📍 Coron
Diving Coron's WWII wrecks — a bucket-list trip
Coron is a wreck-diving paradise. We dived the Irako and the Akitsushima — eerie, enormous and covered in coral. Above water, Kayangan Lake is the clearest wat…
📍 Cebu
A budget week in Cebu and Bohol with kids
We flew into Cebu and did the Kawasan Falls canyoneering — the older kids loved jumping into the turquoise pools. Then we took the fast ferry to Bohol. The Cho…
📍 Siargao
Siargao surf trip: from total beginner to standing up
I had never surfed before. I booked a 3-day course at Cloud 9 and by day two I was riding the white water all the way to the beach. The island is magic beyond …
📍 Palawan
10 unforgettable days island hopping in Palawan
We started in El Nido and spent four days doing the island hopping tours A and C. The lagoons were beyond anything in the photos. Tip: do Tour C early before th…