to be honest with you if you did make it to the u.k you would probably have a hard time in a small village. Being gay in a city is a whole lot easier as there will be gay communities to mix with but a small village I think you will come up against narrow minded people who will disapprove of your relationship also with such a big age gap on top. He wants to keep his sexuality secret because he knows what might happen in such a small village and could get hounded out. Being gay in the philippines is far more open and accepted from what I can see here.