While a lot has been said about Siargao - all the good and the bad - I could not hold myself back from visiting this island over and over again. They say it's the Siargao "curse". Maybe? I don't know for certain. All I know is coming to the island gives me some sort of a reset.

By the end of September, I knew I had to come to my most favorite place for healing. Siargao has always ranked number one in that aspect. It checks all my boxes.
✅ great beaches
✅ surfing
✅ good food
✅ friendly people
✅ non-stop night parties

It has been 5 years since I made an informative blog post about Siargao, and so this time, I wanted to share with everyone all the deets in my latest Siargao retreat.

If someone asks me where my happy place would be, my answer would always be, without a doubt, the beach. As a semi-believer of astrology (yes, you can mock me about it later), my sign would actually support my love for the ocean. I'm a Cancer, by the way. Now, if you're anything like me and you also enjoy the waters, imagine this. You lay on your pizza-shaped beach towel (like the ones on Pinterest) while the heels of your feet touch the grains of the sand. With your earphones plugged in and Ehu Girl starts playing on your Spotify, you start to feel the invigorating rays of the sun tan the exposed parts of your skin. Turns out, getting golden suits you. Now, you sit up and gaze at the horizon between the sky and the sea. The cerulean sea roaring with huge waves is inviting, so you enjoy the rest of the day surfing and swimming - contented, refreshed and happy.

Let's do a little flashback.

About a year ago, after the stress of my academic life and the success of passing the board exams for CPAs, I had one of the best times of my life when I got to go on a vacation with my friends. And if you've been reading that blog post, you'll know why it was such a big deal for me. I considered it as the entrance to the realm of adulthood.

Now, I believe we've officially made it an annual thing to go on a week-long vacation every 2nd week of June. So for this year, we decided to go to the SURFING CAPITAL of the PHILIPPINES. Yes, you guessed right. SIARGAO, baby!

Get ready. This is gonna be one lengthy post 😄