Batanes Revisited 2008
Some of my 4R Printouts of my Batanes Captures
It’s been 4 years since I have been here and since then I’ve always wanted to go back. My first trip to Batanes has been one of my most memorable travels since then. And when the chance to go back there came knocking in, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. Batanes has this long lasting charm that holds you once you have stepped up on its land. And now thanks to Epson Philippines, Geiser Maclang and fellow bloggers Juned as well for the referral, the dream of going back has been fulfilled. And the charm of Batanes is still there.
Souvenirs from Batanes. Check out those almond eyes. Cute eh?
The photos above were printed there in Batanes as well. Epson Philippines introduced their spiffy new multi-function printers and were able to print our works. They also have this Photo Essay contest which has the theme “Convergence of Elements” in which we’ll submit on our final day. I’m really not much into contest and wasn’t really minding it while I was shooting around Batanes but hey since we’re already there and they got some cool prizes, why not? So from the scattered photos from the first pic, 7 of those (on the surface layers) were my entry on my essay entitled “Batanes: Shaped by the elements” and each of us get to explain our works. Luckily, I got one of the 3 Special awards on the factor of having explorations and tourism/travel shots so I get to get home one of their cool printers same with Mimi for her creative shots and Hannah’s simple yet meaningful presentation. The 2nd price went to Aj’s environmental essay of “I am not Plastic” and top prize goes to Joey’s creative story telling entry of “The journey of life in Batanes”
My 2008 cartwheel in Sabtang. Taken by Eric.
I won’t make this long as I have to really rest now and will fill in the details next week. It’s been a travel packed month and next month even more with the Holy Week vacation upon us. This Batanes 2 days Photo Safari is really an exciting and truly very memorable travel to the team of 28 people who traveled on one boat to Sabtang and back. I’m sure you’ll read more of it from other bloggers and probably with the media people among us. For the meantime, a couple of sleep from now, I’m off back to Visayas again for more photo safari exploration.
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February 21st, 2008 at 1:59 am
Awesome! Been wanting to go to Batanes but I have no oppurtunity yet. There’s so much to see around the country and being away with limited vacation, I don’t know which place to start! I do hope to visit Batanes soon…
February 21st, 2008 at 9:35 am
Known as the most visited by typhoon , where people are known to have no windows or dorrs facing north, Batanes to me is a very enigmatic place
I’d love to to eat their famous coconut eating crab whose flesh reportedly tastes like having gata 
I hope I can visit this place someday.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:39 am
wow, going back to batanes remains to be a dream as for now. btw, i owe you one – for bringing the rd to lola ida. see u sat bai!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Hi Ferdz, you do make a great cartwheel!
What a life you must led, all those fantastic travels. It sounds like fun, and I bet it’s really fun too.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:23 pm
oh wow. is this the same Photo Safari the one that Mandy Navasero is conducting? or not? i am planning to enrol there. dapat nitong holyweek (6 days photo safari) kaso di ako umabot. kakaingit ka Ferdz, hehe.
so you actually met Mimi and Karl? hehe. those are the nicest people (although i haven’t met them yet). magagaling na fotogs din. looking forward to your next post.
February 21st, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Nice, magkano budget for 3 days?
February 21st, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Wow! Lucky you !
February 21st, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Wow, you can do cartwheels! I only can do that when I was a kid, now, I doubt so. Haha!
Anyway, I’ve heard that Batanes is really beautiful and I’m hoping that I can go there one day. Did the film, Batanes; show the surroundings of the area itself?
(:
February 21st, 2008 at 9:54 pm
grabe! sick leave ako today! pero i really really enjoyed our Batanes photo safari.
bukas may isa pa akong press event, makati. LOL
February 21st, 2008 at 11:02 pm
next time you go, can i go too? please?
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:03 am
[...] of the special awards were Mimi, Ferdz, and Hana (my co-point-and-shooter, Markku’s Pangga). I got 1st Runner Up and Joey won [...]
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
I saw ,I watched,I heard about this Batanes a thousand times in TV,movie,radio….and was marveled the beauty of the island…wish I could be there too and takes some piczzz
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Batanes will be my ultimate trip. I have been dreaming of the place for almost five years now. Urrghhhh. Gotta go there.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Woooow!!! ganda ng mga pics mo! amazing! na excite tuloy ako sa exhibit mo
More Power! :0
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Hi Ferdz,
The Epson team would like to thank you for joining us in this most memorable trip.
Your photos are great! Hope you enjoy the Epson printer too. More printing for you!
I definitely agree that Batanes is a wonderful place and I would love to be back soon. It’s amazing…the sceneries and the atmosphere up there is worth the scary trips.
February 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 am
[...] contest. Also please visit the Batanes blog entries of our travelmates: Markku, Joey, AJ, Juned, Ferdz, [...]
February 23rd, 2008 at 12:10 am
Congrats! Galing ng Photo Safari mo! AT ang galing mo rin mag cartwheels! lolz!
February 23rd, 2008 at 4:13 am
Ferdz, I got something for you here.
I like reading all about the places you’ve been.
February 23rd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
ang galing! iba level ka na talaga
February 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
ako kaya? kelan kaya ako makakarating ng batanes? tagal ko nang pangarap yan
February 24th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
batanes wait for me!!!! hahaha. congrats on the special awards. wala lang, ini-invite invite ka na lang ngayong, ibang klase. hehehe.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
hayy.. i first saw the pictures of batanes from your blog and ever since then i want to visit the place.. ;p
February 25th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
My officemate is from Batanes and I’ve heard so many wonderful things about the place from her. So nice sana to go there but I know the pamasahe is quite expensive but someday…someday.
Hey congratulations!
February 26th, 2008 at 2:06 am
I remember those Batanes posts from last year. Looking forward to your posts about the place.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
grabe! kami hanggang plano pa lang, samantalang ikaw twice nang nakapunta dun? huhuhu, where is justice?
ay congrats pala! hehe
February 27th, 2008 at 10:39 am
hi ferdz! congrats ulit! it was nice meeting you. wonderful pictures and great site you have here. makes me want to pack up my bags and travel more! hehe. kudos! =)
February 27th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
@ Nina: That’s the beauty here in the Philippines. There’s so much variety and lots to see. And I hope Batanes is one on top of your list.
@ BW: I finally got to taste Coconut Crab there. It almost taste like a regular crab, but the pinchers have more meat than the body. Very enigmatic place indeed
@ Lagalog: No problem. She was really happy seeing her picture there. Too bad she doesn’t get any royalties from any of those published works.
@ Shoshana Haha. Thanks! I had some pain on my legs after. hehehe
@ Rayts: Hi, this trip was sponsored actually by Epson and we were there for 2 nights. Mimi and Karl are such an nice and talented couple.
@ Mandaragat: I think AsianSpirit have this package tours amounting 16000 per pax. A bit expensive but if you do your own thing, it could get cheaper.
@ Sidney: Thanks!
@ Kyels: hahaha! Thank god I can still do hehe. It’s a really beautiful place! One of the best in the country. I did some videos of it and will show later.
@ Eric: More events for you to come.
@ May: Why not?
February 27th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
@ Eric: The movie is just a tip of the iceberg. Though it’s a good one, it only showed a portion of Batanes.
@ Lawstude: You gotta go man. You won’t regret it.
@ Dyanie: Thanks! Ako rin. hehe
@ Erika: Thank you very much Erika and for Epson for inviting us. Really enjoyed the trip.
@ Baklang AJ: Haha. Maraming Salamat!
@ Soshona: Wow! Thank you very much! Really appreciate that award.
@ Backpacking Philippines: Haha Salamat. Di naman.
@ Tin-tin: Hi, plano plano lang. I’m sure you’ll be able to visit the place.
@ Barrycade: Haha. Na swerte lang.
@ Tina: I’m sure you’ll get a chance to visit the place one of these days
@ Verns: Yeah, the airfare is quite expensive that’s why I didn’t think twice. There are promos sometimes and I guess you just have to watch out for it.
@ Wil: Yep, hopefully I could run them through soon.
@ Zherwin: Haha. Salamat. Naka swerte lang at naimbita sa 2nd time.
@ Hana: Hi fellow awardee. Nice meeting you with your Pangga. Salamat!
February 28th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Uy pare, nice shooting with you sa Batanes! Next time ulit, sa ibang lugar naman. =)
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:11 am
[...] 202 combo sufficed. Wedding photographers Mimi and Karl; Karl being the hero of Sabtang, yo! Ferdz, the returning Batanes visitor, who told us his boat ride from Sabtang wasn’t so lucky: his [...]
March 4th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
Just a short article that though sufficed for printing, captured neither the exhilarating trip nor the beauty of Batanes.
http://www.pcworld.com.ph/?_s=7&_ss=P&P=3&PN=6423&L=H&II=579&ID=H,579,PWP,PWP-16
March 6th, 2008 at 11:28 am
batanes.. batanes.. batanes… kelan ba ako makakarating dyan?? hehehe..
March 12th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Wow! Free trip to Batanes!
Congrats on the special award!
March 31st, 2008 at 12:37 am
hi! i like to know when is the best time to visit batanes? how much does it usually take you going there? it’s in my top list of places i like to visit one day that’s why i really like to know a lot of things about Batanes.
smiles
may
May 14th, 2008 at 11:27 am
[...] part of the Batanes trip last February was also a streak of luck since I was able to have a contact with Epson Philippines. I asked them [...]
November 23rd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
can you email me hotels where i can stay and suggested tours for 4d/3n. Thanks
January 5th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
hi sir,
great site, helped me a lot in planning for my anawangin trip. i’m planning an economically sound trip to batanes this coming holy week, and i would like to ask if you happen to know or happen to know someone who knows, how to get there by boat. i’ve read somewhere that there is a boat called the ivatan princess from san fernando, la union to basco but when i asked, they said that the said trip was no longer available. kindly advise if you know of a boat plying to batanes which doesn’t require someone to travel to aparri. thanks a lot.