The Filipino-American Bryan Benitez McClelland came to the Philippines after college thinking he would stay for six months. 17 years later, he’s settled in the country running bicycle tours, advocating bamboo and trying to protect Batangas’s coastal environment. He’s even become a Filipino citizen who votes in every election.

He tells Howie Severino what made him stay and how his bamboo bike company survived the pandemic.

He’s taken up an extreme water sport called “wing foiling,” which has taken him far from shore and made him appreciate the sea environment in new ways.

Producer: Eumer Yanga

Researcher: Jenica Villanueva

Editor: Jayr Magtoto

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