ike the waves of Siargao’s Cloud 9, the tear-shaped island was once still, then formed a promising bump, accelerated to peak, and come 2020, caved into silence again. Blame the travel restrictions that caused tourist arrivals to cease, which made a huge impact on the once-bustling surfing destination. Tourism activities and social gatherings were banned. Construction of resorts and villas was compelled to pause indefinitely. The island was on a months-long lockdown. These circumstances left a lot of locals
