[QUOTE=ImAGuy;1707636]Thanks everyone who has replied re: insects. I'll contribute later. So, no one's seen any 10" spiders or 7" centipedes?
How common are robberies? I'm guessing I should dress down? Buy a crappy phone? Fake wallet? Or is that going overboard? I mean, I've been in some real seedy areas in China and HK and never had an issue, but reading reports here.
Lastly, anyone here own a car in PH? Was thinking about picking up a used one for about 300 k or so. Lived in China for 5 years without a car and am itching to drive again. Am I going to have to worry about it getting stolen / stripped?
Holy crap that's a lot of questions. Please don't ban this noob.[/QUOTE]Yes dress up and buy a flashy car, get a gold iPhone 6+ along with a fat wallet full of us $100 bills. You will fit in right away without any problems. Drench yourself with Old Spice cologne and the bugs and spiders will leave you alone.
P.S. Forgot to tell you to wear the thick gold chain necklace. The thicker the better so you don't lose it. Have a gold medallion on the chain with "ImAGuy" for easy identification, in case it is lost.