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Why I Left The Philippines

Note:  this post has been corrected, significantly expanded and re-published.  Part of our on-going effort to make PhilFAQS.com your best source for answers to the frequently Asked Questions about Traveling to the Philippines, Retiring in the Philippines, or just plain living here in my second home, the Philippines.

Yes, that’s right, after living in continuously in [...]

How Things Grow

More pics courtesy of Thomas Glenn

Tropical Depression Scenery

Hi,
A little over a week ago the effects of a strong tropical depression heading for the coast of China manifested in my area as unusually large waves. Well, just up the beach from me about a quarter of a mile is the designated surfing area in La Union. For some reason there are not many [...]

Fireworks MUCH More Impressive Than Man-made

Mount Mayon is one of the world’s most perfectly formed volcanoes.  It was last active in a major way in 2001.   Mayon can put on a show … or more … at any time..
Located about 170 miles south of Manila in south-central Luzon, Mayon normally   looks like this:
But when Mayon gets angry, [...]

Philippine Retirement — Who Are All Those Foreigners, Anyway?

I came across this chart during my research for my Teaching English Online series.  It reflects a couple interesting things about the Philippines.
I guess the first thing that interests me, and should interest you if you are seriously thinking about moving to the Philippines is, look at the dates.  This was posted in one of [...]

Live in the Philippines — In Baguio?

Well I guess it was about time it happened.  After nearly three years in the Philippines I finally visited Baguio … one of the better known tourist attractions and home to quite a number of expats.  Why haven’t I been there before and why did I go there now, and what the heck is a [...]

A Big Step Forward

Here’s some news I picked up over at Yugatech a few minutes ago.It may look a little too ‘techy’ for some, but believe me, if you travel in the Philippines and do any online banking you really need to look into this closely.
The basic problem is this: If you use a [...]

How to Pick your Seat

One of the things that doesn’t often cross people’s minds when until they get to their aircraft, already tired and stressed and not looking forward to a flight of perhaps 12 hours or more, is when on earth they are going to sit.
For those of you who have some experience, skip the next paragraph or [...]

Update on the Trip

I mentioned a couple of my favorite Philippines travel sources.  A few months back, Spouse and I had planned to go to the Philippines about this time for a vacation and family reunion. 
 Because we’ve been busy with our business (www.satviz.com) and because Spouse is waiting everyday to hear from the USCIS (formerly the INS) about [...]

Living in the Philippines — Bits and Bytes

Here’s a couple quick items that didn’t seem to fit anywhere else.
Some of you know my good friend Tyler Cruz, a real-world Internet entrepreneur from Canada, recently came to visit the Philippines for the first time.  Tyler is of Filipino heritage but is 100% Canadian, and this was his first time out of Canada (except [...]

Live In The Philippines — Respect the Rumbles

FYI:
THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES IS TRANSMITTING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION THROUGH THE EMBASSY WARDEN SYSTEM AS A PUBLIC SERVICE TO AMERICAN CITIZENS IN THE PHILIPPINES.  PLEASE DISSEMINATE THIS MESSAGE TO ALL U.S. CITIZENS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION OR NEIGHBORHOOD.  THANK YOU. (editors note … Filipinos are allowed to pay attention to this warning as well [...]

Living in the Philippines — Your Relations Are Always Your Relations

Normally I don’t write much here about the wise world of Internet income and many of the people I know from the online world, but I figured today would be a nice exception, since it is certainly Philippine-related and there is some great ‘eye candy’ here.
Tyler Cruz is a fellow I met on line some [...]

Just Where _IS_ The Philippines, Anyway?

Here’s a ‘blast from the past’.   I decided to repubish it becuase people still search all the time about the routes of flights to the Philippines, how far it is, etc.  Since our 16th place Americna schools spend much more tme teaching football and manipulating government entitlement programs than they ever do geography, peopl;e can [...]

Asia Travel – Hotels and Domestic Travel

This is a "blast from the past".  I’ve decided that each and every Saturday I’ll republish one of my popular older post.  Even though the site has many ways to look up data published years back, people aren’t always in a position to hunt around, so this will be yet another way to find things [...]