With all due respect and I never thought I would ever think this way but 95% of Travel RU-vidrs are full of Crap lying exaggerating crooks worse than Main stream media seriously it’s all about click bait and promotions that they get paid for. You are speaking your honest truth from your own experience 👍
True. Every thumbnail is of a voluptuous Asian woman with huge breasts. Asian women are generally flat - - - without augmentation. Clickbait at its finest.
The first thing you PH vloggers should tell guys is; DO NOT Sell your house back home! (if you own one). Remember 70% of expats return home within five years. The "Paradise Syndrome there gets old real fast. I couldn't handle it after five years but when I moved back to the western US I was homeless and prices had skyrocketed. I would also add; Use the online dating sites but DO NOT think a girl you've never met in person is your one & only true love. Chances are you are being scammed.
lol or pretending the Heat isnt real or the cock roaches arnt real or the garbage isnt real or that the water is drinkable or that the stench smells like roses or that the guy taking a dump beside his trike isnt the norm or everyone pissing in the streets isnt the norm but hey lets all just fantasize how cheap it is to live there and that your rent isnt being up Priced because your a foreigner or that the scar belly chich your paying isnt probably married with a few kids around the corner
Best advice, if you sell your home overseas and you don't have other income, seriously you'd be screwed. It's taken me 30 years to get used to living in the Philippines.
Great video explaining the facts. Nearly every vlogger in the Philippines portrays it as dirt cheap with babydoll Filipinas throwing themselves at any foreigner and that’s just not reality. And will only get worse now that mobile phones and internet have become so cheap and widespread. Eventually the Philippines will be like America but with worse infrastructure.
I was in Duma 11 months ago (August 2023) for 2 weeks. I like the place and am looking forward to going back. One big plus on my side is that I know a bit of Tagalog and the people really appreciated that fact. Some of my favorite times were sitting around saying hello to the locals in their language and then sometimes (not always) they would invite me to sit with them for a while. My advice, learn good morning, good afternoon, good night, how much, ok, yes, delicious.
I felt at home in the Philippines as soon as I got there the first time. Honestly, a lot of what I saw reminded me of the life I had growing up in the US in the 60s and 70s. I can’t explain it, but I just feel at home there.
I knew my Filipina wife 8 years before I married her. Took 3 trips to Cebu, married her on 3rd trip here, moved here on 4th trip. My biggest advice, avoid other expats. I am the only foreigner in my subdivision, and I do not go out of my way to chat it up with expats in the malls around cebu city.
@@frankcentofanti9317 That's because a lot of expats hang out in malls coz they have almost everything one needs there. It's a good safe place to chill, watch people go by, kill time, meet up with friends over a cup of coffee etc. With the kind of climate we have in the Philippines they're a godsend coz you can get free AC and some places even free wifi. In a power outage or storm they're a good place to seek shelter at least temporarily coz they have their own generators. You don't have to buy anything there if you don't want to.
I am not a big fan of malls, but the food supermarkets are there, along with plenty of resteraunts . Convenience and cheaper cab fare, as I choose not to buy overpriced cars here .
I pretty much agree with everything you said. I have noticed that most of the vloggers seem to be living in large communities and for the most part hang out with other American vloggers. I have also noticed that their knowledge covers the area they live in and has nothing to do with the remainder of the Philippines. My wife and I had a LTR but we video chatted three times a day for one to two hours. I too am a country boy and my wife is a country girl. She sold her house and little store to buy the property and I have been road building, building our house, building our farm and many other things. I am in my third year here and I have never communicated with another foreigner, nor have I been to a single tourist spot. There are many things I did not know about because nobody talked about them. For the most part I wasted a lot of time looking at videos trying to learn about the Philippines. Most of the vloggers are more like real estate agents. We live out in the province on Leyte Island.
Dude,your always the most real about the issues you talk about,that’s why i basically follow only your channel and adventures,keep up the great work I appreciate you
yeah he has his moments of truth he floats back and forth on about everything one second there all BS us the next there telling the truth back and forth he goes , But the look on his face says it all That Dude looks flat out Depressed and Un Happy . he can see the filth the garbage the stench of rotten garbage he knows he shouldnt be driving anything with these meat headed Pino drivers who cant tell left from right and it isnt just a few meat headed drivers it the whole country of them and if you are in an accident You the foreigner are the Fault 100% and then there is The Water and cockroaches and the never ending Heat most people over 60 cant deal with the driving or the Heat or the constant food poisoning you have that Diarreah from the rotten food prep areas . if he was totally honest he would mention all them things But He dont
Buy a generator. You cannot even run fans without one. When I moved here my two priorities were AC and a generator. During brownouts our relatives and neighbors bring their phones and power banks here for charging.
If you love to sweat the Philippines is for you. 90+ temp and 75% humidity. Really toasty lol 😂 I take 3 showers a day and I have 3 air cons in my home. If I go outside I have to take a shower when I come home.
@@grandpapeteswordsofwisdom7114 next your going to say the generator fixes the water problems and cockroaches and the garbage dump filled towns, streets and back roads and villages and what foreigner want his and his lady's relatives and neighbors thinking Your Home is Base Camp during Brown Outs or any time , just what we all wanted the Village to come soak up the AC and playing on there cell phones in Your Crib eyeballing your goods , Bro you making up so much BS it is hard to say where it start and ends . Most Older Americans who go there end up Camping inside with the AC blasting and the Last thing they want is a Pack of stinking sweating poor sticky fingered Pinay's in the House so they can pretend there some King helping the peasants .
@@johncawvey5342 thats more truth than we usually hear most older foreigners come an Go quickly if not from the over all poverty The heat and the Driving will Kill a guy and the water might do some damage as well . Thanks for some Truth .
@@user-sm9ko6hm8x I own a car and ebike and please don’t get me started about the rude and inconsiderate drivers here lol 😂 and I honestly think 90% couldn’t pass a driving test.
When i first visited the Philippines 17 years ago it was a lot different back then a lot of fillipinas didn’t have a smart phone. A lot of the province i visited a lot of the people never met a foreigner in person before now there's so many foreigner's visiting and moving to the country now. Even when i was in the main shopping malls in manila i didn't see a lot of foreigner's now it doesn't matter if your in the main cities or in the province there's foreigner's everywhere now.
Most floggers have a hidden agenda so they tend to paint a glossy picture of paradise. It’s now a cottage industry where older Western men promote unrealistic views. The Philippines is a great place, but you should make sure you have a steady income and your health insurance. You mentioned it before that well off/college girls aren’t interested in older western men-normally….. I love your honesty in your videos. Keep up the great work. The women know this as well and have their own revenue streams.
My wife of 11 years is from Cebu. Age appropriate. I retired (well) 2 years ago and have asked her multiple times if she wants us to relocate to even a nice and exclusive area of the Philippines. She has been emphatic in NO.Pre internet it was a dream place. But: with all people glued to their I phones and dreaming of the false lives shown on the internet it's no longer a great place.Also seeing a long list of assorted scams taking place there.Wife is the person bringing those to my attention. When looking at those beautiful beaches look a little closer and you'll see the raw sewage from any home,resort,or business near that beautiful beach flowing directly into the waters. Go to any river where people have access and you'll see those same people using the river to dispose of their sewage and garbage. Next: if a person limits their activity and interactions they can do OK. If they don't they will soon see they have a huge "I'm a westerner/rich American" target on their forehead and back.
I didn’t see anything different than what I thought it would be because I’ve been to other countries. I only listened to things that they did instead of the fluff that was given. If you start to grow with a community you will start to gain respect and if you are loved and respected you will start to be in the zone of a relationship coming your way. If you are a little more bold and find creative ways to meet someone I believe you will find someone good.
Now that's the kind of videos we like no BS you either like the way you going to live or you don't. FACTS ,,, that's what gets you real attention. If I want lies ,, I will just sit here . 😂😂😂 Thanks for sharing this information. You just got another subscriber.
if you have "real money" the PI might be a stop and visit a bit vacation spot once in a while, but def not live and retire. . way too many negatives for ppl with money to put up with that malarkey.
Yeah where is good though.. EU is goin down usa is.about to have civil war w Maga nation . SA is dangerous. Running out of ideas. Thailand is russian invasion
Made some good points! I believe the expat was more appreciated during the pandemic because, as you properly stated, people were not working there. Deuterte shut everything down for over 2 years. Expats were still spending money. Plus, a lot of expats were tipping more because they saw the suffering! Take care!
suffering from being Lazy. they have to be among the laziest people on earth they wont even pick up there garbage they just toss it every where if they all pitched in they could make the Phils look nice but they never have and never will its a garbage dump for the most part sure inside the Mall is nice and clean to an extent but go outside and take a real peek .
Surely you never heard of COMMUNITY PANTRY in the whole of the Philippines. Google that. Filipinos fed themselves during the looong lockdown. Some foreigners think they are 'saviors' the truth is the locals don't want them around- Filipinos aren't just confontational people.
Thanks for your opinion Brent. We should all remember that vloggers, especially in places in the Philippines where they can not legally work, work 1st for clicks...it is their income, and they may have embellished the Philippines while competing for business. I did like Tim K. riding his motorcycle through the province, very scenic.
I was there in 1976 wondering why there are long haired American guy's running around. I was in the navy at the time.Looks like it's been that way for awhile. I' m enjoying your videos.
You're also in the center of the Vlogger universe in the Dumaguete area so you will see a LOT more foreigners. I am just outside of Bacolod and see very few foreigners.
Your exactly right. I just watched a video that Tim K shot in a very large grocery store an the food prices are exactly the same as they are here in the US. Yes, IT IS NOT KANSAS ANYMORE.
I can tell you if you live in Makati, BGC or I guess even Cebu, it's way more exspensive than other areas of the Philippines. 2 Bedroom condo with balcony in Makati $900 USD... Electric $136 USD- And the condo is considered a good deal. Also be forewarned, just because your 30 floors up in a newer condo, you still deal with cockroaches.
@@randellt how on God’s earth does the cockroach get up 30 floors in the air unless they take the elevator I mean last time I checked I don’t believe a cockroach can walk up 30 flights of distance on the outside of a building so he hast to get there somehow
@@Traveling-boomer Oh they can climb on the inside and outside of the building. And you actually will see them in the elevators. They also come in with packages and boxes from stores. The building I live has 50 floors with a very heavy Chinese population. The pest control from the building informed me many of them do not keep their places clean and just live with the roaches. The roaches commute through the building plumbing, electrical, under doors and through aircon units. The place looked clean when I leased it.. so never even crossed my mind until I moved in then like WTF? So I contacted my representative and they sent in pestcontrol. He sprayed everything and then told me not to let it get in touch with food etc.. He'd just sprayed the kitchen counters and sinks with only who knows what kind of poison. SO lesson learned.. I cleaned the areas he had sprayed well and ordered ortho from the USA which ran me $175. Ortho I had used there for spiders that did an amazing job. Guess what, it didn't touch the cockroaches. I've since used a variety of baits and seem to for the most part knocked them down. You also have to look out for termites. Another thing to remember, your owner does not have to replace appliances if they break down. Your on your own if you have a bad owner.
@@Traveling-boomer Oh they can climb on the inside and outside of the building. And you actually will see them in the elevators. They also come in with packages and boxes from stores. The building I live has 50 floors with a very heavy Chinese population. The pest control from the building informed me many of them do not keep their places clean and just live with the roaches. The roaches commute through the building plumbing, electrical, under doors and through aircon units. The place looked clean when I leased it.. so never even crossed my mind until I moved in then like WTF? So I contacted my representative and they sent in pestcontrol. He sprayed everything and then told me not to let it get in touch with food etc.. He'd just sprayed the kitchen counters and sinks with only who knows what kind of poison. SO lesson learned.. I cleaned the areas he had sprayed well and ordered ortho from the USA which ran me $175. Ortho I had used there for spiders that did an amazing job. Guess what, it didn't touch the cockroaches. I've since used a variety of baits and seem to for the most part knocked them down.
Well spoken from Darren in Davao. I have been here in the Phillippines since 2015 retired at 39. The place does grow on you but it's not perfect like many countries. The competition is heating up in adjacent countries regarding the visas for under 50. This is on my mind a lot and will explore boots on the ground in adjacent countries to check for price and value. Thank you for the vlogs and keep safe my friend
def more suited for Younger people these over 60 guys are just playing a game of russian roulett between the extreme heat and humidity to the brown outs the bad water you cant drink it you better not try to drive as a over 60 person unless you bounce well . the true is during a brown out that 10 floor condo is a Long haul up the stairs or down for an older person these Bloggers with there its all rainbows and cookies are full of BS
Brent, This video is a gem! Truthful, honest and straightforward. And by using your sweat cloth, people could see that it is hot there!!! Much more uncomfortable than the temperature. I have been following the Philippines vloggers about the same period. I totally agree with you. Some may have started just to get a few extra dollars but now are in it purely for the $$$! It is bad now, using lightning filters on their videos and outrageous thumbnails. Seeing these thumbnails would lead anyone to believe all Philippine girls are 10+. I liked Calvin because he could look straight on and tell you how safe he felt as a wall with a spiked top was being built around his house. Maybe you could lead the way in a different country.😅
A lot of BS from the American bloggers and the budgets they push to get views. Plus, they don't go into great detail that if you're in a relationship your Filipina will have expectations that might include a baby and there will always be money needs for her family. To top all that, the food is bad, unless you eat at restaurants and shop at the supermarkets and that's not cheap, trust me.
Yes, Philippines is not for everyone. If SE Asia is not your thing then eastern Europe might be worth looking into. Albania, Montenegro, Serbia and even Turkey will have quite similar costs as the Philippines. Some advantages of Eastern Europe are high quality food, very safe and endless historical areas to visit. Some disadvantages are little English spoken, people are not as friendly as the Philippines.
I have a youtube channel, but it's basically for family and friends back home. That vlogging culture is too much drama for me. Aside from that, Hakuna Matata has been my philosophy coming to the PH. Been working so far
I remember I was excited to go to Hawaii/ whether was great, beautiful place/ to me total tourist trap.spend spend spend 💸 /now get on the plane and leave. But it was nice ( sort of)🤔
I've often wondered, with all the promoting people have been doing encouraging everybody to go there, at what point are the people they DON'T want there going to start showing up.
to late they already are there namely the Chinese and the Koreans the days of cheap prices are slipping away the chinese and korean are buying up everything there hooks are already dug into the bars and Go Go industry which controls the Ladies lot of these Vblogers are mis repping big Time , they show Korean/Chinese chicks and pretend they didnt know There all Korean and Chinese chicks they even now have a healthy Russian base and the price tag on all these Ladies is High as a Kite these days
Real talk, i couldn't agree more Brent. Also, i wanted to give you a heads up when renewing your Visa online. Make sure your information is exactly as it should be before you submit the form. If not you'll find yourself getting a message to come into the office to renew. You might get one retry but you won't get two. Don't ask me how i know ✌🏾
True dat. Every man will have a different experience, expectations, and come away with happy/unhappiness levels unique to themselves. And yes, based solely on RU-vid vloggers, most will come away highly disappointed I suspect. There is good and bad here, just like anywhere else. This ain't Kasas Toto! The Philippines of 30 years ago before the Internet took over and white faces were scarce is long gone. Some things are the same as home. Some things are upside down. For someone to be successful here, you will need to be highly adaptable and flexible. You must be able to accept what is, rather than what you want it to be. That being said I am here by choice. I can live anywhere in the world I want... I'm here because I love the Philippines and it's people. This is now my home, and as my permanent residency is currently being processed, I will be eternally grateful to the Philippines and it's people for welcoming me to build a new life here.
I have been in the Philippines for 2 years and I finally made it over to Dumaguete, I was not that impressed, I attribute thet to all the videos I watched about it I watched, it was like I have been there before, there was nothing new
I knew my Filipina for 4 years before we got married. The bloggers make it sound like lying on a beautiful beach and 100’s of Filipinas waiting on you and begging to be with you. Lol 😂 if your running from problems, I hate to say this, but you will just find additional problems here to go with your other problems. All I can say is make sure you have enough cash to fly back home lol 😂 because most leave within 5-7 years. And I actually believe it’s most likely 2-3 years for them to leave. Also inflation has hit the Philippines just as hard as the U.S. food prices are just as high as the US and most American foods are more expensive
I like your channel straight forward no bull shit I landed in Dumagutue June 3 found tour guide at airport been going nonstop went to Valencia to day the country is beautiful people are very friendly especially in the province I didn't come here to look for women I was the only American on this boat to see dolphins met the owner of the boat nice simple lady widower just like me go back on Tuesday older filipina one you can relate to
I believe everything you’re saying. When I retire (at least for the 1st 5 years) I want to travel extensively inside and outside the Phil’s. After that who knows
hope you have a lot of money for all the visa changes re stamps flights in and out , lost belonging and or out right theft , snatch and grabs you will go thru several phones no question , lose all your paper work No Question and if your thinking all these ladies in Asia are saints You will find out The Hard way . Take a few trips short term get there then go find a Scooter or Motorcycle and Go take that first Near Death drive in the Phils and dont even think about driving a Car then go rent a cheap condo on the 8th floor and tell us all How Happy you were during them brown outs Unannounced usually hiking up the stairs on the regular to a 100 degree condo with 70% humidity and No Ac . but at least you will have The Water ,Oh No the Fu*#ing water
@@user-sm9ko6hm8x please don’t talk to me like I’ve never been there….Ive been there many many times and know the pro and cons about the Phil’s and traveling. And yes I’ll have plenty of money. I’m not the live off SSI only type of person. I’ll be living off military pension, VA disability (very high %), Ohio state retirement, well funded 457b, and SSI, I have a fiancé that we have been together for over 5 years and we can’t wait to travel with our home base in the Phil’s
If more come there and leave - than - come there and stay (?) seems like many cheap areas will remain for some time ? --- About like buying a new pair of shoes..... try them on 1st ! --- For me I'm thinking about Siem Reap as an "ideal retirement destination" - rather than the Philippines ? Their "retirement visa" is best - cheap easy and you never have to leave Cambodia. Several US expats enjoying life there on about $750 -- $800/mo. for basic living expenses. Food is awesome - from cheap delicious street food with 50 cent beer - to high end international choices ! A great place if you don't cook. (!) Rentals appear to provide more for the money and more come furnished than in the Philippines. And - - - the people - are as friendly as Filipinos and believe in Karma. Welcoming genuine and most speak English in the city - where menus & business signs are also in English. They even accept the USD ! -- -- -- I'm ready to try it on for size and see how it fits. -?- Give it a year for a really good try ? 🤔 What the hell - Bangkok is a cheap 1 hour flight away for some fun or world class medical services. K L Malaysia is also a cheap easy flight away. (!) -- -- -- Your - Philippines aren't going anywhere ! 🤗
Its fun when it's new after you have to be willing to take the hot and humid days with the tolerable days. You need to have money' your not going to live filipino syle. You have to be willing to be retired and relaxed.
the word paradise is a strong word kind of like one mans trash is another mans treasure. yes its got some great views and beaches but it has a lot of problems its not for every one but its for me
That is correct once too many human beings start showing up at a place. That probably was a true paradise. It becomes a paradise no more. Humans seem to screw everything up that might’ve once been good but too many humans will definitely mess up a true paradise.
Actually, you was unless she was an essential worker that was allowed to keep working you literally had to stay home. Couldn’t go out anywhere that’s why the streets in the interstates were like ghost towns only people out were people that had jobs that were considered essential like truck, drivers healthcare workers Stuff like that everyone else had to stay home watch Netflix and eat Dominos Pizza for months, but it was OK. Government was mailing out checks like there was no tomorrow so a lot of people were loving that shit getting thousands and thousands of dollars mailed to them while they sat at home and watched movies.
It absolutely was that way that you described in the beginning before the pandemic. I actually came over in 2007 and you could pick up any girl you want just snap your fingers and if she was a perfect she was all over you fast forward to 2024. It’s not like that anymore because every Tom Dick and Harry that’s a foreigner is coming over here. You see back in 2007. You were hard pressed to find another foreigner around anywhere When you came over, but it’s not like that no more you can’t turn around corner without running into a foreigner so now they’re everywhere and they’ve actually spoiled the very place that I referred to as Puss heaven, but it doesn’t surprise me every time there’s some kind of paradise out there in the worldand someone catches on and finds out about it before you know it every Tom Dick, and Harry is catching a flight to that place and then it doesn’t become paradise anymore
nothing prouder than a Filipino standing in a garbage dump of his own making , pissing and shitting in the street , proudly refusing to pick up a single piece of broken glass or trash his entire Life and Happily feasting on Pon Pon or is it Pun Pun which is basically chicken scraps plucked from the Trash can mixed with other food garbage maggots and cockroaches and smashed up and cooked up and Sold to Millions of Filipino Love it but they will dumpster dive for rotten food but they wont pick up a dam piece of trash in fact they will dump an entire dumpster over to pick out the food scraps and watch the wind blow the rest down the road .
Why would you bother to say that you get more bang for your buck in other countries without even explaining what you mean??? That could mean a lot of things and to me the Philipines seems way more attractive than Bali for example which is reportely very expensive and over crowded with digial nomads now.
foreign vloggers love to come to the philippines first. why? because when you are starting out with only 23 subscribers to your name, the easiest jump in subscriber count from zero to 20,000 will be in the philippines especially if you travel around. it's easy to load up on filipino subscribers, then you move on after that with a legit subscriber base to other places. it works like magic.
No disrespect, but you may want to watch your videos, especially this one. Contradicting yourself constantly about your view of the Philippines has confused me more than I was before watching this. You seem like a good guy. How about just showing what you think is good and then showing the opposite. ✌️
The bottom line is it's a third world country. Pollution, extreme poverty & power outages. Foreigners are looked at like ATM machines. Everyone is nice to you because they are looking to get something out of you.
I just came back to the us after a year. I will not go into the details, but if you're a person who isn't drowning in patience, the Philippines is not for you. Just one example of MANY....7 months after selling a vehicle I had purchased to a local, and I still get calls from him wanting help getting his tag. I bounced around to various cities...... Tagaytay, Iloilo, Davao City, Coron. A word of advice......... if you think you're going go there and live on $1,500 a month, buy your return ticket now because you are going to need it. Sure, you can go and live in some shack with no a/c and no hot water in the province and get by on $1,000 a month and not go anywhere or do anything..... but the truth is, you can do that in the US.
I am a Philippine born and I visited the Philippines for the first time in 24 years and I can tell you about my experience. I’ve watched so many RU-vid before heading there and I was excited about the whole thing so I decided to book a round trip and stayed there for 6 weeks! I can honestly say that my experience of visiting ilocos Norte, Manila, bagiou and ilocos sur is a third world country. I stayed in BGC the first three days and my thought was ok but I did not trust the vegetables. I tried some of the Japanese soup and they were served very cold…the taste was not even nearly as what I thought and it was a waste of money. Even the Starbucks green tea macha was not like what we have in the states. I’ve heard lots about Tagaytay so we went there for a day. Let me tell you about the place…I think it is a very beautiful place but the people made it look like “shit”. Traffic was soooo bad… only one lane and the views were mixed with ugly and beautiful. Anyway…it is a third world country and don’t expect much. Personally, I would not live there because of the humid and hot weather and very dirty. I had nightmares for days when I got back in the states. This is just my opinion and experience so don’t get mad at me
Look who’s got himself a new lid! And a Texas Rangers World Series Hat at that 😂. I figured the other cap wouldn’t last, you were always keeping your eyes open. Yeah Brent that’s definitely a slower paced life over there. Grab yourself a hobbie , anything but keep off the sauce. I gave it up almost a year ago and couldn’t be happier, I’m never going back to that crap. I would definitely be island hopping and taking pics and enjoying the food especially the seafood. Take care bud 👋🏼
Lol. I ordered about 10 lids off of lazada and maybe 2 or 3 are fit to wear. Others were smashed but oh well. Only cost a couple of dollars a piece so i guess ill be donating the others. Appreciate ya watching
First stay clear of Duma. It is way harder for the old guys now. The ph is still 3rd world 🌎. What did you come there for? Girls? Picking up girls is super easy still if you have some game and dont lead with your wallet. Panama is better go there. Ph is getting too expensive for the lack of infrastructure and services. Food is skyrocketing there. Girls are the easy part of the 33 countries i have been. Dealing with lacking healthcare and grid issues are most challenging and i am healthy.
men in the PI do nothing but stay in room and donk young girls, they do not swim in the sea, they do not do sports because its hot,,,,Most drink beer and stay in air con, i lived in cebu city for 7 years. I am athletic, none of the guys had hobbies. Just sex and drink. and a few go to the gym. I went to Anytime fitness in cebu for 7 years, there was never a foreigner regular. They would come in for maybe a few weeks, then never see them again. Most were fat, and gave up....
I am in El Paso sitting in a hotel room. ready to make the final push to LA. I had to drive because I have 2 dogs coming with me. I wanted to fly to LA, but it is too hot to put a dog in cargo out of Tampa. I catch my flight to Cebu on Wednesday and not looking back. I am not going for the Filipinas, I am coming because America is becoming toxic and inflation is killing us seniors. I have to work full-time and the only thing that kept me here was my mother. She died in December, that is when I started looking at Thailand. I lived there for 9 years in the 80s and 90s and loved every second of it even though I was just a broke English teacher. The English is what drove me to settle for the Philippines. I took all the vloggers with a grain of salt. I am now all in on my decision, I sent 10 extra large balikbayan boxes and my TV, I am all in and not looking back.
Just have to stay and visit a while. I am married to one of these Philippine women. Women are women if they need you they love you, if they don’t need you they don’t love you. Women are women on planet earth.
ego runs the world, the old desperate men need to show off, buying a bride or a cheap home in the philippines. most i see are trapped here and cant afford to go back to the usa and are now drunks with a grumpy wife. most dont research it here. i was ready for a developing country, the poor areas etc. im with you. i can live cheap and live on a budget. i can deal with the roosters and heat and i dont need a/c or the city life, alpha males dont need much. vloggers do fluff up the life and its not for everyone, most i have seen come here, have left or complain as they were sold a hopium video.
