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I can confirm StrokerAce's experience. I had a round trip ticket booked on PAL with the return dated more than 90 days out. I also had a 59 day visa that I obtained before the trip. So I am pretty...

Jollibee's has been in the Los Angeles area at least 4 years now.

Truly scary sight if you live around LA: go check out the Eagle Rock Plaza sometime. Closest thing to a Filipino mall stateside....

I usually skip the seafood in the Phils on general principle. One just needs to look at the pollution of the water in and around the Phils. Maybe in the better restaurants I'll take on a deep sea...

That $619 won't include the taxes.

I feel for Mortman too. As GE says, it's one thing to read about it or to hear others talk about it, but it's entirely different when it's someone you know well. I remember my first time in the...

I am surprised at the sponsorship part. My understanding of the US tourist visa process is that the embassy doesn't take sponsorship items into account at all. They assume every applicant is going...

My understanding is that this is your ACR card which is now required with the first 59 day extension (not the 21 to 59 day). The card is supposed to be good for a year. Not all offices are able to...

Maraming salamat, GL.

(That's Tagalog for thank you very much.)

You can search Other Areas thread in this forum or go over to Dragon Slayer's PI Forum and search the CDO thread there. There is some discussion of hotels in both threads and you ought to be able to...

There is some discussion of this in a few of the Yahoo Philippines forums; there are some guys on those forums who claim to do this so it's not like it hasn't been done before. But as usual one has...

It helps to have a bank which has customer relationship levels based on how much business you're doing with them. At higher levels (larger deposits and/or loan balances, etc), all your ATM fees will...

I've used the money changer at the PAL international arrival area; this is near the exit and to the left just before customs. I seem to remember there was a kiosk next to the money changer booth that...

So Laylow, you want to live off the land and fuck bargirls at the same time... Don't you know that one should never shit where one sleeps. Or worded as the other posters are telling you, one should...

Try ajarn.com

I've used Xoom from time to time for a few years without incident. Before I left home a month ago, I emailed Xoom and asked them if I could continue to use their service while overseas. After a small...

I'm not well enough read to point to posts in ISG describing the airport layout, but it turns out that Google Maps now has excellent mapping for Metro Manila. Just enter Aquino International Airport,...

For money changers, I can definitely recommend Edzen's on Mabini St in Ermita. Easy walking distance from Robinson's. Reliable, the locals know this place.

In Makati, Sanry's in Glorietta is...

One item that is not mentioned in previous responses is that using your credit card instead of your debit/ATM card to get cash will usually be treated by your credit card issuer as a cash advance and...

I can speak for the expropriation part. During my last visit to Manila earlier this month, my taxi once took Aguilar Ave back from Las Pinas toward Manila rather than use the Coastal Road (too much...

If you have enough cash on deposit at your bank, you could be at a relationship level where they will rebate some or all of your ATM fees to you, even overseas ATM fees so that you would only pay the...

The last tip is most important: let your bank know where you're going to be. Also know your daily withdrawal limit. That should minimize problems with your bank.

There are worldwide ATM networks:...

Here are a few tips known to work:

Bringing US$100 bills for exchange - these must be series 2000 or later; money changers will generally not accept older $100's as they were reputedly too easy to...

no there isn't. they can show you a fake id just as easily as they show the hotel. a good rule of thumb is to pass on those who say they're 18 or 19, especially if they look young; you can do it this...

The locals use crabs as a metaphor to describe this mindset: when one crab tries to get out of the pot, the others pull it back in. Which is often how it is in real life: when a filipino (or...

this discussion really belongs in the "filipinas - opinions and advice" thread, but i'll chime in here. first, if you're playing, it is best to be honest with the girls, that is, let them know you...