yep i came to philippines for week after a pinoy introduced me to my (now wife) maybs i spent 5 days here went back to uk sold everythink . And been here for 4 years now in zamboanga everybody said i was mad becouse its so bad here. my brother gave me year i d be dead or kidnapped..We go out to bars not to drink we dont, but for meals open bars with bands and clubs its a great place we drive to cebu/cdo/davao now and then for change but allways nice to be home in zamboanga we live 200 mtrs from maybs family And i heard lots things about haveing to support family with money. But none of it never ever asked for one php never, we do help but thats becouse we wont to not becouse we have to (thats diffrence) thay help us all time with advice and baby sitting our dogs while were away 2 dobbermans and german shepard 3 bassets and sasuage dog lol. we love dogs.So to any one thinking of comeing here people are great country is brill and weather wowwwwww just meet a nice person male or female thay are all nice gaz/maybs so smile and be happy