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How Low Can You Go With Philippine Cost of Living?

As I recently posted, yet again, in spite of all the really important issues you need to decide upon for yourself, the number one questions on virtually everyone’s mind is “Cost of Living in the Philippines.”
I’ve lately seen many articles on this subject, in addition to noticing, last time I checked, that several more sites [...]

Things To Consider Aside From Philippine Cost Of Living

Time and time again I meet people, or get emails from people, with questions about living in the Philippines.  Without a doubt, the most frequent question I hear … the favorite by at least 10 to 1 odds … is “How much does it cost to live there”?
You’ll also see, if you look on-line, something [...]

Economy-Birding in the Philippines

A couple days ago I wrote about “snowbirding” in the Philippines and mentioned also that now days there seem to be quite a few of us living here who are as much “economy-birding” as anything else.  Even though I was in good shape financially when we left the US (I have a very decent pension, [...]

Philippine Gas Prices Jan 2010

Just a little update here about cost of living/prices.  I started to include this info in my last Philippine Cost of Living post but I had an idea that I had somehow gotten the figures wrong, so I went out and checked today.
actually I did a lot of checking of gas prices, staring at gas [...]

How Much Will That $770 Buy In The Philippines?

I wrote an article or two, both here and on my friend Bob’s Living in the Philippines web magazine, that concerned the question “can you live in the Philippines on $770 USD per month”?  By the way I notice Bob has been kind enough to still have all my old living in the Philippines articles [...]

Where to Buy It

If you live in the Philippines (or any other country outside the US, for that matter) and you want to buy something you’ve seen advertised, you often run into a terrible brick wall.  It is often like pulling teeth to find out from a vendor’s web site if they even ship overseas … and if [...]

Current Philippine Living Costs — End of August 2009

This is always a popular search subject here.  In particular we had a series of articles and some comments during August about living in the Philippines on $770 a month.  (US dollars of course, you can convert from and to any currency you want, here)
Can you live here in the Philippines on $770 USD per [...]

Can Martha Teach You About Philippine Living?

I came across this today in a news letter I receive from my traveling Portable Income folks, Jon and Kathryn’s newsletter.  They are the couple with small children who have figured out how to travel the world living strictly from their on line income and building memories as well as savings while they avoid that [...]

Live in the Philippines — I Can See Clearly Now

Remember the old Johnny Nash song,
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind It’s gonna be a bright, bright Sun-Shiny day.

Well that’s [...]

Philippine Questions — Thursday, 21 May 2009

Once again time to revisit the ever popular, “What does it cost to live in the Philippines” question.  I’m the first one to admit I do not do much in the budgeting line.  I never was big on budgeting and my circumstances are currently such that I’m ‘comfortable’.  I also need to put in a [...]

What Things Cost Updates — 15 April 2009

Some of the most popular posts on this blog have been lists of what things cost here in the Philippines.  In the past I have somewhat laboriously made lists.  Boring to both me and to some readers.  Today I’ll try scanning in some current ad circulars and we’ll see (by the number of visits the [...]

Philippine Forex — Will the Dollar Stay Strong?

If you are expecting an answer to the question posed in the title, you may be slightly disappointed.  I know quite a bit about living here in the Philippines, but as far as being a currency guru … not likley to ever happen.
But even though I am no expert and am not currently a currency [...]

Philippine Computer Prices

One of the things people always ask me about Living in the Philippines is how much computers cost here, and should they ship their computer(s) from home or by new after the move to the Philippines.
The answer isn’t always cut and dried.  Mostly, it depends on ho wold your exisiting equipment is, how much it [...]

Questions, Questions, Questions 2

Warning. reading this post may be very taxing. Do not attempt if you suffer from heart disease or have any other health condition that requires a physicians (or accountant’s) care.

Q & A 25 Sep 2008 Do I Have To Pay taxes?

Question: I currently live and work outside the US so I don’t owe US federal [...]