CAN YOU BE homesick for a part of your country you’ve never known? In October, about a year after I moved from Manila, the Philippine capital, to New York City, I booked my first trip to Siargao (pronounced “shar-gow”), a small, pear-shaped island in southern Philippines. Glossy international magazines had just starting touting it as the “next Bali” and the “world’s best island.” Missing out on its sudden jet-set status felt almost unpatriotic. A two-and-a-half-hour flight from Manila, Siargao has been a poorly kept secret...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 01, 2020 04:52 UTC