https://www.scmp.com/rss/517552/feed Jordan Winters is a Filipino-American journalist and National Geographic explorer. She is based between Manila, Philippines and San Francisco, US. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com You haven’t heard the ocean breathe until you’ve been on an indigenous sailing boat. The waves uncut by a propeller, the outriggers bend slightly, limber as the tree trunks they once were, working with nature instead of trying to tame the curling tides. There is no hiss of white foam crashing on a beach. It’s the rolling, surging silence you notice when the white noise of an engine is removed from the scene. This is the magic of the Balatik; an adventure of simplicity, of old ways. The vessel –... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3250132/no-mod-cons-philippines-outrigger-voyage-around-islands-palawan-instead-nights-under-stars-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3250132/no-mod-cons-philippines-outrigger-voyage-around-islands-palawan-instead-nights-under-stars-ocean?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Jan 2024 23:15:14 +0000