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Breathtaking Batanes !

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all photos ©alana2013 please do not use photos for whatever purpose without the author's permission Scenes from the Islands of Batan and Sabtang Very common mistake among visitors is to call this the Mahatao lighthouse. This is actually the Tayid Lighthouse located in Mahatao. The real Mahatao lighthouse that dates back to the 1700s has been destroyed. Cows grazing on dramatic cliffs is just one of the breathtaking views of Batanes Fundacion Pacita Row of stone houses at Chavayan Village, Sabtang Island. Some of the stonehouses are now ruins. An Ivatan woman wearing her vakul at Chavayang Village Common scene at the Chavayang Village Daily life at the Chavayang Village By the beach at Sabtang Island An Ivatan on her way home from work A goat grazing at a hillside near the Tinian viewpoint An Ivatan woman we call "Auntie" demonstrated to us how she creates a vakul, similar to what she is wearing. Nakabuang