My favorite place in the Philippines (and in the world) is Batanes. I could go on all day talking about it, and how I enjoyed the ride on the falowa to the next island. And how amazed I was with the Honesty coffee shop. I tell my friends "wala kang karapatan mamatay (you should not die) unless you have been there".
If you have been there, what places did you visit? Would you be back there?
2007-07-29 16:28:22 · 7 answers · asked by boyplakwatsa.com 7 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
Yes auggee, Batanes is not for the people who would prefer 5-star amenities. It is a major attraction to an entirely different set of people.
2007-07-30 20:35:58 · update #1
Yes Jan-na, that would be ok. We have a group that goes there almost as some "pilgrimage" every February - march. Lory Tan of WWF is also a Batanes regular.
2007-07-30 20:38:21 · update #2
planning to be there next year, have to let the storm season pass...
you bet, i can't die now, i haven't been to batanes yet.
2007-07-29 17:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by MAGpie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, i haven't been to the island of Batanes. But, we share the same fascination for the island and it's people. If i earn enough, first in line to visit is that island. The place is very rustic and bucolic, it's like time stand's still there. Local's tagged the place as the New Zealand of the Philippines, because of it's nice and cool weather and of course it's beautiful hills! I plan to stay there, granted that i save enough in the future i'll purchase a lot there and build a stone house just like the natives. Probably i'd go biking the whole day, across it's hillside singing along the poetry of Batanes' notorious wind. You should try to visit the island of Boljo'on in Cebu, if you liked Batanes, most likely you'll love Boljo'on.
2007-07-29 16:40:40 · answer #2 · answered by Adi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been to the Hundred Islands, Boracay and Dakak. These three can't be compared with one another since they offer different lures to different peoples. I still have to see Palawan and I heard that it's a good and refreshing place to go. Batanes? I don't know; I heard it's very rural and for people who are used to a lot of amenities, Batanes is not an advisable place.
2007-07-29 16:50:29 · answer #3 · answered by auggee68 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Batanes is a good place to visit, its on my list of places to visit in the Philippines. Someday if I had a lot of time I will visit Batanes.
wink-wink, penguins can't lived in Batanes.
2007-07-29 17:07:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i live on the southern part of mindanao. it is sad that the regular plane fare from general santos to manila is more expensive than a flight from manila to hongkong. it was only when cebu pacific ("it is time that every juan flies")entered the picture that domestic tickets are starting to be cheaper. i just hope that with the coming of cebu pacific's atr 72-500 this 2008, they could serve batanes and other parts of our country.**
2007-07-29 16:45:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i havent been to batanes. i have been in ilocos norte. pagudpud, vigan, antipolo, pangasinan, boracay, cebu, puerto galera.
planning to go to palawan, camiguin, bantayan island.
i think one of the best place in the philippines is cebu!
2007-07-29 17:48:56 · answer #6 · answered by nome 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i havent visited that place yet. but if i'll go there, i'll contact you so i can ask some tips. would that be ok?
2007-07-30 05:20:47 · answer #7 · answered by jan-na~♥~ and im luvin it 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋