Photo study of typical Ivatan Homes - Batanes tour report by #Jorgeustraveler (?)

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines   |  January 31, 2015

            Atypical 2 storey  Ivatan house near the church at Savidug

It is 3 days now and I am not finished posting/reporting the travel we had in Batanes for 4 nights and 5 days.  I must have taken 500+ pictures.  Thrice, my camera battery went dead.

The following are pictures of Ivatan homes, with most of them 80% intact at Sabtang island namely at Savidug and Chavayan communities.  There are some at Uyugan, Ivana, and even in Basco.

Chavayan and Savidug missed being World Heritage spot because there were many homes that were remodelled.

At Savidug

                  See the smooth wall with lime mortar

                   Trying  gimmick shot;  the ceiling/roof is low

                     The last typhoon did the roof down

                    The roof is protected by net to prevent wind and birds from destroying the same.

                  The cogon roof

               
 The Ivatan homes alley is lined up with electric poles

What are these strange flying objects flying over #BascoBatanes?

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines  | January 30, 2015

Just as I was taking pictures of sunset, this author saw in the skies twin lights that were noticeable over the horizon.  First we thought they were stationary but later on their position were rapidly changing.

We thought that they could be comets!?? But they could not be moving that fast.

Later we surmised that they could be jets and the white streaks to be their contrais....

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                   Comets?  Aliens?  Do they  signal start of War?

It was ominous, because later on we learned the massacre of 44 SAF PNP members

Sun views (sunset and sunrise) at #Batanes

Wheels of Happiness

Rizal Philippines  |  January 30, 2015

                  Sunset at Marine Sanctuary at the back of Batanes Resort

This author took pictures of sunrise and sunset at Basco Batanes.   But the sunviews at Laguna Lake near the MM are more marvelous because of air pollution.   The sunviews at Batanes are simple and not as stunning in MM.  Here are some of them

Sunset at Basco Beach

                      Silhoutte of beachcomber at sunset

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                      Gone is the sun, but light still remained

Sunrise at Tukon Hills (near Mt Carmel Church)

                       A glorious morning sunrise just began

           Sun rises over the Pacific Ocean

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                      Sunrise as viewed from behind the trees

                   Coconut trees outline vs golden clouds

           Mt Carmel chapel slowly being bathed in sunlight

                  The sun has risen at the East

        The tree leaves and branches look golden at sunrise

       Spectacular sunrise shot of sunrise off Pacific Ocean

          The top of radome is golden because of sunrise

                Clouds cover the top of majestic Mt Iraya

                      Basco town being bathed by sunlight

                    A different view of Mr. Carmel

         One of the cattle roads (only cattles pass this road)

                  The waiting shed near the PAG ASA radome

                  A hillside grazing land being swathed by sunlight