Mangos on the beach

There are two things about my childhood in the Philippines that I remember being incredibly good that I haven't been able to find an equivalent for since. One is mangos and the other is the beaches. I have searched in the US, Mexico, Thailand and Indonesia (haven't been to Sulawesi or Maluku yet) and haven't found the beaches yet nor the amazingly sweet and yellow mangos. someday I hope to find these again but in the mean time, a friend here at school just got back from the Philippines to attend a wedding. She brought back some dried mangos for me since I always talk about how good they are there! Not as good as the fresh mangos but better than I have had in 15 years. Thanks so much!