Hidden on the west coast of Luzon, Nagsasa Cove is not listed in any guidebooks, and many Manila residents claim no such place exists. Twenty years ago, it did not. The Philippines has a secret.

Pinatubo spewed out dark clouds of ash that fell on Nagsasa Cove. Today ... From the sand grew rows and rows of agoho trees with their pine-like needles, which the locals said weren’t there ...

Nagsasa Cove was reportedly formed when Mt Pinatubo erupted in 1991. Pine seeds swept into Zambales, giving birth to an alien nation of evergreen trees on a tropical beach more likely to host a ...