Jonas Martin had been fascinated by sea travel and stories of daring men who got back with gold and booties. So when he heard of some galleons going on a journey to the Far east, he fought hard to get into one of them, facing all the surmounting obstacles before him. Finally finding a way, he mustered persistence and stamina to fight with scarcity, boredom and disease during the long rigorous voyage until he found his Ilang -ilang , a beautiful princess in Sugbo who likewise found him interesting and irresistible . They fell in love , fought with adversities, then ran away to her great-grandmas’ home where they hid from the ire of her people who were against such a relationship.