"Lakbayan" tells three tales of Filipino journeys. An unemployed cameraman joins a protest march of farmers asking the government to help them reclaim their ancestral land stolen by the powerful in "Desfocado". It is also the powerful that controls an island where a young miner contests the problems and the status quo in "Hugaw". A mosaic artist is empowered as he arrives at his destination while traveling from island to island in "Kabunyan's Journey".