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That's not sarcasm. That's resignation. And it taint a matter of living in the PI. I have been coming here frequently for a long time and I have learned that folks like taxi drivers will nickel and...

That's a tourist scam. Don't buy into it. Before you get going in a taxi, always use your iPhone to take a picture of the driver, the car, and his license. Let him see you do this and do it with a...

(1) Filipinos resented the Japanese not the Americans from the gitgo during WWII and aided GI's for example during the Death March of Bataan and beyond. Unusual for a colonial military to get that...

(1) Morales is not xenophobic which is a generalized fear, antipathy of anything foreign. Morales's fear & antipathy is focused and not generalized. He is not xenophobia; he is viscerally and...

I think that a green card is pretty good bait for a foreigner to lure a Filipina. As much wherewithal as a middle class or upper class Filipina may have, she still has a Philippine passport which...

Thanks for the report. It was informative. Here are additional questions about which you may have insights:

1) What constitutes proof of vaccination? I am triple vaxed attested to by a US CDC card...

I read the following advice on this forum many years ago: taxis which are moving through traffic hunting for the next fare will always be less expensive than the taxi which is stationary and waiting...

You are patronizing me and virtue signaling.

If you have a breadth of experience in the Philippines or if you RTFF then you will have familiarity with the following hazards pitfalls that await...

You're right! Let the little head think for the big head. That's the spirit!

"Welcome" is a curious choice of words. I have never felt that the Philippines was welcoming me. Rather I felt that I was allowed entry in order empty my pockets of money as quickly as possible so I...

"Welcome" is a curious choice of words. I have never felt that the Philippines was welcoming me. Rather I felt that I was allowed entry in order empty my pockets of money as quickly as possible so I...

Go in to any pharmacy and speak to the pharmacist. They are a wealth of information for free. Many controlled drugs in the west like antibiotics can be purchased over the counter in the PI and when...

Please indulge my curiosity and answer 2 questions. What were you doing to get booted. You have to be more subtle than messaging things like, "I want to thrust my purple red rock hard-on into your...

The WHO has strict requirements for its members to be accurate bean counters. China ran afoul a number of years ago and there was a terrible brouhaha. Heads rolled. The WHO can't do it's job unless...

At 95% effectiveness the probability that an isolate group will have contracted the virus is microscopically small. Something appears to be awry. Be skeptical and be circumspect.

I work in direct health care in a large metropolitan hospital. We strive to save people's lives and discharge them in better health than when they entered. Some Covids come into the ICU and when they...

Can we infer that your pal Westie isn't always nice about saying RTFF? Oh no! I asked a question. Heaven forbid. What was I thinking! I will stand down and RTFF starting 5 pages back to see if Westie...