BUSCALAN: Home of the Oldest Tattoo Artist | Apo Whang Od

This December my friends, a handful of volunteers, and I took on the 15 hour journey up the mountains to Buscalan Village, home of the oldest tattoo artist in the world and last living mambabatok — Apo Whang Od

We were welcomed with open arms and were able to distribute our donations to the children of the village. Apart from that, we met with several local tattoo artists knowledgeable in the art of Batok—their traditional tattooing technique (almost 1,000 years old!)

Our weekend up north was filled with so many highlights that I just hope I was able to capture and give this amazing province justice through this video.

Enjoy! ♡
- Nicole

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Time Stamps ♥
00:00 Preview
00:20 Intro
01:17 Meet Up
01:40 On Our Way
02:21 Dinner @ Mcdo
03:16 Stop Over
04:24 Arrived at Buscalan
05:05 Start of Hike
06:00 Arrived at Homestay
07:00 Packing of Donations
08:28 Going to Falls
10:44 The Batok Tattoo
11:00 My First Tattoo
12:12 Dinner
12:45 Post Dinner Antics
13:23 Day Two
15:07 Breakfast
16:14 Pila for Whang Od
16:43 Picture Taking
17:25 The Dilemma
18:00 The Chaos
18:17 WTF
19:58 The Aftermath
20:52 Hike Back Down
22:08 Picture Taking
22:39 Headed Home
24:43 Dropped Off
24:49 The End

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