"Three years ago I'd never given a thought to visiting the Philippines. It wouldn't have appeared in even my top hundred places to visit. Come to that, I'd never thought of re-marrying."
So starts Johnnie Johnson's Philippines travelogue, a fascinating diary of his two-month stay.
Johnnie finds Manila a city of confusing contrasts but he's off to rural Central Luzon, where the beauty of the rice fields captivates him.
"Had you seen it in a painting you would have complained that the colour was just too green, too bright."
Johnnie spent much of his time in Papaya, a small town in Nueva Ecija.
"The writing is so vivid – funerals, street urchins, visits to the dentist, the village barber, the role of the 'helper'. I really felt I was experiencing it all at first hand. -- Anne Chetwynd-Stapylton, poet and traveller
"This is a lively and often very amusing travelogue," writes Richard Holdsworth author of 'Six Spoons of Sugar.' "The author even confesses the reason why he never wears shorts in public! And he reassures us that he did not find his Filipino wife on eBay or through a dating agency."
Mike George, author of 'California – or Bust' comments: "Despite all of the knock-about in this book there is a deal of close observation, often poetically expressed, of a rural community in central Luzon. And it's a joy to read."
You don't need a Kindle to read this book. You can download Amazon's free e-reading apps for PCs, Macs, iPods and smartphones.
So starts Johnnie Johnson's Philippines travelogue, a fascinating diary of his two-month stay.
Johnnie finds Manila a city of confusing contrasts but he's off to rural Central Luzon, where the beauty of the rice fields captivates him.
"Had you seen it in a painting you would have complained that the colour was just too green, too bright."
Johnnie spent much of his time in Papaya, a small town in Nueva Ecija.
"The writing is so vivid – funerals, street urchins, visits to the dentist, the village barber, the role of the 'helper'. I really felt I was experiencing it all at first hand. -- Anne Chetwynd-Stapylton, poet and traveller
"This is a lively and often very amusing travelogue," writes Richard Holdsworth author of 'Six Spoons of Sugar.' "The author even confesses the reason why he never wears shorts in public! And he reassures us that he did not find his Filipino wife on eBay or through a dating agency."
Mike George, author of 'California – or Bust' comments: "Despite all of the knock-about in this book there is a deal of close observation, often poetically expressed, of a rural community in central Luzon. And it's a joy to read."
You don't need a Kindle to read this book. You can download Amazon's free e-reading apps for PCs, Macs, iPods and smartphones.
