Problems deLuxe

23. May 2021, Sunday
11° 7' 3" N, 119° 15' 21" E


In these times, many people are annoyed about the fact of the Corona-related travel restrictions, they are annoyed not to be able to visit restaurants, bars, discos or cinemas.
Granted ... it sucks!
However, if you compare this with the corona-related problems of people in poorer countries in the world, the problems are very quickly put into perspective.
We get to know a couple of fishermen on an island who have come here with their small plywood boats hundreds of kilometers across the open sea from Cebu in order to find a little livelihood in these difficult times.
Fish, dive for mussels and sea cucumbers to dry them and eventually sell them to Chinese traders for little money.
The fish and sea cucumbers are actually much too leash, have not yet reproduced and should actually remain in the sea ... but ... there is no alternative for these men. They need money to buy food for their families. It is true that the state also ensures lockdown here, closes a lot and makes people unemployed without any social network.
The little help that sometimes arrives is stolen by corrupt local politicians. Unfortunately, thoughts about nature conservation are an absolute luxury problem here.
Nevertheless, the people here have not lost any of their warmth and their amiable manner. We always feel welcome.
Frel interprets the curious questions of the fishermen. For example where I come from. I tell about Germany and our problems with diesel driving bans, gender mania and electric cars as well as decommissioned functioning power plants and the Greta generation.
I reprimand you politically correct as I am with a wink, also explain that it is racist in Germany to ask someone where they come from ... people laugh and say I am a funny person who tells a lot of incredibly funny stories. Well ... seen in this way, there is a lot to laugh about in our world today. ;)