I will have internet, satellite (or cable) TV and all the fresh seafood I can catch or buy! I will fly back for visits, but plan on spending my last quality years abroad in a friendly community...!
I will have internet, satellite (or cable) TV and all the fresh seafood I can catch or buy! I will fly back for visits, but plan on spending my last quality years abroad in a friendly community...!
I need to look into that...
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I would melt. Too humid.
Congratulations on your escape from America.
I have not been to Leyte, but Ormoc should be a nice city.
All of Visays is nice, and much better then Luzon or Mindanao.
Cebu is rated as the third best island in Asia by Travel and Leisure Magazine.
My cottage is about 150 feet from the sea.
Yes, a couple can have a nice life here on $1000 per month.
I pay only $100 for rent...one BR with A/C, TV, Fridge, and
microwave included.
I have added G-Sat TV. Do not get Dream Sat. unless you hate FOX and love CNN, haha.
Ormoc should have cable TV which may well have up to 100 ch.
Cable is working its way south down Cebu from Cebu city.
DSL internet is common in most places, with up to 2 Mb speed.
As for storms, you will see far fewer then expected.
I have seen only one typhoon in four years that came close to Cebu.
Even the rain has been far less then I expected.
It does, however, get hot...into the 90s.
Inside, I live under ceiling fans, one over the bed, and one over my computer chair.
They are amazingly cheap, like four bucks.
We use the A/C only when going to bed, and it is on a timer to cut off after a few hours. The fan is more then enough, and sometimes I need a light cover.
Another great thing about life in the Philippines is that one does not need a car, unless living in some very remote mountain area, even then, most use a motorbike.
There is plenty of transportation of all types.
Highway buses are available every ten min. or so.
You can flag them down from anywhere on the highway.
They are aircon, some with on-board movies and now even many with WIFI.
Local transport is by “C-Cad”. That is like a pedicab for two or three.
In larger towns they use motorcycle powered cabs, holding as many as six.
Only big cities have taxis.
Still, one needs the right attitude for third world living.
It is not for everyone.
In November 1991, the Ormoc region was inundated by Tropical Storm Uring. Flash floods and landslides killed more than 6,000 people, mostly within the city proper itself.
In November 1991, the Ormoc region was inundated by Tropical Storm Uring. Flash floods and landslides killed more than 6,000 people, mostly within the city proper itself.
I am leaving for Davao City, Mindanao next week. There are tons of ex pats there already. I will not have to look hard to find English speaking friends, but I will be with a sweet young Filipina too.