“This is why I’m probably going to retire to the Philippines. Retire young to a place where your money can go a long way, and the beautiful girls will line up to marry ya... where’s the downside?”
Speaking as someone who’s married to a Filipino and has lived in the Philippines for 5 years, I can confirm that there is very little downside.
The Philippines is a wonderful country. I do sometimes miss the much greater variety of food in the U.S, and the ants, mosquitoes, flies, and other unknown creatures I’d never seen before do bother me to a certain extent, but overall this is a great country to live in.
Yeah, I’ve thought about the food. I’m not big on seafood, so if I ever do move there, I’d better get used to eating fish. Or, maybe I’ll just open a restaurant and cook whatever I like.
actually the Philippines is a great place to retire, although I’d pick an area with lots of expats for a social life, or else marry a Filipino so you become part of an extended family...(Here most of the social life is in families).
Yes, we have typhoons, floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and Dengue fever, but I used to live in Oklahoma, where we had ice storms, severe heat, and had to hide in tornado cellars a couple times a year.