Living Off-Grid With The Aeta In The Mountains

Added: 2026-06-04

[00:00:05][laughter] >> Hi.

[00:00:19]Hi.

[00:00:20]Oh.

[00:00:22]>> Where do you sleep? My house.

[00:00:23]>> Ah, where?

[00:00:24]>> Mama.

[00:00:25]>> Oh, your mama.

[00:00:27]Oh.

[00:00:28]Her name?

[00:00:29]Baby.

[00:00:31]The one who The one who called you.

[00:00:35]Ah, but But no service. No service.

[00:00:39]>> No.

[00:00:41]>> Oh. So I have Wi-Fi?

[00:00:47]No.

[00:00:47]>> No.

[00:00:48]>> Oh, okay. Oh, this is enough.

[00:00:51]Oh, there's signal.

[00:00:51]>> There is.

[00:00:52]>> Ah, okay.

[00:00:56]We sleep We sleep inside?

[00:00:59]Okay. Thank you so much.

[00:01:05]Our home for the next 1 week.

[00:01:11]Oh, I'm so happy.

[00:01:22]Hello po.

[00:01:25]Hi.

[00:01:28]Welcome home.

[00:01:34]This was the last thing we ate in Balakayo.

[00:01:37]>> Yes.

[00:01:37]>> The first thing Oh, bye.

[00:01:41]>> Bye, thank you.

[00:01:42]>> Thank you po.

[00:01:47]>> The guide is gone.

[00:01:51]We got our a welcome gift.

[00:01:56]The last thing we ate in Balakayo, our last home.

[00:02:01]home.

[00:02:01]>> Last meal.

[00:02:03]>> And the first thing we're eating here in our new home.

[00:02:09]>> [music] >> And jackfruit happens to be our favorite.

[00:02:17]Thank you.

[00:02:21]Juice. [laughter] Thank you.

[00:02:27]Matamis.

[00:02:29]Sugar?

[00:02:31]Matamis.

[00:02:32]>> [music] >> Matamis.

[00:02:37]Matamis.

[00:02:41]>> [music] >> Wait, naum.

[00:02:44]Mami.

[00:02:49]Naum is hot.

[00:02:54]Bali.

[00:02:55]Bali.

[00:02:59]Bali.

[00:03:01]>> [music] >> In in Ma.

[00:03:07]Mahampas. [music] Is welcome. Welcome.

[00:03:12]And thank you.

[00:03:17]Also Where is juice for Kuya?

[00:03:26]Tagalog.

[00:03:34]>> [music] >> People die.

[00:03:39]Die, people.

[00:03:43]Marami.

[00:03:45]Marami, many.

[00:03:47]Many. Marami.

[00:03:50]Mata.

[00:03:52]We already home.

[00:03:55]Now we're going to do a quick tour of the farm.

[00:04:10]It's ready.

[00:04:14]Coffee.

[00:04:20]Wow.

[00:04:22]We good?

[00:04:23]Okay.

[00:05:01]Which one is this?

[00:05:03]Which what?

[00:05:04]Badola?

[00:05:09]Badola Badola Badola.

[00:05:23]You go first water.

[00:05:25]And we have We go.

[00:05:40]English nosebleed.

[00:05:45]>> [laughter] >> You nosebleed >> I don't speak Tagalog.

[00:06:21]>> Everyone family.

[00:07:01]Which mountain?

[00:07:02]>> Yeah.

[00:07:02]>> Which name?

[00:07:03]>> mountain >> mountain >> Yeah.

[00:07:15]>> What what's the name of the mountain?

[00:07:16]>> Yeah.

[00:07:17]>> mountain mountain >> mountain mount love >> mount love >> Yeah.

[00:07:24]>> Oh, yeah. Oh, mount love.

[00:07:25]>> Yeah.

[00:07:26]mount Elska >> mount Elska We try.

[00:07:29]>> Yeah.

[00:07:34]>> Like this?

[00:07:35]>> Yeah.

[00:07:37]>> Oh.

[00:07:37]>> Yeah.

[00:07:40]>> Huh.

[00:07:41]It's so hot.

[00:07:43]Mhm.

[00:07:48]>> Is it wild >> wild Yeah. wild fruits.

[00:07:59]>> Not much [laughter] taste.

[00:08:02]Everything?

[00:08:03]>> Yeah.

[00:08:04]>> So, what's the name again?

[00:08:06]>> banayoyo >> banayoyo >> Mhm.

[00:08:12]Mhm.

[00:08:13]>> This one >> Mhm.

[00:08:15]>> is I I >> don't know what that is.

[00:08:25]>> So, this is I love >> Yeah.

[00:08:27]>> on I love that.

[00:08:30]>> At I don't know what I'm allergic to and not.

[00:08:33]We eat everything.

[00:08:34]>> Yes, yeah.

[00:08:35]>> Thank you.

[00:08:37]One for the road.

[00:08:38]>> One for the road.

[00:08:42]>> Let's go fetch water.

[00:08:47]I love >> I love >> I love I love is sweet.

[00:08:54]>> [laughter] >> is sweet.

[00:08:55]Oh, it's sweet.

[00:08:56]>> sweet >> sweet I feel so at home.

[00:09:01]>> I know.

[00:09:02]>> I think it's been like 3 hours 2 2 3 hours and since we got here.

[00:09:12]>> That's the time I think they love it this >> Yeah.

[00:09:15]Wow.

[00:09:20]Ah, for drinking.

[00:09:23]>> drink >> Ah, it's drink.

[00:09:36]I >> Like that.

[00:09:44]>> [music] [music] >> This place is beautiful.

[00:10:33]It's magical.

[00:10:34]>> It's magic.

[00:10:35]>> But this is just magic.

[00:10:37]>> I think you have to be here to experience this.

[00:10:40]>> I don't even think we'll be able to capture it as It's really impossible to do.

[00:10:45]>> [music] >> to do.

[00:10:46]>> Yes.

[00:10:47]But we'll try. But Yeah.

[00:10:51]We don't speak the same language. We all Small small of each other's language.

[00:10:58]>> But it's We understand each other. That's the most important.

[00:11:02]>> Yes.

[00:11:03]And there's no sign language. You can't even [music] >> Ask her to translate.

[00:11:05]>> Yes. Yes, to translate.

[00:11:09]>> All is well.

[00:11:10]We work with a little that we both know.

[00:11:13]>> And so Somehow we just fit in like so effortlessly, I would say.

[00:11:20]>> And we feel at home.

[00:11:22]They've allowed us to stay here up until here from Tuesday today to Tuesday all the way to Sunday.

[00:11:28]>> Yeah.

[00:11:29]>> So that's a whole blessing. So we're going to enjoy every single day >> Yeah. of this week.

[00:11:49]Okay.

[00:12:00]So, how many people eat dinner? How many people?

[00:12:05]How many cups?

[00:12:07]No.

[00:12:09]Yeah.

[00:12:12]15 >> [laughter] >> raining Okay, so We find you like Oh, we wait. Okay.

[00:13:26]>> Okay.

[00:13:27]>> Okay.

[00:14:08]>> What do you put inside? [music] No, we don't. Oh, you put papaya?

[00:14:15]Yeah.

[00:14:17]What else? Only [music] papaya?

[00:14:29]>> [music] >> You go get papaya.

[00:15:18]So, we get [music] more papaya?

[00:15:26]>> Ah, we change the clothes in the CR.

[00:15:28]Ah, we change the clothes, not shower first.

[00:15:42]Oh, you change the clothes.

[00:15:49]Oh, now we go.

[00:16:14]We go.

[00:16:16]Tarana.

[00:16:18]Tarana. Tarana. Tarana, son.

[00:16:23]Taray.

[00:16:25]Tarana sa ilog kabatuan.

[00:16:27]>> [music] >> You shy, dad?

[00:17:03]Shy?

[00:17:05]Who is shy?

[00:17:07]My It's my sisters.

[00:17:12]My sisters.

[00:17:17]My My My sisters.

[00:17:26]Kapatids.

[00:17:29]>> Kapatid. You say kapatid.

[00:17:32]>> Kapatid?

[00:17:44]Time to take a shower.

[00:18:52]We're done taking a bath. We've enjoyed every part of it. The river is so refreshing.

[00:19:01]And it's just so nice to spend time with them.

[00:19:04]And learn more from them.

[00:19:09]I can't wait to do this for the next 1 week.

[00:19:13]Going to have such a good good time over here.

[00:19:31]Everyone family. Everyone is coming.

[00:19:36]One barangay's family. Sugar.

[00:19:39]What do you want?

[00:19:41]Um >> What?

[00:19:51]>> [music] [clears throat] >> Tomorrow?

[00:19:58]Mhm? Fish?

[00:20:02]Tomorrow what? Weekend?

[00:20:04]Fish?

[00:20:05]>> Fishing. Yes.

[00:20:06]>> Yes.

[00:20:07]>> Okay.

[00:20:07]>> Yes.

[00:20:09]>> Morning.

[00:20:09]>> Okay.

[00:20:10]>> What time?

[00:20:13]Eight. Okay.

[00:20:29]Um or what?

[00:21:05]Very very happy very happy.

[00:21:08]>> How do you feel? happy How do you feel?

[00:21:13]Happy?

[00:21:14]We are so happy to be here.

[00:21:33]Very and here is Very delicious. Yes.

[00:21:50]How about you?

[00:21:54]How are you feeling today?

[00:21:57]Really?

[00:21:58]How are you feeling today?

[00:22:00]I'm so happy.

[00:22:02]We are so happy to be here.

[00:22:05]>> [laughter] >> We eat guava tomorrow. I will eat guava tomorrow.

[00:22:16]We eat guava.

[00:22:18]I like Sorry.

[00:22:22]We go get water.

[00:22:46]Oh, wow.

[00:24:09]>> [music] [music] >> Story time. They're saying about April 1st, 1981.

[00:25:53]Then what happened during What happened?

[00:26:03]Migration.

[00:26:04]So, people migrated from To where? To where?

[00:26:20]How many people died?

[00:26:22]Did people die?

[00:26:23]>> Um 1,000.

[00:26:25]1,000.

[00:26:30]>> 1,000 plus, right?

[00:26:36]What about this barangay? Was it affected?

[00:26:43]Affected also?

[00:26:44]So, from all the way from there to here?

[00:26:54]My life >> Three nights what?

[00:27:00]Fire?

[00:27:05]No morning. No morning.

[00:27:07]>> Every night dark for three days.

[00:27:09]>> Dark for three days?

[00:27:15]Okay, so when the eruption happened for three days there was no night. There was no day. No, it's like there was no >> darkness.

[00:27:22]>> It was just darkness.

[00:27:24]>> Very affected people.

[00:27:27]>> Oh yeah, darkness.

[00:27:29]>> Rain sand.

[00:27:30]>> Rain sand.

[00:27:31]>> Rain sand.

[00:27:32]>> Rain sand.

[00:27:33]>> Rain sand.

[00:27:33]>> It rained sand.

[00:27:35]>> Oh, it rained sand.

[00:27:39]What?

[00:27:41]The The You see the crater lake, the water?

[00:27:45]Um it came after eruption.

[00:27:50]Or was it there before? Was it Was the lake before eruption?

[00:27:55]Or after eruption?

[00:27:57]>> After eruption.

[00:28:01]>> They come the the the lake.

[00:28:04]Then after the lake, the water, the river.

[00:28:08]Where?

[00:28:20]This she I in villa?

[00:28:23]So when it happened then Lola move. Where did Lola go?

[00:28:43]>> Then back >> After >> Eruption.

[00:28:48]>> All the houses affected. The houses affected. So, she has to build again.

[00:28:51]>> New house, new house, new house.

[00:29:18]>> [music] [music]