There is, in fact, such a place in the Philippines: the remote village of Chavayan on the island of Sabtang in Batanes ... and the picturesque Mahatao lighthouse. Midway lies Barangay Savidug ...

Batanes is composed of eleven tiny islands. Of these, only three are inhabited (Batan, Itbayat, and Sabtang) while the islets of Dinem, Siayan, Ditarem, Misanga, Mavudis, Dequey and Vuhus are all ...