Yesterday we moved north to the second of the five provinces we will visit, Nueva Ecija. It is a marked contrast to the last province we were in, Bulacan. Bulacan is an urban province, in reality a bedroom province for Manila. It has all the characteristics of a city, traffic, large population, etc. Nueva Ecija is a rural province. It is a large plain between two mountains. From here one can not see the mountains at all. There are only fields of rice for as far as the eye can see. To a prairie boy it looks like home.
Munoz is called the Science City of Munoz. There is a university and several research institutes concerned with farming issues, aquaculture, buffalo and rice. This morning we met a young man from North Carolina who is here to study Tilapia farming.
Our workshops are going well and the teachers and Rotary members are so courteous that we are made to feel welcome at every turn. Our trip is exceeding our expectations.
A tropical paradise sounds good right now,seeing Nanaimo is still pretty cool for this time of year.
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