Quote: (11-08-2018 09:43 AM)Jefferson Wrote:I'd consider living in the Phils part time after I retire. I'll give a quick rundown of where I'm thinking about living and the pros and cons of each.
Quote: (11-08-2018 02:50 AM)Duke Main Wrote:
I started this thread about a year ago and had no online success over the previous year, so I was discouraged about it. This trip has been great and I've been able to analyze a bit why things weren't working before. First of all I wasn't fully aware of how shitty my attitude was and how I was projecting that bad vibe. The other things I fixed: I sorted for already having a kid and I covered the whole country instead of focusing on one city. Then I hopped around the country to where the matches took me.
I won't necessarily limit myself to Filipinas, but a lot of them have a combination of features that really work for me. For the time being, until I retire, I'm tied to the western hemisphere so I'll be checking out Colombia and possibly a few other places. And even if I find that perfect Filipina I wouldn't want to live in the Philippines long term, so the quest for my ideal situation continues.
I understand, glad it is working out now. I guess you can always take a few weeks off to Phil if you want.
It's just after having had a Filipina I don't think I could go back to a European woman.
You could not live in Davao, Duke? Why is that?
Philippines, fun, English speaking spinners but poor infrastructure.
Thailand, good infrastructure, quality medical facilities but poor English.
Vietnam, there's just a vibe I love about the place but even worse English than Thailand
All 3 of these places make it difficult/impossible for a foreigner to own property.
Colombia, access to the US, ability to own property, and I speak Spanish, but I prefer asians to latinas. And it's probably less safe than the SE Asian locations.