A group of indigenous Taiwanese left on Monday (June 15) to paddle to the Philippines on a hand-built wooden canoe across the Bashi Channel, reviving a maritime route dormant for hundreds of years and re-establishing a lost cultural connection. - REUTERS

Indigenous Taiwanese paddle to the Philippines on long-lost route

A group of indigenous Taiwanese left on Monday (June 15) to paddle to the Philippines on a hand-built wooden canoe across the Bashi Channel, reviving a maritime route dormant for hundreds of years and re-establishing a lost cultural connection. - REUTERS

Published: 16 Jun 2026