has to be palawan for me i spent a week there & absolutely fell in love with it
has to be palawan for me i spent a week there & absolutely fell in love with it
Good thread Englishman, hope it lasts a good time and gets filled with good info.
I'm a little bit like yourself in that I still did not yet finally settle on any one place.
I'm always changing my view on where to hang my hat.
Currently it's still somewhere close to Davao. I love Mindanao and Davao city has everything we need. My wife's main family is in the area, although not too close.
I've always felt that although we don't want to be too close to family, it's a good idea to be just close enough that someone is always there when you need them. Family will do anything to protect and help. Sometimes important for us foreigners..
Still loads of place to visit yet anyway.
Probably won't decide until been there for a couple of years.
That's my view too Terpe. TBH anywhere I settled there would be fine, but as I realistically can't leave the UK for another 17 years, it gives me plenty of time to explore and find the ideal placeOriginally Posted by Terpe
Dumaguete, why because I don't like over populated places like Manila and Cebu.
Dumagete is the fastest growing town in the Fils. Compact, got airport,shipping/pier,lovely boulevard with resto's, bars and very Friendly and polite Filipinos. (City of Gentle People)
It's on my list of places to visit, I've heard a few good reports about itDumaguete, why because I don't like over populated places like Manila and Cebu.
Dumagete is the fastest growing town in the Fils. Compact, got airport,shipping/pier,lovely boulevard with resto's, bars and very Friendly and polite Filipinos. (City of Gentle People)
are you having a laugh? Central Dumaguete has got to be most crowded place in the Visayas in the daytime. Traffic is terrible.
agree outside is brilliant, a small town like Valencia would be lovely, but you couldn't pay me to live in Dumaguete town.
No one is forcing you .... and that is just your opinion
If you want your dreams to come true ...... first you have to wake up
I've heard good things about Dumaguete too.
I'd move to Phils tomorrow if I didn't have my parental responsibilities here.
I wouldn't mind living in Subic. The beach isn't up to much, not a beach person anyway, but having the sea to to look out across is nice, and there are plenty of expats and accompanying facilities, plus easy access to Manila on the new highway.
I did live in Angeles City for 3 years, and ran a business there (NOT a girlie bar),
and also I lived far out in the province for months on end, but had the ex's family around then.
Also had an apartment in Pasay, Manila before I was married, but just too much pollution in the capital.
Anywhere will do me !
Its only pricey if you want to live like a tourist!!Panglao/Alona Beach is lovely, much nicer than Boracay, I was it's what Boracay should be like if it wasn't full of disco's, posh hotels, hookers and touts. It is a bit pricey though, on par with Boracay, but i imagine that is down to the diving schools attracting large numbers of Koreans with big wallets.
Loads of reasonably priced restaurants and bars for us locals!
By far, the best beaches are the Bohol beach club area and a bit further round the island over at Dolho..
The cheapest 24 hour stays range from 700.00 (with motor bike) to 5000 P..The most expensive resort here will set a family of 3 back 140,000 PHP per night.
There is one more beach here that I prefer to those mentioned above but it wont be for long if I advertise it!!
Cheers,
Fred.
im from bulacan so it's definitely in bulacan,...for me its a rural-urban combined...if u want a life in the farm, or in the subdivison village, to be in the mountains...24 hours transpo, malls, supermarket, hotel, resorts, bars and restaurant, 40 mins drive or less to manila and to pampanga, 2 to 3 hours drive to the beautiful beaches of zambales....the train from manila to angeles is under constraction again so its very accessible going north and south.
What do you think of Ilocos?
well ian , yesterday i was going to sort of ask this same question , but could not get on the site, i have not seen much of the phils yet to say thats the place, emma would like to be close to her family around cavite but i would like trhe beach a little closer and not as busy , i am still hoping to find that place soon and be there in say 8 years time, when we deside to go back to the phils for good all we shall have is our savings a little pension if it still has anything to give plus our house here, either rent it or just sell up, so what we are looking at in say around 8 years time will be about £50000 cash and then rental from my home, or sell it and have more cash,bohal does sound and look very nice
If you are seeking perfection, you will never find it. All I need is somewhere safe to bring up my family, be it here in Swindon or Bicol. What matters most to me is, who you are with. You could be living in a total hell hole but, if you have your soul mate by your side, it will seem like heaven. Just my thoughts
Yes, you are so right gWaPito, rich or poor... it all depends on who you have to love and love you.If you are seeking perfection, you will never find it. All I need is somewhere safe to bring up my family, be it here in Swindon or Bicol. What matters most to me is, who you are with. You could be living in a total hell hole but, if you have your soul mate by your side, it will seem like heaven. Just my thoughts
If you want your dreams to come true ...... first you have to wake up
Trying to narrow down 1 place to live in the phils is very hard.
On each visit I find a stunning new location.
Think that the more you explore the harder the choice becomes.
The GF loves travelling around and would be happy to settle anywhere.
I was watching Micheal Palin last night, he was in the phils and showed 4 or so places approx 10 yrs ago and it looks like very little has changed to date.
I have the same problem, every time I go I see another new place I love. It's another 17 years or so until I retire, so I'll just keep on going to different places until I retire, and the decide.
I'd forgotten about the Micheal Palin - Pacific Rim series, I'll have to You Tube it. Which places in the Phil's did he visit?
With unlimited funds, here in the UK without a doubt, health care, schooling etc etc the list goes on. I would be a liar if I said otherwise.
I haven't the funds so it will be The Philippines, we will be economic migrants, that's the sad fact of it, unless a lottery jackpot arrives
I asked my Wife this, where would you like to live? camiguin, boracay or in the province? she replied that she loved those places but she couldn't live there as there is no Jolibee!!
I asked my Wife this, where would you like to live? camiguin, boracay or in the province? she replied that she loved those places but she couldn't live there as there is no Jolibee!!
I think that we would have to live within a reasonable distance from my wife's family, so North Cebu Island when we decide to go one day
Just spent 7months in Tagaytay with my wife we rented a house there, we where married there also on the 28th December 2010 ..its a lovely place but i would never live there (Tagaytay) ..why ..because its just to darn cold!!! the weather is more like it is here in England although of course you do still get ur hot sunny days but not many ...2009 we spent several months at white beach in Puerto Galera and loved it so maybe around that area or somewhere far out in the province we would choose. With regards to work forget it, there is no work for a foreigner there, the only way to survive is from savings or running ur own business ..The Philippines is the best place in the world to be if you have money, if you do not it is the worst place in the world to be imo.
Zebu Zoo.. i mean C.E.B.U.......
Excellent place,perdices street is tricycle central nowadays,I remember it 20 years ago,I am there most years.Dumaguete, why because I don't like over populated places like Manila and Cebu.
Dumagete is the fastest growing town in the Fils. Compact, got airport,shipping/pier,lovely boulevard with resto's, bars and very Friendly and polite Filipinos. (City of Gentle People)
I dont intend to retire to Pinas,but if I had to it would be south-mindanao somewhere,zambo,cotabato,maybe Davao?
Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the passion that she shows to the outside world.
Is it safe, Zambo,cotabato?. Yeah perdices street in midday chokes but the boulevard makes up for that.
Yeah mate,Zambo and cotabato are as safe as anywhere I guess,been to a lot riskier places and my lucks always held,I could walk through London tomorrow and be mown down by a bus
Your right about the boulevard at night,very relaxed atmosphere,great place to sit and take stock of the world.
Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the passion that she shows to the outside world.
Fantastic photo's Imagine, it looks stunning there, just a shame Scotland's so far north :( my body needs tropical sunshine
thanks englishman, yes its cold here near the bloo toon, this little north east corner , the colds painful on my bones,
some beutiful beaches rattray and scotstown, if only they had that tropical sun,instead you get sand blasted lol: . i cant wait to feel the heat, i dont mind if i complain its too hot
I never complain about it being too hot in the tropics, I make the most of it when I'm there. Coming from a cold, grey and damp island in the North East Atlantic sunshine is a raritythanks englishman, yes its cold here near the bloo toon, tis little north east corner ,the colds painful on my bones,
i cant wait to feel the heat, i dont mind if i complain its too hot
Learn this Stewart...too mainit...pronounced like you read it ma-in-it...means too hot (though it could be bisayan & not tagalog?)i cant wait to feel the heat, i dont mind if i complain its too hot
Nice photo's
It is Tagalog.Learn this Stewart...too mainit...pronounced like you read it ma-in-it...means too hot (though it could be bisayan & not tagalog?)
Nice photo's
And of course 'malamig'...cold.
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