Weekly Photo Challenge: Green

I see nature when I think of green.  I see green when I think of Batanes… Batanes is the northernmost part of the Philippines.  One of its islands is actually closer to Taiwan than the Philippine mainland.  It is also the country’s smallest province both in population and land area. And although Batanes Group of…

Batanes: Home of the Winds (and good-natured people)

Batanes is the northernmost part of the Philippines. As the song goes by the number one longest-running noontime show, Eat Bulaga, “Mula Batanes…hanggang Jolo” which roughly translates to ‘From Batanes to Jolo’, Batanes is really at the very tip of northern Philippines. One of its islands is actually closer to Taiwan than the Philippine mainland.…