lors who operate cargo pump boats across the Babuyan Channel (which separates Babuyan from the rest of Luzon) usually carry with them a pig as a good luck charm. It is said that it was how the archipelago got its name. But since Babuyan is too far and too risky for me to explore, I’m in no position to confirm that story.

Thankfully, a simple library research gave me some answers. According to a book by Dominican prie