So... we have it all wrong. Umbrellas are not to keep you dry. They are to keep you white. Philippine people want to be white. The pool attendant in Manilla was telling me about her cousin who uses whitening cream and takes injections in pursuit of the perfect skin colour. It is funny to be on the beach here in Borocay. Philippine people are all hiding out under the trees and white women are stretched out, half naked on the beach. The people here, understandably, just don't get us.
They won't even walk from the aircraft to the terminal without protection.
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