Yes I understand what your saying about the pollution in Manila it is quite bad but that's where we are looking to stay for just a while. We would like to live a bit further out but as we stayed in cavite for a time we found that just to get out of the village was a pain, we had to take a bike ride a jeepney and bus! and the nearest SM was 10 miles away!
My wife is learning to drive a car now so maybe it will be OK to live in a subdivision but the traffic is still quite heavy even in cavite.
We looked at Boracay as we stayed there for two months last year but to be honest its a little over crowded now and the beauty of the place is being destroyed! pity really.
I would most certainly be open to suggestions of new areas if some of you have any.
Darren