Summary Beginning of the travel in Manilla, a very huge town of 11 millions of inhabitants.Philippe goes to the railway station, buys a ticket: then in the hall the people are queuing and waiting: then in groups of 2 persons there are entering into the suburban train,Philippe enters also and stays among a lot of women.He asked why there are so many women in the wagon and they explain him that this wagon is reserved for the women, but no problems because he is foreigner: these wagon for women have introduced because the women complained about the unpleasant physical contact.So Philippe goes later to the wagon for men where some men understand why the women want to travel between themselves, he sees a woman in this wagon, she explains him that she is with some friends of her and enjoy talking with them, but when the friends will go she will travel in the wagon for women.Then Phlippe stops in a place and takes a jeepney: the passengers explain him that people used old jeep of the US Army and transformed them into small buses with brilliant colors.Then Philippe go to the region of mountains y rice fields by jeepney.Then Philippe has to walk for 2 or 3 hours in the mountains.There in a rice field he meets women who are transplanting rice: the 90 year old woman explains that the women must transplant the rice because the the children go to school and the men have gone to work to the town .Philippe helps them transplanting some rice and they go to the village.Then she tells that she make natural tattoos with soot and water;so the women look nicer (this is a tradition of the Kalinga minority).Philippe notices that the old lady has a tattoo with the name of Francis: she explains that she loved a man called Francis from another tribe, but she could not marry him for the rivalry between tribes (a Romeo and Julia history) and she came back o her village and remained single.Then Philippe takes the train towards Alabang: Philippe speak with the train driver who must honk every time because children and adults are always crossing the line.On the rail Philippe sees "trolleys" ,platforms with seats which moves on the rails from a village to another village : this platform is pushed by a young man (when a train comes, they takes off the "trolley " and then put it again on the tracks.: the women explain that they used this transport instead of walking with heavy weights.Later Philippe visits the Manila North Cemetery: a young man is living in his family vault.Many families live there because they are impoverished and he is hair dresser in this place: they see a burial and Philippe notices that people are moving children above the coffin: the hairdresser explains that the soul of the dead will protect these children.There Philippe travels by train southwards to Legazpi.A passenger explains Philippe that the Mayon Volcano is the symbol of the Philippines,it's like a great lady and besides it's perfectly conical.Philippe goes near the Mayon Volcano which has been active 15 times since 1900 !. There are another 51 active volcanoes in the Philippines. Finally a travel by boat to the island of Coron (3 three days) : then Philippe goes to the mangrove : there a young Filipino shows him how he gets worms from the roots of a mangrove tree: after cleaning the worms (because there are full of mud and sawdust) Philippe and the young man eat the worms.

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