Many foreigners do smell bad! It always amazed me that when I lived in Thailand, a hot and sweaty country if ever there is one, bad body smells were almost non existent - except from foreign tourists!
I was on a bus once and a foreign guy next to me smelt really really badly of sweat. I was worried because i was sure the other people on the bus would think it was me - so i made a great show of covering my nose. When the other guy got off, the smell went away, and an old lady next to me laughed with me about it.
On the other hand, Thailand is a smelly country, and I am sure the Philippines is the same? It is hard in such a hot place to get rid of rotting smells and the smell of sewage from time to time. Mix that with lots of pollution, and I'm not sure I wouldn't prefer sweaty arm pits!
Ian
