The Foreigner found himself walking along a lonely road in an anonymous province of the Philippines. Somehow his travels had directed him into this heat-drenched land. He journeyed in search of meaning, instead he found Joel...

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And so an unlikely friendship begins based on the experiences of two very different men who forge a bond based on Joel's philosophies on provincial ghosts, the wonders of Siopao and a unique take on the history of the entire history of humankind.