Quote Originally Posted by London_Manila View Post
Minadanao is still on the UK'S governments "essential" travel only advisory

I would imagine that advice is for a reason
Mindanao is a big island,20-25 years ago parts of it felt like the wild west,nowadays apart from pockets of trouble it doesnt seem to have the edge it once had,of course there is always the wrong time wrong place variable,but i have lived in an ARMM region,been to zamboanga,ipil etc loads of times,even stayed in sitangkai for several months and made back-door trips across to sabah with people smugglers,i always felt completely safe,but it just takes one incident i guess,my lady recently had to travel to meet governor tan down in sulu,4 of his bodyguards accompanied her from zamboanga,some people take their personal security seriously.