Camiguin Island: Paradise in the North
Camiguin Island (different from the island-province of Camiguin in Mindanao) is one of the five major islands of the Babuyan Group of Islands. It is located in the Luzon strait and north of Luzon mainland, about 100 miles in the northern most part of the Philippines. It is separated from Luzon by the Babuyan Channel and from the Batanes Islands up north of Balintang Channel.
It is about 300 statute miles from Manila City and 120 nautical miles from the town of Claveria on the northern coast of the Province of Cagayan. It is under the municipality of Calayan, the 29th town of Cagayan. It has a population of 4,580. It is divided into three barangays, Minabel - with 1,640 population and about 322 households, Naguilian - with 1,500 population and about 315 households and Balatubat with - 1,440 population and about 306 households.
Fantastic Shot… Ive been there as well last summer// I wasnt able to get a photo as beautiful as yours…. good job
@Miko
Thanks for that wonderful comment… your the first to post comment in this blog… Im sure you guys enjoyed your camiguin trip…
Very nice silhouettes.
i suspect the shot was taken in barangay naguilian. if the picture was taken in barangay balatubat, the pamoctan island could have been bigger.very good lens technology
i am a calayano,its a great thing that you have posted something here at the net for the world to know how fascinating our place look like.
Very nice shot!!! i just remember where i came from, i know this shot was taken between naguilian and balatubat, i was born in this place, naguilian sitio banua in 1970, thanks for posted this pic in the net.