Coco Grove

Because the Embassy observes both American and local holidays, Easter weekend was a five day weekend for us. Hooray! It was also the weekend of our fifth anniversary so we went on our first trip together outside of Manila. We stayed at a beautiful resort called Coco Grove on the small island Siquijor. I looked at pictures online so I expected the island and beaches to be beautiful, but I was still awed by how lovely it actually was in person. I kept telling James that everything was so gorgeous that being there didn't seem real! Coco Grove is a very spacious resort, so although we were there during their peak season we still felt as though we had the place to ourselves. It seemed the other guests preferred the pools to the beach because most of the time the beach was empty. They have two restaurants at the resort and the food was great and prices were much cheaper than even eating out in Manila. The mango and pineapple smoothies were delicious and the girls loved them. It was a very relaxing weekend and I'm grateful for such a fun and memorable anniversary.