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#EatSurfCoffeeRepeat in Siargao
Siargao is world-renowned as the surfing capital of the Philippines, thanks in large part to the legendary Cloud 9 wave. When I recently travelled to the Philippines, I spent more than a week on the island. That said, I did not surf at Cloud 9 itself, but at Paradise and Talisay instead. Finding a surf school is easy. I personally surfed with Marama Surf Club. A two-hour lesson costs 1,400 pesos (£17), though you can get a small discount if you buy a five- or ten-lesson pass. Beyond surfing, Siargao is equally loved for its laid-back island atmosphere, with trendy cafés and restaurants lining the main road in General Luna,…
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Island-hopping in the Philippines
The Philippines is made up of 7,641 islands; of these, only around 2,000 are inhabited. Interestingly, it has the seventh-highest number of islands in the world, after Sweden, Finland, Norway, Canada, Indonesia, and Australia. The country has an area of approximately 300,000 square kilometres and a population of around 117.7 million people. It ranks as the 14th most populous country globally. Before my three-week trip to the Philippines earlier this year, I had no idea about these facts, and I couldn’t name a single island. In this post, I’m not going to share the exact itinerary that I followed; instead, I’m going to describe the one I would have followed…