Splayed out like a shattered jade dinner plate across the South China Sea, the Philippines is home to nearly 8,000 islands, many adorned with stunning white-sand beaches and breathtaking landscapes, and a population of just over 100 million. Weathering generations of bloody conflict, political upheaval, destructive earthquakes, and severe flooding…
With gin-clear waters and staggeringly tall limestone rock formations that lord over the ceramic sand beaches of the northern tip of Palawan Island, El Nido is the Philippines’ glittering jewel of the South China Sea. Rivaling its western neighbors Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, and the Phi Phi Islands of…