There can be no other beach as intrinsically endowed with the spirit of a Philippine castaway than Sugar Beach in Sipalay, Negros. With about four beach-bum bungalows run by Europeans of varying origin (though mostly German speaking), Sipalay is surely a place that is easy to get caught up in, quickly losing track of the days and weeks and months. To get to the island, a circuit of conveyances – ranging from trikes, buses and boats – have to be taken, eventually leading visitors around a cove that is lit at night by fireflies that cling onto mangroves. Such is the seclusion of the beach, that if you find yourself in a bout of rain, you will find that is it also impossible to get a coconut-based drink. Why, you may ask, only to get a nonchalant response from one of the weather-withered owners: “Coconut trees are too hard to climb if they are wet.”
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