Finding Happiness as an expat in the Philippines The key is Attitude After being here for close to a year now , I have talked to a pile of people who have shared with me all sorts of slight variations of the same stories. From those exchanges I have come to learn a very important […]
Moving to the Philippines – part 2 The reasons I am actually contemplating this move, in spite of all my problems and difficulties, are (1) At 64 and having done very little different for a very long time, I just feel I need a new and exciting experience in my last years. I am […]
Moving to the Philippines Some Questions In response to my post about Dumaguete City, I received an email with this query. I would like to share it with you guys as well as my response. I will be breaking down my response to this over several days and hopefully give people a good idea what […]
Dumaguete City Real Estate Land Prices still Cheap but Rising Dumaguete City, capital of Negros Oriental is gaining in popularity as the best place for Expats to settle. Previosly I have wriiten articles trying to explain why and have covered the topics of Medical Care and Amenities. This week I will give some info on […]
Siquijor Enchanted Island of the Philippines For any of you readers looking for a place to settle down into a magical slow moving lifestyle, you have to check out Siquijor. I have been living in Dumaguete City for the past six months , and though I love living here, I do miss the slow […]
Dumaguete City My Philippines Home Dumaguete city was not the Philippines that I initially fell in love with was the one of picture postcards. originally it was laid back island life on fine white sand beaches where living was simple and easy. After six months of living that dream, quite honestly I started going a […]
Why the Philippines? It starts with the Beautiful and Loving Filipinas When asking why the Philippines, all you have to do is look around and you will see that most of the expats here have a beautiful Filipina woman in tow. The majority of those expats are like me, meaning they are far from what […]
The first time I visited the Twin Lakes was in the middle of a raging downpour. Needless to say I failed to get too much of a glimpse of the real beauty this wondrous place has to show. I recently was fortunate enough to be in the office when John, an older gentleman from New […]
