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

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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

From CNN - Red Cross official estimates death toll from Typhoon Yolanda could reach 1,200

Real Cyclists

From CNN News | by Andrew Stevens and Faith Karimi  updated at 9 pm


 
 Tacloban airport was totally destroyed;  I was there last year

Death toll could reach as high as 1,200 according to  Gwendolyn Pang, secretary general of Philippine Red Cross:   1,000 from Leyte and 200 from Samar.  More precise number could be determined by Sunday.  Much is not known from remote coastal villages where communication has been cut off.  This is also true for Cebu.  Daang Bantayan is inaccessible according to Dennis Chiong, head of Provincial Disaster and Risk center, where more than 3,000 residents need food and water.

The typhoon moved at a fast speed of 41 kph and and typhoon winds  covered area the size of Germany and typhoon clouds covered a distance of 1,000 km roughly the distance from Canada to Florida. 

The very strong winds tore roofs, windows and cut a wide swath of destruction

 
 A soldier inside the Tacloban airport control tower


  What happenned?  What hit our kababayan?   Tsunami or an atom bomb?  Let us pray for them and help them