◇Hidden gem

Limasawa Island

A tiny island at the southernmost tip of Southern Leyte where Ferdinand Magellan's expedition celebrated the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines on March 31, 1521 — the event that initiated five centuries of Christianity in the archipelago. A modest shrine and the Magallanes-Pigafetta marker stand at the likely site. The island has no hotels, no beach bars, no souvenir shops. Getting here is a project that rewards the committed.

📸 Gonchang (CC BY 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons; EAZY Traveler via eazytraveler.net

Maya Reyes

Looking for the slow places. Manila → wherever.

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