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How to Get to Buscalan: A Practical Guide

By PinayTraveller on June 10, 2013

I’ve been getting e-mails and PMs from readers and friends asking me all sorts of questions about our trip:  how The Hubby and I got to Buscalan in Kalinga, where we stayed, how much we spent etcetera etcetera. So instead of answering the e-mails/PMs individually, I’m posting this Practical Guide on how to get to […]

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Getting Inked by Whang Od

By PinayTraveller on June 3, 2013

My husband and I wake up at six in the morning,  still a little groggy from last night’s wedding eve party.  We are up in the small village of Buscalan in the Cordillera mountains.   Weddings here are celebrated for two consecutive days and last night,  it seemed that the whole village joined the revelry […]

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Buscalan: A Warm Welcome

By PinayTraveller on May 21, 2013

    The village of Buscalan in Tinglayan  sits prettily on top of a mountain, some 2,000 feet or so above sea level.   The village of Buscalan in Tinglayan  sits prettily on top of a mountain, some 2,000 feet or so above sea level. It is home to the Botbot Tribe, one of the […]

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The Long Walk to Buscalan

By PinayTraveller on May 16, 2013

  My husband and I are in the middle of a long trek going up to the remote village of Buscalan in Kalinga, Philippines. We are on our way to see the famous tattoo artist Whang Od, said to be the last Kalinga tattoo artist of her generation.     My heart is pounding. And […]

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Off to See Whang Od

By PinayTraveller on May 10, 2013

The trip was supposed to happen on the same day that Hubby and I were wed nine years ago.  We were going to celebrate our wedding anniversary in another country, as we have been doing for the past five years now. But things don’t always go as planned, see, and sadly, the trip fell through. […]

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