Montesquieu and O’Connor and Archival and Baricuatro

Montesquieu, on one hand, found, to his surprise, America with a dynamic governmental order very much opposite to his lowly expectation.

- Aven Piramide

O'Connor, on the other unexpectedly discovered Porak in the Philippines, with no wifi, no internet, no Starbucks, MacDonald's and 7-11's, no tall buildings, no air-conditioned homes, no private cars but a young boy Jomar, who always greeted him “Good morning, Joe”, an Aling Rosa who would ask him time and again if he had food to eat, an Emil who simply scratched his head when O'Connor chastised him for arriving at 8:15 A.M. while they agreed to meet at 7 A.M., an unfamiliar tricycle driver who took off his raincoat for O'Connor to shield himself from a punishing rain. Yes, the San Diego, California native O'Connor found the Philippines peopled by a race much better to live with.