim Rohn *The Re-birth of the Philippine National Railways* tR

May 3rd, 2007, 10:38 AM	#93
efp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 41 Likes (Received): 0	Last few. Hope I'm not using up too much of peoples bandwidth.. The finest dining in town. Sorry we missed the Grand Opening... A room with a view. Compare and contrast. I believe this mansion and estate belongs to a top politician. Rush hour in downtown Sabtang port... I dont recall seeing a gas station but I suppose there must be one somewhere, probably in Basco port for the few vehicles there are. I guess fuel is distributed in jerry cans locally.

May 3rd, 2007, 11:30 AM	#94
Lucentino ® Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lucena City Posts: 1,582 Likes (Received): 6	the politician's mansion, were you able to see the inside or was it off limits? it has a nice view of the surroundings for sure... i wonder where they get their drinking water... nice restaurant -- how was the food? any "local" delicacy? do you have a picture of the airport and some government buildings (the capitol or municipal buildings perhaps)?... Thanks @efp! __________________ ¡ “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” — Jim Rohn *The Re-birth of the Philippine National Railways* tR

May 3rd, 2007, 11:49 AM	#95
-=+cZaRiNa+=- --- Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queen City of the South Posts: 77 Likes (Received): 0	efp, I love your pictures so much! Everything about Batanes is wonderful - in any angle, even its people. Do you have pictures of the interior and the rooms of Shanedel's Inn? __________________ Please edit your signature to conform with forum signature rules.

May 3rd, 2007, 12:03 PM	#96
efp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 41 Likes (Received): 0	Lucentino, can't help you there. I was more interested in the rural areas. No we didn't go any closer to the politicians house, and I'm afraid I can't recall what the food speciality was, but almost certainly fish. They are big on garlic tho, they grow a lot of it. All I can offer is this view of Basco from the old wartime radar station on a hill just outside town. The buildings with red roofs at upper right may well be municipal offices. Just took the snap because of the funeral procession going into the graveyard.

May 3rd, 2007, 12:22 PM	#97
efp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 41 Likes (Received): 0	czarina, thank you for your kind words. Again, I'm afraid I didn't take any pictures of Shanedels, other than this rather poor effort of my wife and friends at dusk on the terrace which doesn't tell you a lot.. But they had the best food in town and spectacular sunset views from there. And now I come to think of it I believe the food speciality of the area is gin..

May 3rd, 2007, 12:24 PM	#98
Lili The Original is The Best Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New York Posts: 5,252 Likes (Received): 3	Is she your Filipina wife? She is very lovely. She looks like a beauty queen or a model. When I was in Batanes, I stayed in the monastery of Sto Domingo church. I have to rummage for pictures because that was years ago. At that time, Batanes did not have those concrete houses with the red roofs as lodges. I think a good idea for Batanes is to have "bed and breakfast" facilities. There was a thread here on abandoned lighthouses. We have discussed there that that is good idea to preserve and utilize those lighthouses as well as promote tourism in those beautiful places of the Philippines that are rarely visited even by Filipinos, and also to preserve their pristine state instead of building those structures that look incongruous with the place. I wonder if Batanes would have such a lighthouse. Most probably, it is still operational. __________________ Too Blessed to be stressed. Xocóatl is my elixir. Last edited by Lili; May 3rd, 2007 at 12:31 PM.

May 3rd, 2007, 12:28 PM	#99
efp Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 41 Likes (Received): 0	I am a very lucky man. Thank you.

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