Funny how Filipinos remark, “It’s like you’re not in the Philippines!” when referring to beautiful places. Like Batanes which is compared to New Zealand because of its rolling hills, and some areas are even dubbed Marlboro Country by foreigners. I’d say it’s the Bhutan of the Philippines, not because it looks like Bhutan but because this could be how it feels like being in Bhutan considering their environmental conservation efforts and how its people seem to live a simple, peaceful, happy life. Pretty much like how the Ivatan people of Batanes are.
Batanes is a protected area in its entirety which helped preserve the natural beauty of the place. It is also an organic zone, has high literacy rate, with low poverty incidence, and almost zero crime rate. Now who wouldn’t want to visit a place like that?
Last week, I was able to enjoy what the province has to…
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