Notwithstanding an air of uncertainty about making it to Basco, partly because several of my friends had failed to do so despite careful planning, and since typhoon after typhoon have ravaged Batanes ...

One must fly from Manila or Clark to Basco in Batanes, travel by land to the ... and the picturesque Mahatao lighthouse. Midway lies Barangay Savidug, another community known for its well ...

The capital of Batanes Province is Basco and is under Region II which is 860 kilometers north of Manila. Basco is on Batan Island. Batanes is the only province in the Philippines declared in its ...