More Than Just Another Paradise
The surf is what attracted me to Siargao in the first place. I’d been researching about the surf scene in the Philippines and the first thing that came up on my search engine was a breathtaking image of Cloud 9, Siargao’s most iconic wave.
I was around 20 years old and was attending university in California. At the time, I was spending my weekends and vacation days working at my friend’s hotel in Costa Rica. When I wasn’t at work, I was surfing in nearby waters. Thus, my addiction to the sport began to grow stronger by the second.
When my family in the Philippines asked me to visit one summer, I asked for one thing in exchange for giving up my vacation time and flying home—for the family to spend some time in Siargao.
So, the trip was planned, and before I
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