I am a frequent bus traveller in the Philippines and have traveled throughout Mindanao and Luzon on buses. I have had buses break down or just stop for hours for no reason. I have had buses over heat so bad that the water and oil leaks onto the floor and I have had buses so overcrowded that even the chickens want to get out. The honest answer is that buses are NOT safe in … [Read more...]
Summer Vacation in Baguio City
Baguio City is the Place to Relax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyWyoqu6ttg For years the City of Baguio has been classed as the summer vacation for many Pinoys. The reason is that it is up a mountain and rains a hell of a lot. It is the only place in the Philippines where I have actually seen chimney pots on the houses. It is a beautiful city with its American designed park … [Read more...]
Sights and Sounds of Puerto Galera
Sights of Puerto Galera I have decided to leave the filthy atmosphere of Manila and have now set up home on the Island of Mindoro and to be specific Whitebeach in Puerto Galera. This most of the year is a sleepy place for divers from all over the world and a beautiful white beach with a few quaint restaurants dotted along and behind the beach. Because there are many foreign … [Read more...]
Age of Consent in the Philippines
What is the age of consent in the Philippines? It would seem very clear that the age of consent in the Philippines is 18. Most Filipinos would say that is true, but it is not that clear. Child Protection in the Philippines (wcpu-net.org.ph) estimates that almost half the prostitutes in the Philippines are underage, many of them street children lured from the … [Read more...]
What do Pinays Think of Aussies Abroad?
Click Here! If I had had the information in this comprehensive manual, I would have been in the Philippines a year before I actually made it here. Aussies in the Philippines What do most Filipinas think of Australian foreigners in the Philippines? The Philippines hosts thousands upon thousands of Australian visitors every year. There is also a very high … [Read more...]
