Live in the Philippines

Live in the Philippines helps expats with visas, moving and other services regarding the Philippines.

Travel in and from the Philippines

Living in the Philippines offers great travel opportunities.

Firstly, travel inside the Philippines gives the opportunity to experience many different cultures, languages and scenery.  The Philippines has regions that are so different that it is almost like visiting a different country even just going from one town to another.  As a group of 7,107 islands, the cultures present in the country are multiple.  You can spend a lot of time traveling the Philippines without seeing all there is to see.

The other great thing about travel is traveling from the Philippines to other countries.  Within just a short flight from the Philippines you can literally visit a dozen or more different countries!  Take that out to 6 hours or less of travel and you can expand from a dozen to several dozen countries that are at your doorstep!  It all leads to some great travel adventures from the Philippines without the need for long trips!

Of course, if you travel from the Philippines, coming home is always a great experience!

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Travel

As I am sure you realize, lately, I have started writing a bit of a series regarding tourism in the Philippines.  Because of this, I have been keeping a closer eye than normal when it comes to information about tourism when it appears on the news or other TV programs, in the newspaper, or wherever.  […]

Can food draw the tourists?

Food/Drink, Travel

Can food draw the tourists? Yeah, exactly. What are you smoking today, Bob?  People can get food anywhere in the world, why would they travel for food? Well, people already do travel for food! There are lots of food enthusiasts out there, they often call themselves “foodies.”  These are people who will travel to different […]

I’m pulling for you, Mr. Secretary

Philippine Politics, Travel

Since Noynoy Aquino became President of the Philippines, the new Secretary of Tourism has been Mr. Alberto Lim.  Lim is the former Director of the Makati Business Club, a very prestigious group for businessmen.  Without a doubt, Secretary Lim has the credentials to be a first class Secretary of Tourism for the Philippines. Over the […]

The Mieles and the Martins

Expats, Family, Travel

This weekend was a great LiP get together!  One of our popular LiP writers, John Miele, and his family came to Davao for the weekend.  John was accompanied by his wife, Rebecca and their son Juanito. John came to Davao to sort of enjoy a get-away from the city, and all that is associated with […]

The Big Adventure

Family, Travel

Prior to our youngest girl “Ymir Thea” moving to Singapore to work last year, she had a job with a large Japanese Electronics Firm on Subic Freeport, as an assistant administrator in the main office. Her supervisor tasked her with updating the company’s instruction manuals. She brought them home and worked on them, on our […]

My Journey to Samal

Davao City, Travel

The other day, I set out to go to Samal Island.  I was excited to go, because it had been a while since I had gone to Samal, so this was indeed a journey for me!  For regular readers, you will likely remember that I used to write relatively often about Samal and the time […]