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Dumaguete is not built to be a tourist city. Infrastructures aren't even built to cater to tourism but still expats are coming to the city. So if your visiting Dumaguete as a tourist don't expect Dumaguete to cash you out for a gimmick like how bohol is. Dumaguete will not treat you as a tourist, it will treat you like you are a local. So if you're in Dumaguete, try to be a local and mingle with locals 🙂
When you do find the ultimate place.....keep it TOP SECRET so others dont ruin it....we go there to get away from it all. I used to be a photographer for a Surf Magazine and I would find incredible surf spots....and the locals would threaten to hang me from a tree if I told the world about the spot.
it's impossible to keep anything like that a secret in this digital age of smart phones, digital nomads, TH-cam travel vloggers etc, and getting threatened to reveal a spot sounds extreme.
Once the tourists start showing up kiss paradise goodbye. Witnessed so many places in Thailand ruined by mass tourism. In the case here foreigners start tossing money at the Thais and the costs for everything start soaring. Seen dozens of tourists often drunk that have never have driven motorbikes. In a three day period in one location watched three tourists die . Anyhow one reason i keep my secret lovely places secret . The last thing i want are foreigners showing up and ruining the place.
@@GiointhePhilippines I seriously suggest you do that. My latest town not long ago was foreigner free until some idiot wrote a article about it. Now half of Pattaya moved here with the dregs of society . The only thing that keeps the numbers down are no girly bars so they import them. As with everywhere once these types move in the locals attitudes change because of these characters. The only thing that saves me is i have been here longer than anyone so the locals know me well and am the only foreigner that speaks Thai here.
james spignesi Magandag Umaga Po! That’s Exactly what has happened in some areas of Country of Mexico. Cancun,Cabo,La Paz,Cozumel,Queretaro,Ajijic,San Migue Allende,Rosarito. Yes, Even with the murdered rate so high people keep on coming. I know, I Live in Mexico and The Philippines. Best Wishes
It's not all bad, the tourism brings money and income which helps a lot of locals survive, the spending power is much greater which brings money into the local economy. Many of the tourist areas in SEA absolutely struggled to survive with no tourists during the pandemic and now are only starting to get back on their feet again.
I visited Bohol last week and found far more foreigners than I see around 'here' (Malaybalay). Decided that I prefer fewer foreigners hanging around. Mostly, white guys are often rude and sometimes obnoxious.
South East Asians like foreigners very much especially European or white Caucasians.they feel proud and find way to converse in english once they see a white man nearby.thats why white Caucasians foreigners would always think the SEA natives are friendly.but only to foreigners...to fellow SEA man...is different.
Christmas coming up so at least you are in the right COUNTRY, they LOVE christmas over there! You SHOULD try something else, go somewhere else, do not settle down anywhere. I just arrived Tokyo. Expensive as hell, but seeing new places makes it worth it. You might end back at Dumaguete another time, it is not gonna go somewhere, the place is gonna be there. Now it is time for a NEW experience.
Dumaguete is being fed by a limitless power from a Geothermal Plant in Valencia, that i think is powering the whole Negros Island and Southern part of Cebu. The brown outs are planned maintenance not short of supply like in Mindanao in Maria Christina Falls Hydro Electric Power Plant. And twice in a week is an exaggeration. There are maintenance brownouts for different areas in a week but not twice a week in one area. It maybe that the Power Company is now in constant maintenance mode, clearing trees and bushes from the grid as December and January will be Typhoon season for the Visayas and Mindanao region It maybe that the Power Company is now in constant maintenance mode, clearing trees and bushes from the grid as December and January will be Typhoon season for the Visayas and Mindanao region
I still love my own birthplace Dumaguete, being away from Dumaguete since 1991 up to this present , I was so impressed that lots of progress every time I will go back for holiday. I met my foreigner husband here in abroad and he loves Dumaguete so much, infact we bought a property in Valencia and build our house there now. So if it is your choice not for liking our place Dumaguete be it , wherever you go places in Philippines it is expensive, there are ups and down, there is no cheaper places now. Wherever you go traffic is anywhere. Mind you, not all Filipina are bad, there’s more descent as well. So shock of you just go there Philippines searching and dating Filipina girlfriend, why there that infact there are Filipinos all over the world. Good lock to you . Just be careful. Even other nationality you can experience bad lady behavior. It was in the list that the best retirement place to stay is Dumaguete and I agree for that. I am proud to be a Dumageutenos .
It sucks as a Filipino when Foreigners visits us and Expects to have a perfect girl here in the Philippines. Are you perfect when you arrive here? Do you expect us to treat you as a God as soon as you arrive here? Let us be mutual. Where ever you came from or what country are you from. If I have the money, could I have the same Expectations like you as soon as I arrive in your native land? Please be fair.
In your Dumaguete videos, you missed one thing, for a small-town it has a great hospital silliman University, when I was there in Dumaguete for almost three months I had to go there for 6 days. The treatment and care I got was very good and I came out of the situation fine.
It's not the same people. It less than one percent. People like you are funny. I bet people like you move and never even bother to learn the language, but you're worried about the 1 percent that's like you.
See ..... ? I knew you were going to come to that conclusion ,,, Dumaguete just has too many other foreigners,, the gossip there is out of control ,, If I wanted to hang out with a bunch of Gringos ,, I would just stay in America.
From March of 2015 until june of 2017 i rented a three bedroom I bath house on a big lot in Combado Bacong . the house was on the South road to Valencia. It cost us Php 1400.00 per month . After we moved out the owner did a lot of work on the place and now it is advertised at Php 20,000.00 . So glad we bought a house .
Hey gio, we're in Navarro Cavite, we don't really have alot of brownouts, are electric I have to say is pretty good. My wife and I enjoy watching your videos my friend. Miles n Karl Nakonechy.
My wife is I Bacoor, Cavite. I never experienced brown outs there for 3 weeks, but lots of traffic. Not many foreigners. Everyone is nice. While going to banks, city hall, we had to wait long times.
You forgot to mention, that if you meet someone who lives there full time, that you have instant connections. I found good places to live, just by meeting locals
Hey Gio, thanks for another great video. I hope we have a chance to do some collaboration videos soon. I'm still in Easter Samar until Christmas and then will likely be going to Leyte.
Haha, it's always good to travel to new places when you're free to go wherever you please. Don't get into the settler trap. It's interesting that you want people to notice you. As an Indian, I kind of blend in wherever I go here in Thailand (well, sometimes i get stared at) but I hate that feeling of being "out of place". I'd imagine i'd blend into the phillipines a bit too.
Thailand is not a nice place to be Indian, or South Asian in general. They will call you khaek, which the same as the N word but used for Indian, Nepalese, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan etc.
I love your honesty. coming here for a long time, yes I noticed right away how you are right about girls here.. much more expecting things (demanding). mostly done the foreigner experience,and hard to meet them especially if they have something to offer. i also noticed a kind of duplicity.. people seem very friendly but if they don,t need you they act as they don,t know you.. to me girls are more weird you never know what to expect, or what crazy foreigner trip she graduated from when you meet her and she has been through it , lol. cost of living minimum 1700 to 2000 dollars if you want to live and eat like a middle class foreigner. i come here for the nature, gave on on the chicks.I have one , very pretty but rude controlling , and costly lol. I know the city well
Valuable and relevant info from someone with obviously a lot of experience. I have 14y in Thailand and 50+ visits to PH, but never actually lived there. Now planning to. Your insight tells me Duma is not for me. Selamat maraming po, kuya.
Is 'brownout' an American expression? You mention them here and also in your review video of Dumaguete. I am English, and I've never heard of such occurrences called anything other than 'power cuts'! I eventually realised what you meant because of the context in which you mention the word! Plus in this video you do actually later mention 'power outages' which is more self-explanatory. Anyway, thanks indeed for all your very helpful videos on life in the Philippines. I am coming out for an exploratory vacation soon, with a view to possible retirement in the country.
When you moved to otherside of the visiyas. Like Leyte and samar please don’t tell on your channel where were you ‘ couse it’s gonna be massive more foreign tourists to coming in. Just keep it to yourself even when you do your daily vlog on YT. Channel. By the way I am from Leyte Tacloban, City. Happy New Year to you and I wish you all the best of luck. 👍👍👍
you say go to province but all these thins that you mention concerning privacy/anonymous will be the same everywhere you go outside big cities. And in big city you will have same traffic as in Dumaguete. hmmm...
Good and bad everywhere and I think I am looking for a unicorn that doesn't exist but I enjoy the traveling and exploring new cities. I recommend everyone try out several cities before settling down.
Correct Gio. Unicorns do not exist in current form ready to be picked up, however, Unicorns are molded. You find a good girl young enough and mold her to the girl of your dreams. I have witnessed this myself.
Thank you sir , while watching this video my feeling l'm in Valencia Neg Or, because I'm ex or former Valencianon. Luisito Catalbas, from Tayatay,Rizal. Philippines
It's funny because I was listening to you talk about the brownouts and I am sitting here with a generator on because my lights went out here in PR. The longest I was powerless for was 190 days because of Hurricane Maria, but I understand. I'm only here because of my daughter.
Nice video with lots of valid points Gio. Leyte is another place that I want to check out, but I wonder how good internet will be for someone like you who needs to work online.
Gio.thank u iam from Los Angeles calif.as soon as things get better I plan to relocate to the phill.dont know quite where was thinking if there.but I dont think so.maybe to visit friends i have there but not to live .and as dating yes a province gal well good luck in ur next move .garcias blessings ur friend roberto tapia Dominguez jr..
Gio you have mentioned several times in your videos that you would like to end up in Kuala Lumpur. Why not just go there and establish yourself. I think that this searching that you are doing is futile and wasting your time. You said that you want to meet a Filipina and move with her to KL what are the chances of that? JMHO
why Kuala Lampur?? I already found my provincial Filipina, she loves me, and we stayed in Dumaguete and Valencia for one month to check it out. We're back in Hong kong now, but we are leaving in January too and we want to live somewhere together in SE Asia. We were going to try Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, or back to Dumaguete. We found though that the foreigners are mostly rough around the edges, jealous types, not very well educated or civilised, and many of them are getting into trouble and giving foreigners a bad name mostly. Because I had these beliefs the rough ones did not like me.
I agree, if you are single and looking for a young girl to go out with, that is a problem. Words get around. It is not like in the states. Most women in the states , they do respect your choices, this is what i know. Just don't 2 time them. Pinays are one of a kind. You find out yourself. Most Pinay women are the best ever. Make sure you respect them. I know a married white guy married a Pinay during the olden days. They are now retired and living in Dumaguete. The are still in love. My white guy friend is a fluent Tagalog and and Bisaya speaker. You probably met him. His name is Bud Brown. He is a frequent visitor @ a coffee shop . Good luck whatever your goal is, hope you find it.
That chick boy rep for going out with different woman while single is a strange deal for us western guys. If a man is serious about finding the qualities in a woman that fit well with him for partner for life,why would he just date one during his single era? I'll adapt to there way in many areas but not that one. It's us that have to live with our choice in the end. Thanks for another informative vid Gio, Always appreciated.
@obrbob194 I think you havent been in Cagayan de Oro... traffic is less monstrous and still have 2 SM malls , Ayala, robinsons, rustans, S&R, etc. even have 3 starbucks...you think starbucks, which is usually filled with weterners here, would put up 3 joints if its that dangerous for western people?
Probably shouldn't go to the Manila metro area or AC or Cebu or any of the larger cities if traffic is a big issue. I live in AC for 3 years now. Foreigners everywhere here unless you decide to live in the provinces. AC is a good little compromise for me, I live around the outskirts but still have any amenity that I may need. Not many brownouts here either. Its a good base of operations and convenient to get out and about. Clark Airbase is here with its airport so catching flights to all of the island destinations is very easy. Just throwing it out there for you. Come on up, the waters fine. Apt/condos ranging from 10k -45k, up to you. I pay 11k for 2-bed condo 2 ACs, 1km from a major mall and highway access. But like I said earlier, traffic is everywhere if you don't pay attention to the school times and work hours. Best of luck to you Gio...and hey, how about a follow back(mine is just a small little channel, nothing insightful hahaha).
@@GiointhePhilippines well, like I said, its good for a base of ops. Just convenient. I dont deal with too many foreigners.... the company you keep and all that. But I do hear you.
I agree! I was born in Cebu but now i love it here in CDO... traffic is less monstrous and still have 2 SM malls , Ayala, robinsons, rustans, S&R, etc.
what do you like about Kuala Lampur?? I already found my provincial Filipina, she loves me, and we stayed in Dumaguete and Valencia for one month to check it out. We're back in Hong kong now, but we are leaving in January too and we want to live somewhere together in SE Asia. We were going to try Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, or back to Dumaguete. We found though that the foreigners are mostly rough around the edges, jealous types, not very well educated or civilised, and many of them are getting into trouble and giving foreigners a bad name mostly. Because I had these beliefs the rough ones did not like me.
During your travels in the PH is there one city,town,area you like the best in regards to comfort, affordable and where the ladies are real pretty and available
Well Dumaguete is still the best place to retire. Check out Forbes, " TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images No. 5: Dumaguete, Philippines Here you’ll find one of the best places for beachfront living on a budget. Dumaguete is among the cheapest places in the world to live, according to the Retire Overseas Index. The climate is hot and humid. (Dumaguete is protected against most of typhoons in the Philippines.)"
CDO and Cebu have horrible traffic but the size of the city would surely give you then variety and less chances of dating someone whom most have dated too
Gio, I can tell you Leyte is already experiencing more foreigners lately in places like Ormoc & Baybay. The internet & youtube is partly responsible. It is a double edged sword but can't be avoided, I just hope it doesn't turn into Thailand. I'm not the only foreigner in my favorite undisclosed central Leyte coffee shop anymore thats for sure. Enjoy.
Hi Gio. Just to put in my 2 pesos worth I've been to quite a few places in the Philippines and really prefer a place that's a bit bigger. I like to have the better variety of food and more reliable internet and electricity. My wife was living in Antipolo when I met her and I rather like it up there but I also love Iloilo City as well as San Fernando Pampanga (where I'm relatively certain we'll end up eventually). I like the cities big, .. but not Manila big. ;)
Pampanga being close to Clark/Angeles is also a target area for ex-pats. My fiance lives there, nice - but also has infrastructure issues - not many places in Phils do not. We have a saying in Australia, if you want to live here, live as the locals do, don't complain about the down sides (weather, infrastructure etc.) - if you want to complain and don't like where you are - leave and go home!
Where’s a good place for young people? I don’t mind other foreigners but would be nice to find friends my own age 30’s or 20’s maybe some mid 40’s. Don’t want to necessarily hang out with a bunch of old retired folks talking about dentures and healthcare.
I have been living in Dumaguete for almost 4 years now and I agree with most of the things you talked about. We are planning to move sometime next year to a different place. Haven't decided where yet but working on it. Take care
you know torest is good but in other side torist is big-disturcting of echo system why because this is bigining of higher cuase of living food and damage the envirnoment because of crowded example this the boracay thats why please local if they had a good and hiding place and dont take a picture ang post in social beacuse someday you are victim of your popularity. dumaguete before is very nice ang good of low price but now they are very crowded and victim of popularity.
I think it's REEKAY and the other TH-camr's fault ( forgot his name) the Bald head dude that workouts but smokes.,.,., They Ruined Dumaguete because they where base there so long.,., I think that bald head dude is still there in Duma.
here is the reality... new expats are fearful of the unknown. that's normal, i don't blame them for it. so where is a new expat going to go? answer: they will go where they have the most information. places where vloggers have shown them what to expect when they get there. when i moved to bohol and began showing the area, suddenly expats began making that their destination. because, they knew what to expect. i moved then to dumaguete, same thing. i moved to cebu for a year, same thing. i was meeting them in the ayala mall most days of the week. but 'blame me'? no. if there's any 'blame', it's guys who didn't do what i did. i went to an area WITHOUT any pre-video tours or information. i went NOT knowing what to expect. if more expats did that, they'd be scattered all over the PH instead of going where a 'scout ant' like me already showed the path. but i don't think of it in terms of 'blame'. no wrong was committed. people simply went where they had the most information. as for duma, yes it's more crowded but truly look at all that oncoming traffic in the streets. it's not more expats, it's more filipinos who have moved into or work in duma. as for the boardwalk and Rob's mall... again, expats hang out there in droves because they won't jump on a bike and explore the hills of valencia, the beaches of dauin or bais. they continue to congregate at the boardwalk and Rob's mall instead of venturing out. end result; expats at the boardwalk and Rob's mall (the 2 main social hubs in duma) are a dime-a-dozen. and it affects the dating pool. one final thing to remember about dumaguete before laying 'blame'... i moved there in 2014 and it took me a few months to begin sharing about duma. meanwhile, Forbes magazine had already showcased Dumaguete as one of their best chosen places to retire. needless to say, Forbes has a much higher viewership than my youtube channel. so if 'blame' has to be laid (not that i think it does), first look at Forbes' part in sending expats to Duma. www.wheninmanila.com/forbes-names-dumaguete-as-one-of-the-best-places-to-retire/ bottom-line... if you want a place with less expats, be adventurous and "get out there", explore. this is what Gio and I and others are doing.
@@tinotino9952 a 'bad reputation'? seriously? you mean from people like you who spread lies about me. trading in false-gossip stewed in your own jealousy that i'm actually enjoying life in the PH while your experience remains lame. i've got news for you, "men date women". it's called having a social-life. just because you ended up on the sidelines is no reason to go bad-mouthing those who are actually enjoying life. it's what you did 5 years ago and it's what you still do today. obviously, your situation has not improved.
While I enjoy your videos , and the other bloggers you help create part of this problem by telling everybody that come over everything is cheap and you can live over here for only $800 a month. And that the girls are plentiful and they'll go with you no matter how old you are cuz you're a foreigner it's a utopia well now you know what all that has created in my opinion cuz I've been going there for 40 years enjoy it while you can.
I lived in Dumaguete in the 1960s, as a Peace Corps Volunteer. There were frequent brown outs then, lol. It’s amazing how much the place has changed. Don’t think I’d like it now. FP Fort Lauderdale, FL
The whole premise of moving someplace "exotic"?...is to NOT be around "western" ANYTHING....so I can definitely see why you would make that decision. If I were in your shoes?...I would do the same thing!!
You won't get annoying subscribers coming up to you outside dumageute 😂 Nah jokes, nice to meet you mate. I couldn't see myself living here either that one way is annoying as hell. Good luck in the next place 👊
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Dumaguete is not built to be a tourist city. Infrastructures aren't even built to cater to tourism but still expats are coming to the city. So if your visiting Dumaguete as a tourist don't expect Dumaguete to cash you out for a gimmick like how bohol is.
Dumaguete will not treat you as a tourist, it will treat you like you are a local. So if you're in Dumaguete, try to be a local and mingle with locals 🙂
Loved this..This is exactly how I would describe Duma as well.
When you do find the ultimate place.....keep it TOP SECRET so others dont ruin it....we go there to get away from it all. I used to be a photographer for a Surf Magazine and I would find incredible surf spots....and the locals would threaten to hang me from a tree if I told the world about the spot.
Exactly right :-)
it's impossible to keep anything like that a secret in this digital age of smart phones, digital nomads, TH-cam travel vloggers etc, and getting threatened to reveal a spot sounds extreme.
Once the tourists start showing up kiss paradise goodbye. Witnessed so many places in Thailand ruined by mass tourism. In the case here foreigners start tossing money at the Thais and the costs for everything start soaring. Seen dozens of tourists often drunk that have never have driven motorbikes. In a three day period in one location watched three tourists die . Anyhow one reason i keep my secret lovely places secret . The last thing i want are foreigners showing up and ruining the place.
That is the problem, rest assured when I find the ideal spot, I likely won't vlog about it and keep it secret :-)
@@GiointhePhilippines I seriously suggest you do that. My latest town not long ago was foreigner free until some idiot wrote a article about it. Now half of Pattaya moved here with the dregs of society . The only thing that keeps the numbers down are no girly bars so they import them. As with everywhere once these types move in the locals attitudes change because of these characters. The only thing that saves me is i have been here longer than anyone so the locals know me well and am the only foreigner that speaks Thai here.
james spignesi Magandag Umaga Po! That’s Exactly what has happened in some areas of Country of Mexico.
Cancun,Cabo,La Paz,Cozumel,Queretaro,Ajijic,San Migue Allende,Rosarito. Yes, Even with the murdered rate so high people keep on coming. I know, I Live in Mexico and The Philippines.
Best Wishes
It's not all bad, the tourism brings money and income which helps a lot of locals survive, the spending power is much greater which brings money into the local economy. Many of the tourist areas in SEA absolutely struggled to survive with no tourists during the pandemic and now are only starting to get back on their feet again.
I visited Bohol last week and found far more foreigners than I see around 'here' (Malaybalay). Decided that I prefer fewer foreigners hanging around. Mostly, white guys are often rude and sometimes obnoxious.
agreed!
Byron Watts have you tried siquijor island?
South East Asians like foreigners very much especially European or white Caucasians.they feel proud and find way to converse in english once they see a white man nearby.thats why white Caucasians foreigners would always think the SEA natives are friendly.but only to foreigners...to fellow SEA man...is different.
Christmas coming up so at least you are in the right COUNTRY, they LOVE christmas over there! You SHOULD try something else, go somewhere else, do not settle down anywhere. I just arrived Tokyo. Expensive as hell, but seeing new places makes it worth it. You might end back at Dumaguete another time, it is not gonna go somewhere, the place is gonna be there. Now it is time for a NEW experience.
For sure, I am here through Christmas. Half the fun is being able to pick up and travel around and experience different places.
@@HappyAbroad So, what's your point? Being an atheist or going to Vietnam?
Dumaguete is being fed by a limitless power from a Geothermal Plant in Valencia, that i think is powering the whole Negros Island and Southern part of Cebu.
The brown outs are planned maintenance not short of supply like in Mindanao in Maria Christina Falls Hydro Electric Power Plant.
And twice in a week is an exaggeration. There are maintenance brownouts for different areas in a week but not twice a week in one area.
It maybe that the Power Company is now in constant maintenance mode, clearing trees and bushes from the grid as December and January will be Typhoon season for the Visayas and Mindanao region
It maybe that the Power Company is now in constant maintenance mode, clearing trees and bushes from the grid as December and January will be Typhoon season for the Visayas and Mindanao region
I still love my own birthplace Dumaguete, being away from Dumaguete since 1991 up to this present , I was so impressed that lots of progress every time I will go back for holiday. I met my foreigner husband here in abroad and he loves Dumaguete so much, infact we bought a property in Valencia and build our house there now. So if it is your choice not for liking our place Dumaguete be it , wherever you go places in Philippines it is expensive, there are ups and down, there is no cheaper places now. Wherever you go traffic is anywhere. Mind you, not all Filipina are bad, there’s more descent as well. So shock of you just go there Philippines searching and dating Filipina girlfriend, why there that infact there are Filipinos all over the world. Good lock to you . Just be careful. Even other nationality you can experience bad lady behavior. It was in the list that the best retirement place to stay is Dumaguete and I agree for that. I am proud to be a Dumageutenos .
Me too ..
Ofw here in Rome Italy. .
But i'm from BACONG NEGROS ORIENTAL
It sucks as a Filipino when Foreigners visits us and Expects to have a perfect girl here in the Philippines. Are you perfect when you arrive here? Do you expect us to treat you as a God as soon as you arrive here? Let us be mutual. Where ever you came from or what country are you from. If I have the money, could I have the same Expectations like you as soon as I arrive in your native land? Please be fair.
You are right!
In your Dumaguete videos, you missed one thing, for a small-town it has a great hospital silliman University, when I was there in Dumaguete for almost three months I had to go there for 6 days. The treatment and care I got was very good and I came out of the situation fine.
Great point! Ace Hospital is very nice too!
Why move 8 thousand miles away to live with the same people you are trying to get away from?
It's not the same people. It less than one percent. People like you are funny. I bet people like you move and never even bother to learn the language, but you're worried about the 1 percent that's like you.
cuz the odds of your being able to buy a young gf is still much higher over there duh
See ..... ? I knew you were going to come to that conclusion ,,, Dumaguete just has too many other foreigners,, the gossip there is out of control ,, If I wanted to hang out with a bunch of Gringos ,, I would just stay in America.
I agree with you let's hand out together men I'm latino I will be there on may..
See ya...
Dumaguete was promoted by the government as a retirees' haven for foreigners. But unfortunately that is not what is happening now.
I'm hoping to learn more about Leyte or some place similar via your future vids.
Soon, just here through Christmas.
In mindanao the nice place for me:
Bukidnon
Butuan
Prosperidad
Bayugan
Anyway a native from mindanao that is why i love it lolllll
From March of 2015 until june of 2017 i rented a three bedroom I bath house on a big lot in Combado Bacong . the house was on the South road to Valencia. It cost us Php 1400.00 per month . After we moved out the owner did a lot of work on the place and now it is advertised at Php 20,000.00 . So glad we bought a house .
thank you so much sir be well 🙏 PEACE
Speaking truth....💯 , I can relate (directly). Best to you.
At least you were honest. If you feel your desire for the Rock Star attention then try Jolo/sulu or Tawi Tawi
hahaha👍
Don't forget the lack of typhoons 8n dumaguete.
Hey gio, we're in Navarro Cavite, we don't really have alot of brownouts, are electric I have to say is pretty good. My wife and I enjoy watching your videos my friend. Miles n Karl Nakonechy.
Thanks Karl, I have been to Tagatay and Dasmarinas.
My wife is I Bacoor, Cavite. I never experienced brown outs there for 3 weeks, but lots of traffic. Not many foreigners. Everyone is nice. While going to banks, city hall, we had to wait long times.
Great video and very valid points on all issues. The coconut grapevine is indeed off the hook out here!
The beauty of the Philippines is that its got 7000 islands to choose from. I’m sure you’ll find that perfect place.
Very true, only 6,885 more to explore lol
You forgot to mention, that if you meet someone who lives there full time, that you have instant connections. I found good places to live, just by meeting locals
All tropical places have brown outs - all tropical towns & islands gossip & know about each other.
Those are some true words!
Thanks Gio for good vlog once again.
Thank you for being honest all the best Merry mas
Happy holidays!
Thanks for the info .
Good Information Sir
Hey Gio, thanks for another great video. I hope we have a chance to do some collaboration videos soon. I'm still in Easter Samar until Christmas and then will likely be going to Leyte.
Thanks!
On the other hand, Foreigners leaving Dumaguete would be beneficial to Dumagueteños as what gio expounded, increased rate of rentals, food etc.
Sounds to me like there’s more to the story? Perhaps a run in with ex pats or a girl gone wrong? Too much competition?
Dude you sound creepy asf
Mate unfortunately where ever u go foreigners will follow!! U do realize u r advertising these places by vlogging them right?
Of course but the place I settle in will be private. 😁
Haha, it's always good to travel to new places when you're free to go wherever you please. Don't get into the settler trap. It's interesting that you want people to notice you. As an Indian, I kind of blend in wherever I go here in Thailand (well, sometimes i get stared at) but I hate that feeling of being "out of place". I'd imagine i'd blend into the phillipines a bit too.
Thailand is not a nice place to be Indian, or South Asian in general. They will call you khaek, which the same as the N word but used for Indian, Nepalese, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan etc.
I love your honesty. coming here for a long time, yes I noticed right away how you are right about girls here.. much more expecting things (demanding). mostly done the foreigner experience,and hard to meet them especially if they have something to offer. i also noticed a kind of duplicity.. people seem very friendly but if they don,t need you they act as they don,t know you.. to me girls are more weird you never know what to expect, or what crazy foreigner trip she graduated from when you meet her and she has been through it , lol. cost of living minimum 1700 to 2000 dollars if you want to live and eat like a middle class foreigner. i come here for the nature, gave on on the chicks.I have one , very pretty but rude controlling , and costly lol. I know the city well
Sounds like you need a better woman, don't just go for looks.
My fiance is from Bacolod | Darin & Analy LDR Journey
Valuable and relevant info from someone with obviously a lot of experience. I have 14y in Thailand and 50+ visits to PH, but never actually lived there. Now planning to. Your insight tells me Duma is not for me.
Selamat maraming po, kuya.
Is 'brownout' an American expression? You mention them here and also in your review video of Dumaguete. I am English, and I've never heard of such occurrences called anything other than 'power cuts'! I eventually realised what you meant because of the context in which you mention the word! Plus in this video you do actually later mention 'power outages' which is more self-explanatory. Anyway, thanks indeed for all your very helpful videos on life in the Philippines. I am coming out for an exploratory vacation soon, with a view to possible retirement in the country.
Brownout is a Filipino expression that I picked up and that they use widely here for a power outage.
Welcome to my hometown
Was quite a few You Tube Channels based there for awhile. I think that has attracted a lot of people.
Shout out lods from dumaguete
OH DON’T GO GIO.
When you moved to otherside of the visiyas. Like Leyte and samar please don’t tell on your channel where were you ‘ couse it’s gonna be massive more foreign tourists to coming in. Just keep it to yourself even when you do your daily vlog on YT. Channel. By the way I am from Leyte Tacloban, City. Happy New Year to you and I wish you all the best of luck. 👍👍👍
secret :-)
you say go to province but all these thins that you mention concerning privacy/anonymous will be the same everywhere you go outside big cities. And in big city you will have same traffic as in Dumaguete. hmmm...
Good and bad everywhere and I think I am looking for a unicorn that doesn't exist but I enjoy the traveling and exploring new cities. I recommend everyone try out several cities before settling down.
Correct Gio.
Unicorns do not exist in current form ready to be picked up, however, Unicorns are molded. You find a good girl young enough and mold her to the girl of your dreams.
I have witnessed this myself.
@@GiointhePhilippines Samar, though? There's nothing to do out there, right?
Thank you sir , while watching this video my feeling l'm in Valencia Neg Or, because I'm ex or former Valencianon. Luisito Catalbas, from Tayatay,Rizal. Philippines
rentals are going up everywhere in the world
It's funny because I was listening to you talk about the brownouts and I am sitting here with a generator on because my lights went out here in PR. The longest I was powerless for was 190 days because of Hurricane Maria, but I understand. I'm only here because of my daughter.
haha, yea, it is more fun in the Philippines!
@Rafael Jimenez how old is your daughter
Nice video with lots of valid points Gio. Leyte is another place that I want to check out, but I wonder how good internet will be for someone like you who needs to work online.
If your leaving where are you going?
Gio.thank u iam from Los Angeles calif.as soon as things get better I plan to relocate to the phill.dont know quite where was thinking if there.but I dont think so.maybe to visit friends i have there but not to live .and as dating yes a province gal well good luck in ur next move .garcias blessings ur friend roberto tapia Dominguez jr..
Funny... i was saying that back in 1982
keep it up enjoy staying in the Philippines so proud of you.
Thank you :-)
Try in our place palompon! 🙂😊
Gio you have mentioned several times in your videos that you would like to end up in Kuala Lumpur. Why not just go there and establish yourself. I think that this searching that you are doing is futile and wasting your time. You said that you want to meet a Filipina and move with her to KL what are the chances of that? JMHO
why Kuala Lampur?? I already found my provincial Filipina, she loves me, and we stayed in Dumaguete and Valencia for one month to check it out. We're back in Hong kong now, but we are leaving in January too and we want to live somewhere together in SE Asia. We were going to try Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, or back to Dumaguete.
We found though that the foreigners are mostly rough around the edges, jealous types, not very well educated or civilised, and many of them are getting into trouble and giving foreigners a bad name mostly. Because I had these beliefs the rough ones did not like me.
or move to KL a get a Philippino girl there. they are everywhere in KL
I agree, if you are single and looking for a young girl to go out with, that is a problem. Words get around. It is not like in the states. Most women in the states , they do respect your choices, this is what i know. Just don't 2 time them. Pinays are one of a kind. You find out yourself. Most Pinay women are the best ever. Make sure you respect them.
I know a married white guy married a Pinay during the olden days. They are now retired and living in Dumaguete. The are still in love. My white guy friend is a fluent Tagalog and and Bisaya speaker. You probably met him. His name is Bud Brown. He is a frequent visitor @ a coffee shop . Good luck whatever your goal is, hope you find it.
Grande Giò, forza Italia 👍👍👍
Thanks for the disclosure about the Facts re: City of Valencia, Dumaguete❗️🙏🤗😍❤️🇨🇦❤️🇵🇭❤️
That chick boy rep for going out with different woman while single is a strange deal for us western guys. If a man is serious about finding the qualities in a woman that fit well with him for partner for life,why would he just date one during his single era? I'll adapt to there way in many areas but not that one. It's us that have to live with our choice in the end.
Thanks for another informative vid Gio, Always appreciated.
Mindanao yeah baby ❤️🇵🇭👩🏽😉
obrbob194 you obviously have never been there 🤦🏽♂️
@obrbob194 I think you havent been in Cagayan de Oro... traffic is less monstrous and still have 2 SM malls , Ayala, robinsons, rustans, S&R, etc. even have 3 starbucks...you think starbucks, which is usually filled with weterners here, would put up 3 joints if its that dangerous for western people?
Probably shouldn't go to the Manila metro area or AC or Cebu or any of the larger cities if traffic is a big issue. I live in AC for 3 years now. Foreigners everywhere here unless you decide to live in the provinces. AC is a good little compromise for me, I live around the outskirts but still have any amenity that I may need. Not many brownouts here either. Its a good base of operations and convenient to get out and about. Clark Airbase is here with its airport so catching flights to all of the island destinations is very easy. Just throwing it out there for you. Come on up, the waters fine. Apt/condos ranging from 10k -45k, up to you. I pay 11k for 2-bed condo 2 ACs, 1km from a major mall and highway access. But like I said earlier, traffic is everywhere if you don't pay attention to the school times and work hours. Best of luck to you Gio...and hey, how about a follow back(mine is just a small little channel, nothing insightful hahaha).
I have been to AC, I do like AC for the same things Dumaguete offers but again don't like all the expats, Koreans and tourists there in AC.
@@GiointhePhilippines well, like I said, its good for a base of ops. Just convenient. I dont deal with too many foreigners.... the company you keep and all that. But I do hear you.
Cdo is great location
I agree! I was born in Cebu but now i love it here in CDO... traffic is less monstrous and still have 2 SM malls , Ayala, robinsons, rustans, S&R, etc.
what do you like about Kuala Lampur?? I already found my provincial Filipina, she loves me, and we stayed in Dumaguete and Valencia for one month to check it out. We're back in Hong kong now, but we are leaving in January too and we want to live somewhere together in SE Asia. We were going to try Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, or back to Dumaguete.
We found though that the foreigners are mostly rough around the edges, jealous types, not very well educated or civilised, and many of them are getting into trouble and giving foreigners a bad name mostly. Because I had these beliefs the rough ones did not like me.
It is just quiet, clean, organized, great food and great infrastructure.
Good luck on keeping your business private in this country
Byron Watts Exactly! Good luck to him to keep his business private when he finds his Filipina wife!🤣🤣🤣
Move to Sta Rosa Laguna , near in Manila,Tagaytay Batangas
During your travels in the PH is there one city,town,area you like the best in regards to comfort, affordable and where the ladies are real pretty and available
So far I am a big fan of Davao.
Well Dumaguete is still the best place to retire. Check out Forbes, " TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images
No. 5: Dumaguete, Philippines
Here you’ll find one of the best places for beachfront living on a budget. Dumaguete is among the cheapest places in the world to live, according to the Retire Overseas Index. The climate is hot and humid. (Dumaguete is protected against most of typhoons in the Philippines.)"
Is high season a factor in congestion and prices?
The brown outs and bad water pressure is all this true
water pressure has to do with individual housing not with the city. Brownouts occur for sure.
Always brown outs in Phil,get used to it
Soooo you can go other country . ..
CDO and Cebu have horrible traffic but the size of the city would surely give you then variety and less chances of dating someone whom most have dated too
True
CDO is terrible with traffic worse than Cebu city
No
Have you thought about heading up to the Bacolod City/Iloilo City region?
Gio, I can tell you Leyte is already experiencing more foreigners lately in places like Ormoc & Baybay. The internet & youtube is partly responsible. It is a double edged sword but can't be avoided, I just hope it doesn't turn into Thailand. I'm not the only foreigner in my favorite undisclosed central Leyte coffee shop anymore thats for sure. Enjoy.
Subic Berreto is fine , lots to do , but beach's aren't as good unfortunately
Gio you are really funny 😆
Hi Gio. Just to put in my 2 pesos worth I've been to quite a few places in the Philippines and really prefer a place that's a bit bigger. I like to have the better variety of food and more reliable internet and electricity. My wife was living in Antipolo when I met her and I rather like it up there but I also love Iloilo City as well as San Fernando Pampanga (where I'm relatively certain we'll end up eventually). I like the cities big, .. but not Manila big. ;)
Pampanga being close to Clark/Angeles is also a target area for ex-pats. My fiance lives there, nice - but also has infrastructure issues - not many places in Phils do not.
We have a saying in Australia, if you want to live here, live as the locals do, don't complain about the down sides (weather, infrastructure etc.) - if you want to complain and don't like where you are - leave and go home!
......Dumaguete....!!!
Try Tacloban City.
Leah Lee Tacloban got completely smashed by the Typhoon Hainan a few years ago! Exciting.🤣🤣🤣
Where’s a good place for young people? I don’t mind other foreigners but would be nice to find friends my own age 30’s or 20’s maybe some mid 40’s. Don’t want to necessarily hang out with a bunch of old retired folks talking about dentures and healthcare.
I have been living in Dumaguete for almost 4 years now and I agree with most of the things you talked about. We are planning to move sometime next year to a different place. Haven't decided where yet but working on it. Take care
Why don't you try, Roxas City, Capiz. It's peaceful
you know torest is good but in other side torist is big-disturcting of echo system why because this is bigining of higher cuase of living food and damage the envirnoment because of crowded example this the boracay thats why please local if they had a good and hiding place and dont take a picture ang post in social beacuse someday you are victim of your popularity. dumaguete before is very nice ang good of low price but now they are very crowded and victim of popularity.
is it really muggy?
Sometimes, it is like Florida weather.
Try Roxas City, Capiz. small city also quite and peaceful.
Top on my list!
there is "aswan" , spirit
living there sounds like its living in the states......
I think it's REEKAY and the other TH-camr's fault ( forgot his name) the Bald head dude that workouts but smokes.,.,., They Ruined Dumaguete because they where base there so long.,., I think that bald head dude is still there in Duma.
It certainly didn't help right haha
I used to watch his videos, I can't remember his name either! My Philippines dreams is his channel!
here is the reality... new expats are fearful of the unknown. that's normal, i don't blame them for it. so where is a new expat going to go? answer: they will go where they have the most information. places where vloggers have shown them what to expect when they get there.
when i moved to bohol and began showing the area, suddenly expats began making that their destination. because, they knew what to expect. i moved then to dumaguete, same thing. i moved to cebu for a year, same thing. i was meeting them in the ayala mall most days of the week.
but 'blame me'? no. if there's any 'blame', it's guys who didn't do what i did. i went to an area WITHOUT any pre-video tours or information. i went NOT knowing what to expect. if more expats did that, they'd be scattered all over the PH instead of going where a 'scout ant' like me already showed the path.
but i don't think of it in terms of 'blame'. no wrong was committed. people simply went where they had the most information.
as for duma, yes it's more crowded but truly look at all that oncoming traffic in the streets. it's not more expats, it's more filipinos who have moved into or work in duma. as for the boardwalk and Rob's mall... again, expats hang out there in droves because they won't jump on a bike and explore the hills of valencia, the beaches of dauin or bais. they continue to congregate at the boardwalk and Rob's mall instead of venturing out.
end result; expats at the boardwalk and Rob's mall (the 2 main social hubs in duma) are a dime-a-dozen. and it affects the dating pool.
one final thing to remember about dumaguete before laying 'blame'... i moved there in 2014 and it took me a few months to begin sharing about duma. meanwhile, Forbes magazine had already showcased Dumaguete as one of their best chosen places to retire. needless to say, Forbes has a much higher viewership than my youtube channel. so if 'blame' has to be laid (not that i think it does), first look at Forbes' part in sending expats to Duma.
www.wheninmanila.com/forbes-names-dumaguete-as-one-of-the-best-places-to-retire/
bottom-line... if you want a place with less expats, be adventurous and "get out there", explore. this is what Gio and I and others are doing.
@@tinotino9952 a 'bad reputation'? seriously? you mean from people like you who spread lies about me. trading in false-gossip stewed in your own jealousy that i'm actually enjoying life in the PH while your experience remains lame.
i've got news for you, "men date women". it's called having a social-life. just because you ended up on the sidelines is no reason to go bad-mouthing those who are actually enjoying life. it's what you did 5 years ago and it's what you still do today. obviously, your situation has not improved.
While I enjoy your videos , and the other bloggers you help create part of this problem by telling everybody that come over everything is cheap and you can live over here for only $800 a month.
And that the girls are plentiful and they'll go with you no matter how old you are cuz you're a foreigner it's a utopia well now you know what all that has created in my opinion cuz I've been going there for 40 years enjoy it while you can.
Trust me when I find my utopia I won't be advertising it :-)
Isn't this where the beautiful dark skinned Filipinos are.?
here, Samar, Leyte.
Traffic in Dumaguete is very very bad due to undisciplined motorists. Customer Service in restaurants, store, etc are bad. Food is not good.
I lived in Dumaguete in the 1960s, as a Peace Corps Volunteer. There were frequent brown outs then, lol. It’s amazing how much the place has changed. Don’t think I’d like it now. FP Fort Lauderdale, FL
So why are you their
Why am I where?
The whole premise of moving someplace "exotic"?...is to NOT be around "western" ANYTHING....so I can definitely see why you would make that decision. If I were in your shoes?...I would do the same thing!!
Dumaguete is not what it used to be.....I don't care for it either.
I guess the Covid19 lockdown has solved a lot of those problems lol!
Yeah theres nothing really special in this place. My only benefit here is people have money i can sell stuff here.
You won't get annoying subscribers coming up to you outside dumageute 😂 Nah jokes, nice to meet you mate. I couldn't see myself living here either that one way is annoying as hell. Good luck in the next place 👊
Haha! No, it was cool meeting you. I think half the fun is picking up and leaving and exploring. I'm not ready to settle it one place quite yet.
Head to Mati in Davao Oriental if you want to be the only white person. Careful for the NPA though.
I've been to Mati, nice beach.
@@GiointhePhilippines I find it a little remote for my taste. Even in tagum i was the first American they had ever seen.
About how many per mouth and how fast is the internet Pls
They have speeds up to 50mbps and per month probably around $40
YOU NEED $20,000 US A MONTH IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY DO NOT COME.
IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR HEALTH STAY HOME.
SORRY BUT YOU ARE NOT A SUPER STAR
I AM A RETIRED DOCTOR AND NEVER THINK I AM A SUPER STAR
I find millennial backpackers especially from Europe are the worst scooter/bike riders what do you think Gio ?
Totally agree!
Ask YT Tom K
get a Ph girl and move to Sandakan,,, good place.