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    buying your dream place

    just wondering, i have tried to look at differant sites but no joy, so i was wondering if anyone here knows, if we brought a lot what do you use for the wast water and sewage,, i know how to get water and electric to the lot but the others are confussing me, any help or sites would be welcome


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    Can't help with sites Steve, but Septic tank is the norm in the Phils.

    I once spent quite a few hours unblocking the pipe to one.


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    thanks Graham, thats all i needed


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    You need some of these Steve
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    i could have done with them on my last trip,reminds me still have lots to say about that, but i think i bored lots on here


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    Quote Originally Posted by stevewool View Post
    i could have done with them on my last trip,reminds me still have lots to say about that, but i think i bored lots on here
    I know the feeling Steve, I never bothered finishing off my write up about Vietnam as only the same couple of people bothered to respond


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    Come on Steve and Englishman, your threads weren't boring
    Thanks - again - for posting, look forward to more when you have time .
    Next month we can look forward to Graham's report !


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    Hey you guys, they were really interesting reports !

    Please don't be put off.

    Just because not everybody responded to them doesn't mean that they weren't well-read and enjoyed.

    PS....my report will be mainly of interest to backpackers and those who have very shallow pockets, a keen eye for a bargain and a steely constitution.


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    Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
    PS....my report will be mainly of interest to backpackers and those who have very shallow pockets, a keen eye for a bargain and a steely constitution.
    I'm looking forward to yours Graham, I'm sure it will be very entertaining, and I hope to pick up a few tips from a wise and thrifty Yorkshireman (that's polite for old and tight)


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    [QUOTE=grahamw48;338120]Hey you guys, they were really interesting reports ! :xxgrinn
    those who have very shallow pockets, a keen eye for a bargain

    are we related, graham


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    Yes you posts were great guys thanks. I guess this dream house is in the phils steve? Thinking of emigrating mate?


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    Quote Originally Posted by andy222 View Post
    Yes you posts were great guys thanks. I guess this dream house is in the phils steve? Thinking of emigrating mate?
    yes my plans and my dream, bohol or panglao is the place


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    I'll do my best, but not sure if I've still got the stamina to walk it from NAIA to Ermita this time,
    or spend 11 hours hitching up to York from Heathrow through the night in my tropical clothes and minus 1C temp.

    The things I do to save a few quid.


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    You should invest in a fold up bike, and take it on board as hand baggage. It will save on public transport costs getting to the airport and the added bonus is you can use it when you get there too


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    Have you ever priced up one of those pukka super-lightweight folding bikes ?

    I could fly to Manila and back twice for the cost of one.

    I do actually have a cheaper version here in my garage, and I also used to cycle all over the place when we lived in the Phils for 3 years one time.


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    I know they aren't cheap, but you have to treat it as a long term investment and look at how much you could save on transport over 5 years plus. Yes, I remember you saying you used to cycle a lot, hence why I mentioned it


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    yeah septic tank, they are fibreglass tanks now , but can be built using bricks and cement, as long as its built to proper specs, the size for either depends on how many bathrooms toilets ect, the septic tank must have a run off to expell the overfill while it leaves the soilids inside, the run off should go into a soak away ( a hole dug out and filled with suitable rubble,, pebbles ect, the land must be suitable to soak it in, as long as the water has been through the soak away any run off from that can then go to a stream or river or just onto a suitable patch of land, i dont know the regulations for phil,
    but thats a general idea of it


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    I enjoyed reading your threads Mr Steve Thanks for posting. It was like reading a pocket book.


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