FOREIGNER on WHY he WOULDN'T move to the PHILIPPINES

and I stayed two and a half weeks in Saro but right now there are some issues that is just a little bit difficult and generally in the island the Wi-Fi is absolutely terrible it's so slow it's so unable and also the mobile data sometimes just doesn't work at all that is the biggest downside of Shaga I really don't understand what's happening with the internet providers in the Philippines Globe smart what's happening okay I'm not sure if I can tell this living in the Philippines but let's see what's up Philippines welcome back to another reaction video with your host Nelly I am so happy to see you here I have traveled so much in the Philippines I lived in the Philippines I know the Philippines in and out and apparently this guy knows everything under 30 days of living in the Philippines let's see he St I lived 30 days in the Philippines here's what I think okay 30 days is a good amount of time to kind of like know a little bit about the Philippines but let me just tell you it takes a little bit more than that I think 30 days is the vacation like everything is so great and everything is a beautiful face but maybe he has something else to say let's see let's just watch it together shall we we just tried living in the Philippines for a full month in three different destinations and in this video I will tell you all my thoughts how was it if I would see myself living in the Philippines long term and if I would recommend it for you for long stay or even moving to the Philippines all right that is called a vacation but let's see it's uh and I made digital Nome living in Southeast Asia mostly in Bali for the last 2 years so I had high hopes for Philippines maybe it would be already a nice destination to stay long term I already had one holiday in the Philippines 4 years ago and I loved it like the country is just really awesome and the people are the nicest so I was so excited to see if I would see myself living long term in the Philippines as a digit noad but yeah so let's go through the reality of living in the Philippines in my opinion in this video so the first destination I went to was man the capital of the Philippines and I stayed in Makati area because I knew that's where many foreigners stayed it's a little bit more modern un safe nicer place to say monila but there's some other areas also I heard but anyway I was really impressed by Makati it was actually really nice it's so beautiful there's so much Greenery outside and it's really modern and it's just really nice city I actually was so surprised because I visited many of the big cities in sou as and at least the Mak area in manil was probably the nicest looking City I seen ever and of course there's many benefits with big cities like there's good internet there's lots of options for food for accommodation I I stayed in a pretty nice apartment building and it was quite good price I heard it's only $400 per month if you rent it monthly so what I would say about Mak that can be quite comfortable to stay there look the conveniences you need is there and Mar was a little more expensive than the other places I tried in the Philippines but the cost of living still was quite nice I think you can live quite comfortably with like 1,000 to $1,500 per month so it's pretty nice but more about the cost of living in the Philippines later in the video if you like to stay in a big city then yeah Mak I think it's pretty good place to stay but for me the problem was that I I don't really like to stay in a big city without a beach but the good thing about Philippines is that there's so many islands easily from Manila the flights are quite affordable like 30 to $60 One Way flights and it's so quick like 1 hour two hours Islands so there's so much to see so I can imagine even living in manite can be quite amazing to stay there and then quite often do trips to the different islands in the Philippines so you can see so much but also have a comfortable city to live in and the next destination I went was bakay and this really famous for holidays and it was really really beautiful the beach is really awesome the water is so blue the sunsets are so amazing and it's pretty awesome place to have a holiday but yeah very touristic and it's quite small but there's many options for restaurants and cafes and there's all the conveniencies you need there's big Supermarket there's pharmacies and everything so basically you could even stay longterm in borai but yeah it didn't really have the vibe of like there's no digit noats for like Community or anything like that it's mostly for tourists yeah I wouldn't stay there long term but of amazing Islands you can visit from monila so for that it's pretty perfect but my third destination in the Philippines I was the most excited I have friends there the couple from happiness Crossing Fernando and Vanessa and they decided to stay in Baka yes there is not much of an expert Community but they are very immersive in the Filipino culture and have a lot of Filipino friends so this is one thing this is the huge difference between Bali and the Philippines in Bali you don't mingle that much with the locals in the Philippines means you become very very close with your friends and with your friends family immediately so in that case it's just very different for these two places in particular about because on paper it seems like it's a perfect place to live in the Philippines and four years ago I visited this island and I actually met many people who live there long term so I was really looking forward to it and trying if I could leave there because it just seems to have everything you need for a nice place to stay long term but the reality was a little bit different than that so the third island was s God I don't know if you heard about this island it's becoming quite famous already because it's really beautiful there's so much to explore there is for a holiday perfect place to travel because there's so much to see there's so many people to meet it's the easiest place to meet people I would recommend for solo Travelers like Saro is the best place to go or even if you move into the Philippines sargo is a really nice place to have a community and make lots of new friends and just have a nice lifestyle and it's still quite small so it's not too touristic there's not too many people the traffic is not bad at all it's really chill it seems like it's pretty perfect because it's like you can even surf there for me surfing is important because I love to Surf so there's pretty much everything you need in Saro like there's also nice food there's nice accommodation and I stayed 2 and a half weeks in Saro and after that I can say that it has the potential to be one of the best places to live and stay long term but right now there are some issues that is just a little bit difficult and for me the biggest one was the internet and they're actually trying to improve that lot of hosts already go to Star so the Wi-Fi is a little bit better there more stable but it's still really slow and generally in the island the Wi-Fi is absolutely terrible it's so slow it's so unable and also the mobile data sometimes just doesn't work at all and sometimes works a little bit and it's just really slow so it's really hard if you need to work in Sara and honestly I don't need Wi-Fi that much when I work but in the S gu it was a little bit hard it was difficult because even like little things sometimes you need to check online just one little thing but then you need to wait like 5 minutes for that little thing to load so it's a little bit annoying sometimes so longterm I'm not sure if I'm ready still to go to okay so that is the biggest downside of Shaga I really don't understand what's happening with the internet providers in the Philippines Globe smart what's happening like you guys need to be there because this has so much potential for being a little bit more developed and being a little bit more accessible as well if there's an infrastructure for people who would like to live there not sure if I'm still to go to Ciro just because of this issue but also what I noticed after living so long in changu in Bali that has so many cafees so many activities so many gyms and like anything you need you have and also surfing and also a nice Vibe comparing to that Saro still a little bit too small like there's not so many food options you can order food using this one website but still there's only few options and especially for me being vegan the food options are not unlimited like there's only few options so it starts to get a little bit boring fast but also like there's some benefits of SAR go that I haven't seen anywhere else in Thailand in Bali or anywhere that the community is just the best ever like there's people always doing something exploring or doing activities and asking people to join and there it's the easiest place to meet people I met so many friends in this few weeks already and it's also so so beautiful and also the surfing is really really nice and our go and getting a visa to Philippines is actually really easy you can get 30 days visa on arrival for free so you can just arrive to the Philippines and all done and it's also extendable up to 6 months and it's around $100 per month to extend in Immigration office so it's quite easy to have a long stay in the Philippines and of course there's many other Visa options but I'm not an expert on those and what about cost of living in sargo I would say that it's really good value for money is not as affordable as but also in Saro you can live really cheaply if you want to stay in a local accommodation eat local food so it can be really really affordable so I think you basically could live even with like $600 to $1,000 per month but the way I like to live staying in comfortable accommodation eating good food and doing all the kind of activities and going to have a massage every now and then and having a nice lifestyle it would cost around, per month but this is really awesome lifestyle so it's really good value for money enjoying the life to the fullest but yeah you already heard about the negatives also so yeah there's many benefits of living in the Philippines having so many islands easily accessible and exploring the whole country but also in Soro there's many benefits of it's just a unique place to meet people and have an awesome lifestyle awesome travels but after a month I would say that for some people maybe Philippines is the best place already but for me it has the potential but I'm not ready yet I would probably move to Saro maybe one year if they improve a little bit the internet and little bit better accommodation options something that is more comfortable it's still a little bit hard to find something that is good price and really comfortable in Sara so if they improve some things little bit more cafes little bit more developed maybe I would see myself actually living there preferring that over but maybe one year but for now I would say still Bali is quite the best place to stay long term anyway feel free to ask questions down below I will be answering to everybody and subscribe if you like this videos and like this video if you like the video and see like the video if you like the video same goes for this one by the way I have to say he has a few good points Shaga is really one place that I considered moving to as well but it is lacking a few things that are very important to me for one the infrastructure in terms of medical Supply there is no hospital on the island so for me being there by myself I'm exposing myself to a situation where if anything happens to me it could be a little bit tricky the Internet situation has always been bad it improved a little bit I thought with starink it's going to be resolved unfortunately it's not there are spots where you can have reliable internet but you know sometimes it just depends on the weather it is what it is you're just like okay there are brown outs there are electricity issues as well so a lot of things can be improved how however I would stay there long term I love Shaga I live there as well for several months so I know how it is when you actually have your routine day when you actually have your friends day when you have things that you can look forward to but yeah let me know what you guys think I definitely think that barakai would not be a fit for me it is just a little bit too touristy and Manila I did Manila for 4 and a half years I can't do City life anymore it is however a City full of opportunities so definitely if you're looking for that check out Manilla that was it for today I'll see you guys next time here on witer Philippines bye-bye [Music] [Music]