Fresh fruit is plentiful in season, but despite the tropical environs, fresh vegetables are often hard to come by.
Below, a young boy wades into the greasy-gray waters of Marikina River to gather kangkong for the family meal. Kangkong is a spinich-like vegetable used in several Filipino dishes that, depending upon where it is harvests offers an excellent source of vitamin C, iron and by times an assortment of heavy metals.

Culture

Culture Shock
Culture Shock: Twelve students of the YWAM Ships Kona Discipleship Training School take 3-months to visit remote tribal villages and urban communities in Papua New
Now that will put hair on your chest, Popeye!
Glad to hear that everyone is continuing to have rewarding and safe travels!
kangkong is very nice especially when cooked like adobo. i just don’t eat it when i’m in manila… 🙂