Goodbye Indiana Hello Baybay City, Philippines!
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- In this video we say goodbye to my home in Indiana and the bees and HELLO to Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines! My first visit to this community was 19 years ago and it was love at first sight. Ever since the day I first set eyes on this wonderful city I've been dreaming of the day I could call it home. Finally, that day has come and you'll be able to tell by the expression on my face throughout the video that I couldn't be happier. Special shoutout to the Mayong's Bakery truck for stopping by every morning and making sure I'm awake. LOL
Thank you for always there for us, sending my full support.., keep safe and stay connected'"
You're so welcome! I love it here and I'll tell the whole world how great this place is if I get the chance. Welcome to the channel and I hope you'll keep watching. I look forward to hearing from you again soon. God Bless
Welcome to the Philippines. You are a very appreciative person. You take pride in little things. You seem to be such a simple guy, and the Philippines is all about simple living and being thankful for everything no matter how big and how small. Everything is a blessing. Praying for you and your family. Bee positive and you will bee okay 🐝
Thank you so much for the kind words, greeting and blessing. I truly appreciate it and I have to agree with you on your description of me. I do appreciate simple things and this country has been very good to me and I love every minute I get to be here. Even when things don't go exactly the way I'd like them to, there is still so much to be thankful for. God is good all the time and when I'm here I see his power and brilliance all around me at all times. This is a great place to grow in faith and become closer to God because his majesty is all around us and touches so many of the people I encounter every day. Welcome to the channel and I hope to hear from you again soon. God Bless you always.
Cool and quiet place. Welcome to the Philippines adn you'll gonna like it there. Am from Bicol!
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Thank you for the warm welcome Joel. I greatly appreciate that. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll keep watching. I don't like it here...I LOVE it here! I've been dreaming of moving here for the past 20 years and it's finally a reality. I can't wait to visit your area. I've not had a chance to explore Luzon yet but I really want to. God bless you always.
Mabuhay Philippines !
Thank you for the warm welcome. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll keep watching. God Bless!
Welcome to Philippines .I live and work in Henderson KY.from Philippines .
That’s awesome! I love Kentucky! Beautiful state. Welcome to the channel. I hope you keep watching. God bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 keep posted ❤️🌹
New subscribers, have fun in the Philippines, greetings from Chicago, say hello to Negros Oriental my homebirth
Hey Rosalina! Are you ready to leave Chicago and move back here yet? I lived most of my life about an hour out of Chicago and the winters are brutal. As I get older the less I like the cold and the weather here in Leyte fits me much better. Welcome to the channel. God Bless
I watch your bee keeping videos sir and i didn't know you came to visit philippines.welcome sir enjoy your vacation here.
Welcome to the channel Hidan. I have to correct you on one thing. I'm not on vacation. I live here now. This is where I call home now and if you'll follow along on the channel you'll get to watch me start my bee farm from scratch. It's going to be interesting. God Bless.
I'm enjoying your story. Thank you for sharing. I'm looking forward to see more :)
Welcome! I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. I’m off to the farm shortly to shoot more video and get something accomplished hopefully today. I’ll keep the content coming. We have a lot of work to do. God bless and thank you for the support.
Wow, welcome what a nice view enjoy your stay and keep safe.
Thank you so much for the compliment. I'm enjoying every minute! If everything goes well my "stay" will be a permanent relocation. God bless
You be happy to see bay bay it's a beautiful place I'm from ORMOC.
Yes I can't agree more! This city is truly amazing, and so is Ormoc! I just stayed the night at Sabin recently and the views at the sea wall are breathtaking! Ormoc is a great city to visit and go shopping. I can't wait to attend the next Pina festival. Welcome to the channel. God bless
Greetings from the Mississippi gulf coast. You just popped up on my recommendations and subbed you. I always love watching Philippines videos to remanice about being back in paradise❤️
Welcome to the channel Craig! I'm assuming you were in the service. What branch? I know all branches have been here over the years either on bases or for special training. Are you from Gulf Port? You guys down there have so many big time TH-cam stars in the beekeeping world (628 Dirt Rooster, Jeff Horschoff, Mike Barry). You're blessed with some great weather and climate for bees. I do have to agree with you that this is paradise. Travel restrictions are loosening. I hope you'll get the chance to come back to the Philippines as a tourist sometime soon. Thanks for watching the videos. God Bless
Tricycle! jeepnie! I been on both and one time I dropped my cell phone in a tricycle and the guy was so kind to
Let me know That my cell phone slipped out of my pocket! The people of the Philippines are really good people!
Filipinos are Awesome! Yes, this country is beautiful, yes, I love the mountains, and the ocean and the scenery, but day in and day out the best part about living here is the interactions I have with normal Filipinos on the street that I meet every day. It doesn't matter where I go, every day I bump into people who are so genuinely nice that it freaks me out because in the back of my mind I have to wonder if I've met this person before because they call me "my friend" all the time and I wonder, are they actually my friend and I forgot their name? Then I spend the rest of the day confused if that random person was just really nice, or did someone introduce me to them before. LOL I can't think of anything better. People are so positive and wonderful here.
Packing our bags in California and headed to Iloilo, Philippines to retire. Best of luck! I'll be following your vlogs
That's awesome!! I'm so happy for you. I hope you'll keep in touch and let me know how it goes. This place is so incredible I can see why so many people decide to retire and live here. I don't think I'll ever be officially retired, but when you're a beekeeper it's just something that you can't quit. God bless and safe travels my friend.
You have a beautiful home! Subscribed
Thank you so much for the kind comment. I’m really happy that I’ve been able to earn your subscription. I hope you’ll continue to enjoy the videos. God bless you always my friend. Bee well.
I am from Baybay City.. this is my first time to watch your vlog.. welcome to our place!!!! 👏
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. I’m glad you found my channel. God bless and bee well.
I am from Indiana and now live in Mindanao Philippines.
NO way! What city are you from in Indiana? What brings you all the way over here? Retirement? Welcome to the channel. God Bless.
Wow! Good for you! My wife and I are currently living in Belleville, IL. We are calling it quit in two years and we will eventually move back and forth between Austria and the Philippines. I am a few generation Pilipino and my wife of 32 years is from Austria. When that time comes, hope to cross your path someday since we plan to live in Siargao. 👍🤘😎
Wow! What an exciting plan you have!! That is going to be so much fun! I'm envious! I hope to cross paths with you both as well. Hopefully by the time you get here I'll have an actual eco-tourism farm/business to show you around and give you the VIP treatment. Please keep watching the videos. Welcome to the channel! I hope you'll keep in touch regularly. It's nice to hear from fellow mid-westerners. God bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 Good day Beekeeping in Paradise and to Alex as well. Howdy! It's been raining for few days now in my area. I love it though. LOL! Rain is a welcome gesture from Mother Nature. It keeps the temperature lower than usual. It would be fun to see your eco-tourism farm/business in the near future. It would be such a treat to receive a VIP treatment from you together with Alex. Good luck to both of you. Wishing you all the best! God bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 btw, thank you for the invite. I'll definitely detour my way to your area on the way to Siargao 🤘👍😎
Welcome to the Philippines sir, enjoy ur vacation ❤️🇵🇭 safe travel and God bless ❤️
Ryel, welcome to the channel! Thank you for the warm and kind greeting and comment, but I have news for you... this isn't a vacation. I've moved here. Baybay is now my home and I just love every minute of being here. I hope you'll keep watching my videos. Things are about to get really exciting! God Bless.
I been to the PI twice around 2005 and 2006 and it has changed my life seeing all the poverty. I hope to start a profitable business to support my living which I dont need much as I am frugal and have savings, but more importantly I want to have enough to start some kind of philanthropy. I am thinking street kids and having a school so they can develop skills. I hope my business will be so successful that I can house and feed then until 18 or so so that they have the skill set to have a career! Its a stretch goal and dream of mine and I hope I can do something positive for the world before my time is up!
That's very noble of you. I feel like I also have a big heart and share many of your views and wishes to help. I know there are a great many charities here who help people, and my wife and I have contributed to several relief efforts following natural disasters and for good causes. In my personal practice though, my goal for helping is to make my business absolutely as big and profitable as possible as I can so that some day I can employ people and provide meaningful work and fair wages. Nothing lifts the spirit like the pride of earning your living honestly. We'll talk soon. God bless and please make sure your donations to the poor and needy are done through reputable non-profits.
I just found your channel today. I sub'd and thumbs up. I'll be following and catching up on your past videos. I like your content style.
When I was a kid in the early '70s there was a house just a block away that painted there roof the American flag. Of course, Google Maps didn't exist back then. But my, how times have changed.
BTW, I found your rooftop smiley face. That's cool! I want to do that to mine now.
Welcome to the Philippines and thanks for taking care of creatures that may be small but are very important part of our lives. The mobile bakery, as well as the tricycle and the in-laws staying in is Pinoy na Pinoy!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I really appreciate it. Is this place awesome or what!? I agree with you completely about the bees. I can't wait to see how much better my coconuts do once we get good pollination in the yard. I think we're going to see a good increase in yield. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll watch more. God Bless
Glad you all made it home safe, house looks great!
Thanks buddy! The trip here was so long but it was fun touring Dubai on the way. I’m glad you like the house. I’m comfortable and am trying to settle in but it’s still a little chaotic at times. I have so much to share now that I’m here. The tough part is deciding how to cut it down.
You are lucky because you have an agricultural state university in Baybay, Leyte where you can get all the help with regards to your beekeeping in the tropics.
I'm very blessed to have VSU so close by and to have personal contacts there already. My conversations with my friends and family there are one of the reasons I'm here doing this right now. They showed me a lot of encouragement and support for this new venture. However, the predominant experts in the art and science of beekeeping in the Philippines are at UP Los Banos. Dr. Cleo Cervancia is a well known expert in her field and known around the world for her research. I've had the pleasure of attending one of her seminars via zoom from the US during the pandemic and she is a treasure in the world of beekeeping.
Welcome to my hometown! I think ur living now in San Miguel if I'm not wrong. A small You Tuber here is now ur follower! God bless!
Thank you for the warm greeting. I'm so happy to be living here now. I hope you'll introduce yourself if you see my out walking around or at church. Thank you for subscribing. I really appreciate it. Welcome to the channel. God bless
Well detailed explanation of all types of transportation in the Philippines! Great job!
Thanks John. I didn't cover all of them but I'm going to try to touch on them in the future. This place has soooo many options for public transportation it's crazy! I love it. Let me know if you like the car talk segment and I'll try to highlight cool vehicles that I find. There are so many models here that we don't get to see in the USA. Welcome to the channel. I'm really honored that you chose to spend time watching my video. God Bless.
Hi i’m fr Carigara, Leyte welcome to our country and goodluck in anything you dream to do here
Good afternoon Oscar. I'm happy to hear from you. Thank you so much for the kind words and support and for the warm welcome. I'm so pleased to be here. Welcome to the channel. God Bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 yes you know my sister-in-law is also on beekeeping in Carigara and they have a cousin there in Baybay City she frequently visits VISCA because she is a Pres of a certain Farmers Assn. in the municipality of Carigara. My wife and I are here in Binan City Laguna i wish to visit you when we take a vacation hehe
Excellent. That’s so interesting. You’ll have to let me know before you come on your next trip. Bee well and take care my friend.
hi there I am willy just found your vlog i am a Canadian farmer moving to Baybay and hope to meet you there, my family were beekeepers to
That’s awesome. Please keep me posted on your move that sounds really exciting. Welcome to the channel and I hope you find it entertaining. God bless. Please keep in touch
I am very happy for you and your family and look forward to your bee keeping journey in the Philippines! 🐝🌴
Thanks Stussy! You don't have long to wait. I have another farm video coming out as soon as I can edit it, and then the bees should be here in just a couple weeks. We have lots of work to do to get ready for them and I hope you'll follow along. This is about to get really exciting! Welcome to the channel. God bless
omg I LOLd at your roof smiley face! hahahhaa. that
makes sense though. welcome to the PH!
Thank you for the welcome Russel. I'm glad you got a laugh from the picture on our roof. When I had that idea everyone thought I was crazy but it's become a bit of a landmark. LOL. Welcome to the channel. God Bless
Welcome to the Philippines! I'm definitely subscribing to your channel! The movie Ulee's Gold is the first thing that came to my mind when you said you were beekeeper!
I just had to Google that movie because I've never heard of it. It sounds totally cool! I'm going to try to find it on one of my streaming services and I'll watch it as soon as I can. Thank you for the recommendation. Thank you for the warm welcome and kind words. I really appreciate it more than you know. I hope you'll continue watching. God Bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 You're most welcome. That movie is one of my favorites of all time. It's not about beekeeping per se, it's just the job of the main character, but it's a really beautiful feel-good movie that's worth your time. One of the 90s hidden gems and it stars the late great Peter Fonda, Henry Fonda's son.
I will definitely be checking it out. Thank you for suggesting it.
And hello to my nephew and niece in baybay Leyte.
Absolutely! Big shout out to both of them! Hopefully everyone in Baybay will be a subscriber here. Please spread the word and share on your social media that you like these videos. God bless
Yes I will be in Dumaguete to retire, in god blessings, I will be with my family in Dumaguete area near the airport
That’s so exciting! I’m so happy you are able to retire and come home. What a blessing!
Good Luck to you in the Philippines . I’m moving to Tagaytay in February
That’s awesome Harold! Congrats! Retiring or moving for business? Feb is a good time to come because you should catch a break between the Christmas and Easter peak season flight price hikes. Welcome to the channel! God bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 moving for Good , I’ll stay 6 months till I’m settled in then I will return to Las Vegas to send boxes to my new address in tagaytay then go to Chicago land to see friends and family before I go back for good . What city you from in Indiana ? Have a nice day 😎
hello sir... im from baybay too...our house located behind of Prince town... glad to watching your vedio... take care always sir..
That's so cool! Please keep watching my videos, I flew my drone around town and maybe you can see your house in an upcoming episode. I'm so glad you're taking the time to watch my videos. I'm truly humbled! Welcome to the channel and please say hello if you see me walking around or shopping. I'm over in your neighborhood shopping all the time. I'm happy to know you! God bless you always.
I subcribe you sir. Bcos im from leyte. Philippines. From maasin. Bay2 to maasin.
Awesome! Welcome to the channel Richard. I want to come see your city someday soon when I get a better vehicle that can go on long trips. I'm always happy to have new friends join us on this journey. I hope you'll keep watching. God Bless
My wife was born and raised in Baybay Leyte. Still has family there Lumm ad. I was there in 1982.
That's awesome! Baybay City is a wonderful place and I'm so lucky to get to live here. Why haven't you been back since '82? I bet you wouldn't recognize it now. This place is really growing and developing. Welcome to the channel. God bless.
WELCOME TO THE 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭👍❤️
Thank you Frankie. I'm in love with this place! Welcome to the channel. God bless
I am from Baybay, I am glad seeing a vlogger.. I subscribe.. I agree that Baybay is booming fast. Malls are everywhere.
Welcome to the channel Mr. Neil! I'm glad you found us. This city is heaven to me. I love every minute I get to be here. Sometimes I long for the Baybay I was first introduced to 19 ears ago, but the progress has made life a little easier here so you take the good with the bad in the respect that some things had to go in order to bring in the new. Thank you so much for subscribing! I really am honored to have you following along. Much more to come shortly. I think you'll like it. God Bless.
Hello from Texas! I’ve been to Camotes Island! I love the Philippines. Cant wait to visit again!
That’s awesome Angelo! You’re right this place is so amazing. I’m so excited to be here and have the ability to share my experiences. I hope you find the videos entertaining and keep watching. God bless and I hope you can get back here before too long. This place keeps calling you back.
wowww...that's nice Sir actually Baybay,City is just close to my place Merida.
and hopefully me and my husband can go visit my family.
Anyway great video.
Thank you so much for the kind comments! I really appreciate that and am honored that you are watching. We're not up and running for tours just yet, but I really hope to be one of these days and I'd love to see a lot of subscribers come to visit when we are so we can meet and get to know each other. Welcome to the channel and God bless.
Rolling on 15's your so gangster! love the tour of your ride. Someday i hope to meet you. good luck with the bee bizzz.
LOL! Yeah (anything but) gangster in that vehicle. LOL Yesterday I was dropping my daughter off at school and I saw THE COOLEST vehicle I've ever seen here in the Philippines. I'm not sure what it is, but if I see this guy again I'm going to film a special video for this channel just on his ride! It was that awesome!! Where are you from Rule? If you make it over here, I hope to bump into you too. It's nice to meet up with nice people. Thank you for the kind comments. God Bless!
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 I am from the Wisconsin/Chicagoland area. I will be on the ferry from Cebu to Helongos in late March 2023. I am going with my Filipina friend to her home in San Recardo. I like your videos. Beekeeping is so interesting. We are starting to see more stores here lately selling honey and bee products from strip malls to the Mall of America. Keep the videos coming.
Thank you so much for the kind comment. That’s awesome news. I’m so excited for you. Your first time coming here? Hilongos is right down the highway from us a bit. It’s where I got my new houses in my latest video. You’re going to have an experience. I hope you’re flying EVA. It’s the cheapest easiest and fastest way to get here. Keep me in the loop I’d love to hear about your adventure. God bless and safe travels.
By the way I used to live in Mercer Wisconsin near the UP of Michigan. The weather here is way better!
welcome to our beautiful country. goodluck to your new project. more blessings to you and your family.
Thank you so much for the warm greeting and welcome. I'm so happy to be here. Welcome to the channel! I hope you'll continue to watch the new videos as they come out. Thank you for the support. God Bless!
Welcome to the Philippines🇵🇭 Wishing your family all the best in your new life journey. Mabuhay!
Thank you so much for the warm greeting and blessing. Welcome to the channel. I'm glad you're here. This place is amazing and it keeps getting better every single day. God Bless
A admire your attitude bro can easily adopt to the climate in the Philippines, I noticed you don't have solar yet it's the best time to invest so that even when there's power failure you don't have to worry especially during summer time your new subscriber....
Thank you for the kind words Ted. I appreciate the warm greeting. Yes, I agree that solar may be something we'll look into eventually. I don't know much about it, but I think it would work well here. Right now my budget is really tight and even though it would be a good investment, I'm not sure how soon I can look into that kind of an upgrade just yet. We'll have to see how we do in the first few honey harvests to see if we can look into that seriously. Thanks for the comment and welcome to the channel. God Bless
your in Baybay, Leyte? ok your indeed there.. enjoy your Philippine life..
Yes I am and I’m loving every minute of it. Welcome to the channel. God bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 Im from Tacloan City, the other side of Leyte facing the Pacific Ocean.. been to Baybay many times during my high school and college days during field trips to VISCA or Visayas State Univ. (not sure of its renamed name). it used to be visayas state college of agriculture (VISCA).. last visit of VISCA was in 2001 during my last year in college..
Wonderful! I really like going to Tacloban. It’s beautiful there. I’ve been to the MacArthur memorial and shopping in your city many many times. I’m glad you’re part of this adventure. Bee well and God bless you always.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 god bless you too and your family!
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 god bless you too and your family!
It's amazing how every region has its own version of tricycles with side cars. The motor trikes that is.😁👍.
They are amazing. They provide such a great service to the community. They are a real blessing. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll keep watching. God Bless.
You can hear the roosters. Yup, you are indeed in the Philippines.
Spoken like someone who knows! LOL. Welcome to the channel my friend. I'm glad you're here. God bless
You're a lucky guy, you got a wonderful place you settled in, nice views and l think a safe place to live. Good luck
Scott, you are 100% right. This place is amazing. I've been here for a month straight now (after visiting off and on for the past 19 years) and it just keeps getting better. This place just suits me perfectly. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll keep watching. God bless!
Nice smiley 😊
Thank you. I thought that was a unique and cute idea. I'm glad you like it. Welcome to the channel and God Bless
Can't wait!!! We are heading that way next month!!!
You're coming home to the Philippines next month? Where are you now, the US? Save travels my friend.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 we are retiring in Samal, Davao del Norte in Mindanao. We already have a house there and a little farm. We are planning to hopefully plant some fruit trees, raise chickens and do some traveling. Our place is an island and a 1 hour commute to the city of Davao on a ferry boat. I am praying everyday for peace and good healthy life and stable economy. We are not planning to work anymore and make more money, we just want a peaceful and safe life for our retirement.
I am sure you and wife are much younger than us, I wish you all the best and prosperity in your business venture in the Philippines. Who knows you can have steady source of honey and wax for you to have business in the Mall. Have you considered a scented candle business? That is probably something to explore. Philippines this time is a developing nation, due to that, we have chances to introduce new forms of businesses. There are large number of returning retired OFWs ( overseas foreign workers) all over the world who have some money to spend on items we are used to have while living abroad for a long period of time. This is why I was thinking about scented candle making. You can pretty much order your materials in Lazada Philippines ( AMAZON EQUIVALENT).
Good luck and PROSPER!!!
Thank you again for your warm comments and encouragement. I would love to make candles. The issue with pure beeswax candles is that they are naturally lightly fragrant and smokeless and are said to purify the air as they burn. Adding scented oils to the wax actually detracts from part of the reason they are so desirable and historically insisted on by the Catholic Church in Rome. I really hope that you and I can keep in touch. I enjoy hearing from you very much.
Good Luck to you and, your family.
Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate the well wishes and support. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll continue to watch the new videos when they come out. God Bless.
Good morning! I accidentally saw your vlog and found it to be interesting. I used to live in Indiana as well and retired early in Philippines. Your place in BayBay , Samar looks astonishing. i wish that I could visit that place somehow, someday. Rerirement is good and travelling is fun too. I am one of the locals in here so I blend real well with the people around me. I wish you goodluck with your endeavors. I am a Hoosier by heart and also a patriot for the Filipino people. Blessed day everyone!
Wow, another Hoosier! That's awesome! Where did you live in Indiana? You're very lucky to have the opportunity to come home to the Philippines and retire and do some well deserved traveling. Thank you so much for the warm welcome. I'm so glad you found the channel and that you find it entertaining. I look forward to hearing from you again. God Bless
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 Hi there! Good morning. I"m glad to hear from you and thank you for a quick reply. I used to live in Indianapolis, Indiana. i still have brothers and a sister living in there too. I love Indiana vibes, it's a good place to raise a family. Come to think of it, I used to buy a bottle of honey from a UPS guy who delivered packages to the company i worked for. It might have been a product from your company. I love spring and fall season in Indianapolis, summer is fun and winter is okay. Winter is sometimes a struggle though. It's good to have connected to a fellow Hosier in this part of the world. There's more than corn in Indiana, but it's more fun in the Philippines, ain't it?
Regards to your family, take care. God bless.
You hit the nail on the head about a dozen times in that post. Lol! You didn’t get any of my honey. I was very small back home and really only sold my honey around my neighborhood and at the steel mill where I worked. I feel your pain with winter and you got mild ones in Indy compared to the Chicago winters we always get up north. So cool having you along for this ride. I hope to hear from you again soon.
Welcome Back to the ever evolving P. I.
Brent did you leave Lake county ? That's what I left behind ! !
Never been to Leyte , Been to Mindanao Del Norte & Lived in Luzon - various towns.
Good Health & Best Wishes ! - Ray ~
Hey Ray! I'm from Valparaiso so left Porter County. Where are you from in Lake County. Are you here in the Philippines permanently now? Where did you make your home? I love Leyte but I'll say I've not explored Luzon or Mindanao yet. I can't wait to see more of the country. Welcome to the channel. God bless!
I can see by your house in Indiana and the frequent trips to the Philippines that you have a decent amount of prosperity. Can I ask what you did for a living to aquire your wealth?
Jim, you've got me laughing. I think your perception doesn't exactly match my reality. Just a little background. We don't actually fly back and forth to the Philippines all that often. We've tried to come more often since our daughter was born, but because of the pandemic, we haven't been here since January of 2020. We do have a nice house in Indiana, but it's a modest 1970's house that we picked up a few years ago after the housing bubble burst and prices dropped. To answer your question about our work, I spent 14 years doing office work in a steel mill and for the past 12 years my wife has been a union steel worker at the same plant and we worked our tails off to be able to build this house here in the Philippines and to acquire a little bit of land to work and to pass down to our daughter after we're gone. In order to do that we haven't bought a new car for the past 20 years. Our newest cars are always 10 years old with at least 100,000 miles on them at the time we purchase them. Additionally, even though our company had a generous vacation policy, unless we were coming here, we limited ourselves to a single 1 week driving vacation per year and usually we would go somewhere that offered us a steep discount on a room if we'd sit through a time share presentation. It was always fun in it's own way. I guess I'm saying that you don't have to be rich to do what we've done. My wife and I just share important priorities and work like crazy and make certain sacrifices in order to make our dreams come true. I hope that makes sense. God bless.
Welcome to the Philippines Brent! I found your bee blog today while doing research on how to start beekeeping as a hobby. I'm retired expat from So.Cal. A new subscriber. Wish you well!
That’s awesome Red! Are you here in the Philippines too? Welcome to the channel and the beekeeping community. The hobby is so rewarding. I hope you are able to get all the information you need. I’m grateful to have you watching and I hope I can help you be successful in your new hobby. Take care my friend! God bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 Hi again Brent. I'm Rene. Yes I'm here now. In the Province called Laguna. I buy a lot of honey for my health. I Don't use sugar. I usually buy 10 liters every approx. 8-10 months or so. The beekeeper I buy it from suggested I take beekeeping as a hobby since I do use a lot of honey personally. Are you buying your colony/s locally?
My contact for purchasing my bees is in Luzon. I’m glad you are such a fan of honey. It really is so much better than processed sugar. I encourage people to get into keeping bees. It’s very therapeutic and relaxing and rewarding, but still a lot of work. Good luck to you and thank you for being part of this adventure. God bless.
Welcome to Baybay Leyte is from my hometown. It's more fun!!!
Thank you so much for the friendly greeting. I truly love it here. It’s so much fun and so incredibly beautiful! I’m glad you are watching. Welcome to the channel.
Just saw your video. My wife was from Barrio Marcos/ San Augustine near what now is Leyte State U. I am from Indianapolis. Was there once while stationed at Subic Naval base where I met my wife. Purdue University Agriculture school used to have an affiliation with Leyte State. There were people from Purdue there when I visited. Just thought you should know.
That’s awesome. What a story. Any plans on coming back here for a vacation or to retire? I’m very familiar with the relationship between what’s now called VSU (Visayas State University) and Purdue. My wife’s cousin finished his doctorate there and I was shocked that he had visited my hometown of Valparaiso when he was there. 20 years ago when I visited here for the first time I really wasn’t expecting that. I wish I knew about this place when I was in college. I would have loved going to school here. God bless you my friend. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Loooooking forward to the bee action!!!!
So am I. It’s certainly a process over here to get the bee yard ready for them. I encourage you to hang in there with me because I really think it’s going to be worth it. I hope you have a blessed day. Thank you for watching.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 yo. With all these vloggers doin travel style and/or foodie vlogs. Your bee keeping will be a first amongst the Pinoy vlogging community!
I appreciate the positive comment and confidence. I hope it will become popular. Please feel free to share anything you like on your social media. God bless!
*Padayon lang.*
I'm trying Dion! I'm trying. Welcome to the channel. God Bless
Welcome to the Amazing Country the Philippines.
Thank you Harold. I appreciate the warm welcome. I just love it here more than you can understand. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll subscribe and keep watching. Things are about to get really interesting. God Bless
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 subscribed already..thank you for appreciating, entertaining, inspiring the Filipinos..God Bless you always and your Family.
Welcome to the PI.
Thanks Kenny. 19 years ago when I landed in the country for the first time, I knew instantly that this is where I wanted to live. It's taken a long time, but God has delivered. How long have you been here? Where were you from in the states? Welcome to the channel. God Bless.
God Bless U Shelby honey family 🙏
Thank you so much!! I'm truly touched by the warm and friendly feedback and well wishes. This dream has been years in the making and all through the pandemic I wouldn't give up on the idea that this could happen. I had moments when my faith was tested, but never wavered. Take care. God Bless and I hope to hear from you again.
Welcome to Philippines 🇵🇭 Leyte Baybay City
Thank you for the warm greeting. I really appreciate the kind words. Take care my friend. I hope to hear from you again soon.
My aunt is from Baybay City, Leyte. She's in Indiana. Baybay is nice because it is a small city and not overwhelming. I hope you can do trainings about bee keeping in Leyte. VSU, an agricultural university is 8 kms from the city proper going to Ormoc
Wow, what a small world! Do you know where she lives in Indiana? I can't think of two nicer places to be from and call home. I'll consider doing training later on once my business is established. I really need to make sure I can provide for my family first and then I'm going to be excited to share my craft with others. As for VSU, I'm very familiar with the University. My wife used to work there and we still have family working there. They are a great resource. We are blessed to have such a prestigious university so close to home. Welcome to the channel and God Bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 she is in Bristol. Bees are very useful in crop pollination. Maybe you can coordinate with the crop production department about the pollination of crops like the Agronomy College of VSU. You will really help a lot of farmers. You can also directly train the farmers of Baybay
Thank you for the suggestions! I’m very interested in eventually doing a lot of work with Visca. Of course I have a lot of growing to do first and will need my business to do well before I can dedicate a lot of time to new things but it is on my personal list of goals to accomplish. I’m interested in bee research and I know they may be helpful.
hi thanks for sharing your awesome video. i miss my home town, you are right exactly in my home town
glad to find your channel here, stay connected kababayan nga bisaya, regards sa imong kapamilya diha
Wow how exciting to have you as a viewer and subscriber. Which zone did you grow up in? Welcome to the channel, please keep watching because you'll see so much more of our beautiful city. God bless!
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Thank you for the support Franco family. God bless.
In Manila they call them a peddy cab a bmx with a cab I brought one for my wifes uncle !
Welcome to the channel John. I was just talking to my wife tonight about the Potpot drivers as we were driving home from filming a new episode for the channel at the farm today. I remarked that I have total respect for them. They have the hardest job of anyone and earn the smallest pay. They are part of the culture and are ambassadors for every city that they work in. Even though they are slow, and can bog down traffic, their job is critical to keeping the vibe of the old Philippines alive and I don't have the physical strength to do what they do for an hour, let alone all day every day like they do. We should all celebrate the hard work these men do for us. They truly deserve a monument in a place of glory somewhere in this nation.
Have a nice day new friend from Nepal
Cool! Nepal! Wow what an interesting and mysterious place! I’ve always been curious about Nepal but I’m afraid of heights. Lol. Have a wonderful day and May God bless you. Thank you for joining me and watching my videos.
New sub from Florida. Thank you for showing your beautiful home.
Thank you so much Patricia! I appreciate the nice compliment. Welcome to the channel. I appreciate you subscribing and watching the videos. God Bless.
Awww 🥰 love your truck 🛻 🤗 it's cute
Thank you! I love my truck but it's very old and it's becoming less reliable. It won't be long until I need a different one, but I really like this one so I'll keep trying to have it fixed for now. It will be a sad day when it finally goes away.
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Thanks Danny! Welcome to the channel. God Bless
Best wishes. 🙏☺🙏
Thank you for the support and welcome to the channel. God Bless!
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Hi welcome po kau dito sa leyte im from villaba leyte
Awesome! Good to make your acquaintance! Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll keep watching. God Bless
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 yes I am
I’m honored to have you watching. Thank you
10:55 What a lovely view.
Thank you so much I couldn't agree more. I'm in awe of God's wonder every day I spend in this country. Step outside and it never fails that I see something new every time I look no matter where I go. Welcome to the channel! God Bless.
Hello Keeper. thanks for the video. I hope that you and your family enjoy your stay in Baybay City. In ow live in Watervliet, NY, just outside of Albany, but I am from Terre Haute. Take care of yourself and your family. Stay safe and healthy plus try to have fun.
Thank you Larry! I appreciate the warm kind comment. It's always nice to hear from a fellow Hoosier. We'll do our best so stay well. Things are going really amazingly so far. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll keep watching. We have a lot of entertaining and exciting content coming up very soon. God Bless.
Hello from California. Please keep your vids coming. Interested in how you found the farm, how you paid while in US. I’m originally from Bacolod City, plan to retire somewhere in PI eventually. Vehicle vids will also be something I will be interested in. Looking forward to learning about Leyte through you. I’m glad to learn about beekeeping too.
Wonderful! It sounds like you and I share a lot of common interests. I am an absolute car nut! I love all kinds of vehicles and I would love to share interesting ones here on the channel if people are interested. I'm not a travel vlog, but certainly, when I travel around I still like to bring the go-pro and make videos. There won't be as many of those, because so many other people do it so much better than I can, but I'll try to include some now and then just to show the surroundings. Good luck in your retirement plans. The Philippines is waiting for you. Welcome to the channel and God bless!
Welcome to the Philippines! :)
My roots are from Leyte, but in Southern part... Nyways, good luck to your Beekeeping in Paradise and hope to see more jolly bees in the future :)
LOL, Well said!! That's a good one. Welcome to the channel. I hope you enjoy the videos and keep watching. Leyte is a piece of heaven. I can't wait to explore southern Leyte someday soon. It sounds wonderful. I want to also see Limasawa Island where the first mass was held. God bless my friend.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 Limasawa Island has also its own unique beauty. And to enjoy your journey on the said island, make sure that the weather forecast is good.. :)
Again, welcome to PH... and God bless you and your family!
Thank you so much. Thank you for the tip about the weather. I appreciate it. Bee well my friend.
So Impressive. I'm praying for the Best for you & yours. Hi From The Great Hoosier State lol If you need anything or have a List together let me know & I'll bring the Hoosier Merch over when I visit. haha.👍
You're too kind! Thank you for the kind remarks. I really appreciate that. It's always good to hear from another Hoosier who tries to live up to our reputation of showing incredible hospitality. Welcome to the channel. I sure am glad you're here. I hope you'll keep watching. Things are about to get really interesting. God Bless.
wow beautiful house thank you for choose philippine to be your Residence
Thank you. I fell in love with the Philippines the moment I arrived here for the first time over 19 years ago. I’ve been praying and waiting for the day I can finally live here ever since.
Enjoy every single day bro 🙂🇵🇭
You know I will Adelina! I really like your name, that's my mother-in-law's name. Welcome to the channel. God bless!
It's all good deep in tha Terre Haute Indiana and Gingoog City Mindanao 'hood
Thanks for the update Jim! LOL. I'm glad to hear that. I'm always happy to hear from a fellow Hoosier. Bee well my friend. Welcome to the channel and God Bless!
welcome to the phil sir , new subscriber here . mabuhay to your family .
Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm so happy and excited to be here. I already feel so comfortable and welcomed by so many people. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll continue to find it entertaining. God Bless.
I was born in Leyte and spent part of my childhood in Tacloban.its amazing,as Leyte has two dialects,Southern is Cebuano and Northern is Waray.actually,one town named Mcarthur has Waray dialect,but the very next town Abuyog which is close to Baybay people speak Cebuano.Attended Final 4 in Indianapolis in the 90s.My Filipino friend still works in Richmond .i live in Texas. Passed thru Baybay ages ago.Seems where you live looks like residential areas in Latin American countries ive visited.Looks quaint.Love it.hope you will be able to connect to other expats nearby,as you may get homesick periodically.
I am so glad you've decided to join the channel! Thank you for watching and welcome! Leyte is an amazing place and it's really cool that two separate dialects are spoken here. My wife learned Waray while she attended UP Tacloban. It's so funny that you point out the historic vibe of the town. In the USA my favorite place to visit is the French Quarter of New Orleans...which ironically was built and designed during the Spanish era. My wife and I both loved going there because it reminded us so much of walking the streets of Baybay City. I'm sure the time will come when I crave hanging out with other foreigners, but I truly enjoy spending as much time with as many Filipinos as possible. I am enjoying meeting new people and learning from them. I have a goal of learning Cebuano as quickly as I can and I will need an immersive environment in order to do that. The more time I spend speaking English with foreigners the harder it is to learn the local language. I'm really a slow learner when it comes to languages anyway, but I'm trying very hard. Again, thank you for watching. God Bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 easiest would be learning a new word everyday. just start with the basic greeting, then move to things that involves food. like, "pass the salt" "where's the saucepan"
also easier/good to learn is numbers for money/purchase purpose and body parts for injuries
Very good suggestion! That’s similar to what I’m trying to do. Slow and steady
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 you should learn the main language tagalog ,not cebuano,as in case you travel to manila and outside cebuano speaking provinces,they will not understand cebuano,but will understand tagalog.i myself couldnt understand speak cebuano!
I understand your logic and it makes sense but I’ve chosen to make this my home and I really want to fit in in my new community. That’s why I’m trying to learn Cebuano. If I travel I’ll have to rely on English until I can get comfortable with Tagalog.
Welcome to pinas...
Salamat! I’m so glad to be here! Dreams do come true!
Found your place on JPL and MLQ looking for the Happy Face🤙🏽.
That's so cool! It just makes me happy every time I see my house from a satellite photo. LOL Welcome to the channel. God bless.
just started to watch. dont know the content of the video yet. but i do hope you bring the knowledge you have to the philippines and bring more bees in the philippines
Absolutely! The bees will be here very soon and then things are going to get really fun around the farm. Welcome to the channel and I hope you'll keep watching. God Bless.
life is so good in the province. more Philippine vlogs please?
Absolutely! You've got it. I'm not going anywhere for a really long time, God willing. Take care my new friend.
Where in baybay are you and your family sir, im from baybay city.
I'm right in the city center. If you ever see me out shopping please don't hesitate to introduce yourself. I like meeting new people. Welcome to the channel. I hope you'll keep on watching. God Bless
Hello, I was just watching your video and talking to my wife who is in Baybay City, I am in USA. I asked my wife if she knows the house there with the smiley face. She says yes, that your wife is a classmate of hers. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
That's awesome Mike!! I'm so glad you're watching the videos now. Thank you! So what's your wife's name? I'll tell my wife she is watching, or maybe your wife will find her on Facebook and mention it. Where do you live in the USA? Are you coming back to the Philippines any time soon? God bless you my friend. Bee well!
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 I will be there in Baybay for a month in August. I will tell my wife to contact your wife.
Very exciting! You’ll be here before you know it.
Buy a black cover for the water tank… it heats up the water without using kurenyte. U r right about the typhoon’s. U r in the direct path of almost all the major typhoons. # 1 number one in the world. Most foreigners never move to this region because of that. Super excited to see ur channel. Please show the world.
I"d love to Shawn but my wife won't let me. She says that she prefers the water to be cooler. LOL I'll admit that even though I'm used to it now, I do miss the hot showers I got back home in Indiana. Thanks for the tip. I might try that after she goes back to the states. Shhhh our secret. LOL
I’ll be there next year.
That’s cool. Welcome to the channel! You coming for good, vacation, retiring? What part of the country?
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 i’am retired yes too live .
That’s awesome. Have you decided what island you’ll be on? Are you a beekeeper?
Not yet I think I’ll let her decide
Lol! That’s how I ended up on Leyte. Lol! I got lucky it’s awesome here from my point of view. I don’t like big cities and nightlife.
I'm the 115 subscriber! Welcome home bro!
Thank you for subscribing! I truly appreciate you doing that. I’ll keep sharing my experiences and show as much of this wonderful place as I can. I have so many things happening it’s quite overwhelming. I hope you’ll keep following along on my adventures.
Just saw your house on Google Maps.... really love the surroundings. The neighbor's green multicab and your motorcycle are also on Google Maps. Gate not yet installed on Google Maps.
That's so cool. I know they are usually a few months behind and the gate is relatively new.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 I "walked" your neighborhood via 3D street view of Google Maps.
Love the surroundings. You picked the best place to live in. You have a lovely and simple house.
New sub here.
You’re very kind. Thank you for the compliments.
Whoa 😮, I'm from Ormoc city and my families still in Ormoc and Baybay is a good place to live as well, thank you for your videos because I need some info on how I'm going to do for my retirement, just retired this month, have some concerns on moving back to Ormoc anyways wishing you best on your move and don't worry too much your in a good place with lots , you guys are going to be okay, Byw have you been to Limasawa island, quatro isla
Congratulations on your retirement!! That's so exciting and I'm envious. I doubt I'll ever retire. Keeping bees is too much fun. I was just in Ormoc today. We needed to do some shopping for things we couldn't find in Baybay. Thank you for the well wishes and confidence. I do feel like I'm in good hands here and everyone is so friendly and helpful. As for traveling around: No I've not yet been to Limasawa Island. My little truck doesn't do very well on long trips. It keeps breaking down, but my family and I have been to the Quatro Islas. We went before the pandemic on a previous vacation here. We took a pump boat tour out of Inopacan and had a great day. Honestly, other than a mask mandate that I hope goes away soon, things are pretty much back to normal around here. I wish you all the best in your retirement and I hope you can come back here before long.
16:44 Surplus Suzuki Multicabs that were imported from Japan only perform well for the first 10 years. Expect a lot of headache after the first 10 years.
They only welded some parts during the conversion to left hand drive. Make sure to have the weldings checked from time to time.
How do you know so much about this stuff? LOL do you live here or were you here before, or just a big JDM fan? Ours is probably over 10 years old. I think it was second hand when we got it...not a new conversion and we've had it for over 7 years now. I have my eye on a fresh conversion mini-van model now, I'm thinking of having it custom made with a 4x4 and a modest lift kit because the roads out to the farm are absolutely brutal at the moment.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 Agree. The Multicabs are very useful but you'll definitely have to keep on top of the maintenance, and have the body checked out from time to time.
Now from our experience here's a few tips:
For brutal farmwork, the most sough-after here down south would be the Suzuki Carry from 1990-1991. It's older but it's twice the price of the newer models.
It will have DA51T/DB51T on the nameplate that's under the passenger seat, and it's the one that has the flat window-sill/shoulder line on the front doors. That model year has fewer electrics. Its things like the radiator fan runs on belts off the engine and not on electric motors so they take a beating better. We have 3 of those and we use them on highland banana plantations. Mountainous terrain on rough roads, and some parts are flat but muddy. They don't bog down as much as heavier pickup trucks. We've had ours fitted with extra leaf springs to cope with the heavy loads we have, and we kept the 13" wheels and we run the knobby Deestones.
The later model years tend to get lots of gremlins in the electrics if put through the same level of work...
That’s good to know! I’m glad you told me about looking for older ones and which ones specifically. I’m really in awe of how TH-cam can bring people together in such positive ways. Thank you for all your help. I’ll be very careful when I get ready for an upgrade.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 You're welcome. Hope you get a good one!
hope you have arboretum of flowering philippine native trees like balayong, banaba, lagundi, patalsik pula, dapdap, siar, golden shower, malabulak, salimbobog, salingogod, narra, katmon, caballero for your bees
Thank you for the suggestions. I’ve been concentrating on fruit trees mainly. I didn’t know all those are flowering. My property is on the edge of a forest so hopefully a lot of those are already there and growing. God bless you my friend. Bee well.
Did u know there's a city near Baybay which is named Abuyog which means bee in Visayan dialect? Saw it during my vacay last June when we drove from Tacloban to Hindang, Leyte
Yes, absolutely! That's a great town. We go through there every time we go shopping in Ormoc. Did you go to the Hindang Monkey sanctuary and cave? It's so much fun to go there and see the monkeys up close. I've been there several times and even though I'm not a travel vlog I may make a video there the next time I go. Welcome to the channel. God bless.
@@beekeepinginparadise5935 My paternal grandfather is from Bontoc, Hindang & I took them to see the caves & monkeys. Too bad I could not take them to Cuatros islas where we used to go when i was a child.
i wish the traansformer make a movie in the philippines using potpot, tricycle, multicab🤣🤣🤣, the tricycle looks like bumble bee & plus the mobile bakery
That would be AWESOME! I agree with you completely. I'm glad you're with me and watching. God Bless
Thank you for coming in the Philippines sir, Godbless you and your family. I'm also living in this province but from south pacific area. Hope you will also visit our place in southern part of Leyte.
Good evening Dholf. I absolutely will be traveling to Southern Leyte as soon as I get the chance. I love this island and can't believe how beautiful it is. I'm anxious to make it to Limasawa Island to see the sight of the first mass. The history and beauty of this country and the faith of the people reassure me every day that this is where I want to spend the rest of my life. Welcome to the channel. I'm glad you've decided to watch and join us. I'm looking forward to hearing from you again. God Bless.
The ‘practically a Ferrari’ sent me 🤣🤣🤣
Well, it's mid-rear engine, has a 5 speed and is really exciting to drive even at low speed. All things that I expect in a Ferrari. LOL
That’s a one big successful dream for you no need to pay the house property tax you own a house you don’t have be worried paying Uncle Sam no insurance no need to pay tax you did the right decision and less stress
Well.....we're still paying taxes in the USA. We haven't liquidated there yet. I'm staying here and my wife is going home to keep working just in case I fail miserably at getting this business going. She's the safety net in this risky high wire act I'm on. I'm glad you've found the channel and I hope you'll keep watching. I really do appreciate the kind words and support. God Bless.