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Philippines
A small plane from Manila to the Philippines' northernmost islands — closer to Taiwan than to Luzon's cities.
A homestay among Ivatan stone houses built to shrug off typhoons.
Rolling green headlands over a violent sea, an honesty café with no staff where you leave payment in a box, hedgerow-lined hills that look like the Faroes went tropical, and the gentlest people in the archipelago.
Bike the Vayang rolling hills at dawn, then buy coffee at the Honesty Coffee Shop and overpay the box.
March to June
Dios mamajes — thank you, in Ivatan.
Barangay by William Henry Scott — pre-colonial Philippine culture, of which Batanes keeps the most.
Sabtang island by falowa boat — even fewer people, even older stone villages.
Flights cancel with weather regularly and typhoon season is real — build slack and travel insured.