Thursday, November 02, 2006

Jagna

So my new local friends, two sisters, invited me to visit them at their home on the other side of Bohol. After spending a night in Tagbilaran we got the bus to Jagna.
This town was a bit smaller, "provincial", this means no shopping mall or cinema.
Their extended family live in the same area so I met loads of uncles, sitting around and fixing the fishing net. Then the dad arived with the catch of fish, loads of tropical ones in all colours, I'm sure nemo was in there.
Their home was just back from the sea which meant i got a chance to go snorkling and join the family for a picnic on the beach.
The transport around town consists of motorbikes turned minibus modified to take up to ten pasengers.
It's striking that everone in the philepenes want to get out of the country.
I met bank employees retraining as nurces because a job in a bank is too risky,
when your boss nicks the money you go to jail too!
The next most popular option is to get a foreign husband, or boyfriend willing to pay for a ticket.

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