This episode, we're going off the usual path - actually, quite a ways off from my studio in Toronto, back to where it all begins: the Philippines. We can't really "Explore Filipino Kitchens" without going back to the motherland, right? So today, no interviews - just some raw thoughts from my trip, instead - and you'll hear horns rise above the traffic of Manila, tricycles speeding by, the calm of the countryside and the best joke about a caterpillar. Let's go!
Show notes
02:05 A walk through the old walled city
05:15 Why "the middles" matter
11:45 At the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm
12:35 Growing SEED (The School for Experiential and Entrepreneurial Development)
15:30 Why I love the countryside
18:30 "What song does a centipede hate?"
20:05 Walang iwanan, or no one is left behind
21:50 The stories that get to the heart of me
29:00 A journey to ancestral lands
34:25 Planting black-eyed peas in a nursery in a valley
36:55 The Yangil Tribe
37:50 The importance of a light switch
38:55 On tourism that gives back
Links for this episode
Manila For A Day does tours which you should definitely check out. Highly recommended!
Visit MAD Travel for information about upcoming trips and the amazing partners they work with, like the super chill Circle Hostel in Zambales. Also follow them on Facebook and Instagram.
Check out Where to Next, you will love this feed!
FIND THE FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT HERE.