Twisted Vagabondage Tale From The Philippines III

After the solitary and starlit night previously related, some guests arrived at Bantayan Island beach resort. There were those cockfight enthusiast Norwegians, a Swiss couple working in the area, plus a German businessman with a cement company. He had spent many years in Colombia and said it was not as dangerous as people assume, strangely adding, “Of course, you have to hire private bodyguards.”

Twisted Vagabondage Tale From The Philippines II

In our last episode, we wondered aloud why cockfighting abounds in this remote part of The Philippines. As a supplier of millions of chicken eggs, Bantayan Island (also called Egg Island) offers byways punctuated by ubiquitous wooden coops and the best breakfasts in Southeast Asia. We're not just talking eggs and bacon, but the national dish of chicken adobo, which to my untutored eye resembles cannibalism on sticky rice. There are over 5 million roosters and hens on Bantayan, despite over 150,000 local inhabitants going through them rather quickly, not only in the cockpit but also in the crockpot.