I Love Living in the Philippines
If you have followed my blog at all, you know I love living in the Philippines. I’ve talked about the reasons many times.
Two of the main reasons are pretty simple:
- The Low Cost Of Living In The Philippines
- The Loving Filipina
The Low Cost of Living in the Philippines
I know a lot of expats that say it doesn’t cost less to live in the Philippines. I just don’t see how that is possible. Your housing will be less. That alone will save you hundreds of dollars every month.
Your food can be a lot less but you could pay more for food if you buy it at the most expensive places. Recently, I heard an expat complaining about the price of chicken. I was shocked at what he paid and Jessie (my girlfriend) was even more shocked. He paid too much. I could have bought three for what he paid. I don’t shop in the malls of Cebu City. The chicken I buy was probably killed the same day.
I just bought plane tickets to Palawan Island for less than $150 round trip for two. And I had the nerve to complain about the price. For which I smile at myself now. Do that in the West!
You see, that’s the crux of it. You have to compare it to what you’d pay in the West and it will cost you so much less in the Philippines.
Most electronics and other imported goods will cost you more in the Philippines. The longer I live here, the less I need to import.
The cost of living in the Philippines is one of the things I like most about living in the Philippines.
The Loving Filipina
Jessie is an angel and I’m very lucky to have her in my life.
Some Filipina are snakes, no doubt about it. Some guys find nothing but snakes when looking for love in the Philippines. It depends on where you look. That’s not any different here than in the West.
If you send money to a girl you meet online, chances are high, she’ll break every 
promise she makes to you. I’ve seen it so much; I doubt I’d ever do that again. I helped Jessie out before I got here. I know another expat that sent his girl money every month. They are not happily living in the Philippines together. I know of many that have done it. I’ve also read of many men with broken hearts after sending money to women in the Philippines. It is just a really chancy thing to do. There is much more about this in my manual, “The Basic Expat Training Manual – Living In the Philippines.”
Living in the Philippines – The Basic Expat Training Manual
Speak of which, I just raised the price of my manual to $37. I just can’t help myself. I keep thinking of those commercials “But wait there is more!”
If you buy my manual through one of my websites the price is $27.00. I have a secret link. I’m able to
do this because I am now offering it for sale through PayPal on this special page. My processing cost for sales via PayPal is substantially less. There are about 200 affiliates selling my eBook, all their sales go to the default page which you can see by clicking here. You can also confirm the price by viewing that link.
If you want to buy the manual at the special pricing from this website you should instead visit: “Basic Expat Training Manual – Living In The Philippines.” Later, I’m going to raise the price to $37 there as well. Hopefully, you’ll find this article before I do so.
There is only one thing I really dislike about living in the Philippines and that is the dreaded brownouts. We are almost all the way through May, the worst month for brownouts and we have not had a brownout yet. I know, I’m probably jinxing myself for saying it.
Cebu has worked very hard to bring more power plants online. As a result, we have no doubt seen fewer brownouts.
What I do love about living in the Philippines are the Filipina and the low cost of living.
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May I suggest the title, “Trapped in the Philippines and Lovin’ It.”
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Thanks Ray for letting me know. You’re the only person that did! I was working on it, company came over. I got confused from being distracted and broke it. i fixed it yesterday but when I looked again this morning, once again it was broke. So I fixed it again. I HOPE! I’m at Batayan Island since yesterday. Will be returning home soon.
But i’m not trapped.:) I still like the idea Marilet. I might do that sometime
If anyone sees the site as broken still, please let me know. The way the net works it can display fine for me and be broken for others. I thought I had checked it several different ways. But I got on another PC and shock~
Looks OK now
Hey Rusty, i love this website. I too want to experience life here in the Phils with beautiful girls and people. I just don’t know how to go about it, in order to make at least a monthly income of $1,000. As soon as i get that straightned out, then im off to the phils. I’m real young and i realize how disgusted i am, with how America is turning out to be.
sorry for my grammar
Yeah, well, the way to do it is start a online business. Something that has nothing to do with the Philippines so you don’t have to deal with work permits and stuff.
The sooner you dive in the sooner it will happen and I wouldn’t expect it to happen quickly. As soon as some Internet marketer uses the term “push button riches” or some form of that, run. Don’t give them your money.
As for grammar, I let others freak out about such silly nonsense and some surely do. I have a hard time not spelling grammar like a redneck… I spell it the way I say it, “grammer” unless my spell checker is working. lol Well, I know better but the redneck is always lying there just under the surface.
Hi Rusty. I,m just wondering when you hope to go to Bohol? I will be very interested in hearing about your trip and also about some different places to stay in Bohol.I love the area and now I,m interested in finding some cheaper places to stay on the Island.I hope to go back to Cebu at the end of this year. Thanks for all the helpful information you have given in the past and I will be looking forward to your future trips. From Randall Connors,the happy Canadian.
HI Randall, I don’t know. I really want to go there. Just don’t know when I can fit it into my budget.
I had planned on going in January but that didn’t work out.
I need to go to Tacloban next month and I need to go to Davao and I need to go to Subic and Manila.
I want to go to Bohol, Mt Mayon, Bagiuo and many other places.
I believe any place with a low cost of living is an awesome place to live in. You get to do so much more for so much less. The best thing is if you live in a developing country, but you earn in USD. That is just awesome
It does help, that’s my main reason for giving it a try. Then I met a wonderful woman, well, I knew her before I got here but didn’t know how it would go.
Hi Rusty,I would like you thoughts on this. Today when my wife and I got on the ferry comming from Bantayan island and arrived at the port close to Bogo city 2 men and a young teenager tried to get us to their taxi saying they would take us to Cebu city for 600 peso.I realized that wouldn,t pay the gas for the trip and it made me very nervous ! The wife wanted to go by taxi then but I told her something was very wrong!We then got on the aircon bus to Cebu city which was only a 100 yards from the ferry dock.I told the wife it could be a set up and never go in a taxi that sounds too good to be true.These men were very agressive and even tried to throw my suitcase in the trunk.What do you think about this situation? I,ve travelled in India and Mexico working before and this sounds like a set up to me! Thanks for your good advice in the past.I listen very close to what you have to say.Thanks from Randall the Canadian.
It does sound odd but, the guy probably took someone to Bogo City or to Hagnaya and has to return to Cebu City anyway. He might have charged the guy P3000 and already made his money round trip. I’ve had them try to charge me that much. The going rate is P2000 at present for a trip to or from Bogo City from Cebu City. The second man was probably a porter. I probably would have taken it but if your instincts told you to be weary then you should be.
It is common for taxi’s to offer rides back to Cebu City from there. I’ve had them be aggressive too even after telling them I’m not going to Cebu City. haha If both men were going to be in the taxi that would be more alarming or you might have been sharing a taxi. I don’t know. Probably okay but the price is way too low.
On my last trip to Cebu City, someone approached me to take a van to Cebu City for P1500. I declined. A little bit later they came back with an offer of P1000 and I took it! He and I guess his wife were already headed there so I shared a ride. There were three of us. Taking a taxi from the bus terminal to our hotel would cost almost P200 so it didn’t cost me any more to take the van and it is more comfortable.
The good thing about taking a taxi is I can get out and take pictures pretty much whenever I want.
But usually it is P2000 compared to Jessie and I for about P500 including the taxi ride to the hotel. So I usually take the bus. I’ve only taken a taxi twice. Once when lazy, once when sick. The bus ride use to be hard as there were no air con buses but those days are gone. Lots of air con buses now.
Thanks Rusty. I,m always on the cautious side. It didn,t feel right.
Your welcome. I use to be far more cautious but I was over reacting a bit. I called that guy a conductor I think but the correct term was a dispatcher.
Hello Rusty. Hope your having good health? I,m just letting you know I got married in Minglanilla,Metro Cebu to my school teacher wife on Nov 21,2011.We had a wonderful wedding with lots of people attending.Great guests and a great meal afterwards. A pig cooked in the ground and all the good food one could eat.It all lasted between 2 to 3 hours and I now have a wonderful wife.My wife will be moving to Canada with me and hopefully we will be building a home in the Cebu area in the future so we can visit Cebu January,Feb and march each year.I would like to thank you again for all your help,starting with your e book and all the other information that you helped me with.Keep writing my friend and I,m sure you will help a lot more people in the future.My wife and I met online about 4 years ago and she nevered even once asked for money, only for friendship first, than love later.It really helps when you find a lady that has a job and a plan for the future.She has wonderful family and friends that I enjoy being with when I visit Cebu. I hope more people can find the happyness that I have found. Thanks again Rusty for all your help.Randall Connors.
HI Randall, congratulations and it sounds like you’re off to a wonderful start. It will be much easier to get her into Canada than the USA. Sounds like she could probably get into the USA too. I hope your plans come together without any real hiccups along the way. I suspect they will. Glad things have gone so well.
Thanks Rusty.It takes 6 to 24 months to get into Canada.Nothing is easy these days.Have a good day and good health. Randall Connors.
Your welcome, hope it is closer to 6 months.