Boracay island is much-touted for its sugary white sands and amazing sea and sky views. Life in this famous getaway is also often the reason people keep coming back. From long, lazy days spent swimming, skimming the waters or sipping margaritas at sunset, to pulsating, balmy nights sampling the many different cuisines available in the island or partying like there�s no tomorrow � Boracay, it is often said, offers the best of all worlds.

But just when you thought nothing else could surprise you in this perennial favorite destination, Discovery Shores comes along.

Suddenly, this one-of-a-kind resort along the famous White Beach has everyone agog over its incomparable brand of hospitality. Not for Discovery Shores is just the usual Filipino welcome � they wash your feet, too � in petal-strewn water, no less! A champagne bubbly, or perhaps a refreshing glass of iced pandan water, comes as a pleasant surprise when your tastebuds probably expected the usual iced tea.

Researchers dip into bag of tea's health benefits

Can imbibing tea affect brain waves -- or perhaps more astonishingly, thwart the development of lung cancer?

A growing number of scientists, including a team on Long Island, theorize that tea is far more complex than most people might think. As a result, they are exploring new ways to uncover the chemical secrets nature has tucked into the leaves of green and black teas.

"People have been drinking tea for 5,000 years, and many cultures have used teas for medicinal purposes for just about that long," said John Foxe, a professor of neuroscience and biology at the Nathan Kline Institute in Orangeburg, N.Y. Foxe, who studies the effects of tea on the brain, presented data at a tea conference Tuesday at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington.