terraces are a Unesco World Heritage Site. The locals, far from the impiety of their ancestors, are hospitable, very calm and helpful, and have not yet been corrupted by the greed that accompanies the arrival of mass tourism. Mayoyao, despite the beauty of the place and the innumerable attractions (waterfalls, rivers, unexpected corners, an abandoned “Spanish trail,” a magic stone, indigenous funerary monuments and some inhabitants very proud of their culture and ready to help and inform the foreigner), hardly any tourists come, who choose — or are induced — to stay on the most frequented route of Banaue, Batad and Sagada, which have unavoidably already lost a big part of their original charm and authenticity. The accommodations are very basic and to eat you have to go to one of the butcher shops that are in front of the municipal market.