There is, in fact, such a place in the Philippines: the remote village of Chavayan on the island of Sabtang in Batanes ... Cove and its hidden white-sand beach. Frozen in time At the end of ...

I was taken aback when our tour guide, Remy, made this off-the-cuff remark at the start of our much-awaited Batanes sojourn ... re lazing around the Morong beach, appreciating the pastoral ...