Possible to get some trip reports or funny stories? im looking to book myself another holiday in manila but need some motivation.

Yes, you can live, reasonably well in both of these countries at those stakes. Perhaps not outright baller but pretty good.

Despite this being the Philippines forum, I'd suggest Thailand.

I have lived in both.

In some ways the Philippines is better. They have better food and beer for example. But in many other ways Thailand is better. They are actually about the same, for cost of living, and Bangkok is a much more enjoyable city to live in than Manila IMO.

One thing, for sure, you will have to deal with in Manila, is more realistic and more abject poverty. Sure you will probably be living in Greenbelt or somewhere in Makati with all of the other foreigners, but if you ever venture outside of there, you will see some real poverty.

I'll just say this, when I was living on the streets of Bangkok, I thought I had seen poverty, when I was living on the streets of Manila, I KNEW I had seen poverty.

So, that's something you have to deal with.

Here's a question to ask yourself, are you a real and true degen? Do you just want sex, booze and gambling no matter what moral dilemmas it might cost you? if so, I suggest Manila, very strongly. If not, I suggest Bangkok. It seems strange to suggest Bangkok to someone that might consider themselves less degen and more moral, but when compared to Manila, it no longer seems strange at all.

Like I said, despite, this being the Philippines forum, I suggest Thailand.

For travel noobs I always recommend Thailand. It's not close either.

Hey guys, I am staying in the Dubai at the moment but on NOV 14th heading to Philippines - Manila.

Want to stay in Philippines for 2-3 months and looking for some poker house to stay in. Boracay, Cebu area would be the best IMO based on initial research.

A little background on me:

I am European, before BLACK FRIDAY was playing 200NL HU Full time. After it decided that its about time to do something else with my life then play poker full time. So now I still play 1-2 hours per day + coaching my friends and switching to the Internet Marketing/Affiliate Marketing

Want to find a cool guys to hang out with in Phillippines who have similar interests: poker, internet marketing, girls , partying, gym, scuba diving, muay thai.

I like coaching other people so sometimes when i have time I can do free small/medium stakes HU coaching.

Have been in the Thailand 2 times so within this time planning to check other countries like: Vietnam, Indonesia, etc and also might go to Phuket for diving.

If you can relate to what I wrote write me and IM's so we can talk more about it

I was kind of drunk when I wrote my above post, so I might have rambled a bit.

This pretty much sums up my point though. Thailand is a bit more, 'user' friendly as it were.

I'd also say if you choose the Philippines you should have a decent amount of 'degen' in you, AND expect to have that 'degen' actually tested.

Third world poverty, and third world ****ty conditions will be considerably more apparent and in your face in the Philippines then they will in Thailand.

That being said, still many great things to see and experience, and many great times to be had, in both countries.

Nah jump in at the deep end and head for manila and the flips in general. Thailand is tooo easy and you will be drawn back there as soon as you go anywhere else. imo just sayin' and all that.

I'd say Sabang fits the bill quite nicely from what you are looking for. Its 3hrs from Manila by bus/boat It pretty much fits the bill for everything except the poker and the muay thai.

There is a pretty decent community of people in there mid 20's-30's who are here either teaching diving or learning how to teach. In terms of importance its kinda a town where pretty much any activity revolves around Beer, Girls, Diving.

I think I met Pooter at an ATM today! Very fat English bloke from Essex in his 30's who when pulling out a Thai bank card said if it didn't give him money then he wouldn't be able to get a whore tonight!!

My 18 year old bro and his friend visited me this Summer as there last leg on a round the world trip. They had an absolute blast and are now ruined for life. However the amount of rookie mistakes they would have made if I wasn't looking for them would have been astronomical.

Go to Thailand, learn what **** goes on then come to the Philippines.

Doubt it I am in Thailand right now, manila next week.

BTW I am not fat but sadly hail from essex

Hi guys, im currently looking for foreign language teachers in Makati, NCR area. Pretty much any language, Russian, Norwegian, Dutch, Thai, English, French, Japanese, Korean Mandarin etcetc. Please PM me if you are interested.

hey dark wizard i speak russian, havnt taught before though. Im also currenrly in davao city but will be going back up sometime i guess.

cool please PM me your mail, cp#, and/or other contact information

im a halfie who lives in the US, but recently i took a 2 week trip to the philippines. i really enjoyed it, and want to spend awhile there sometime in the future...

it just kinda blew my mind to see such a huge thread about the philippines lol,


brb reading this whole thread

@dar wizard
im using phone internet and this bitch wont let me pm u or i dont know how. Can u pm me and ill reply back. Cheers

hi, just sent u a pm . also looking for teachers for ESL, IELTS, TOPIK, TEF and more, basically if u can speak any language natively im surely interested

Hey guys, I'm coming to Manila, then to Ceba. I want to ask, is it possible to get a fake medical certificate at any hospital or private medical centre. I need it to show this document to my employee, to have justified reason to be absent at work. This is the only way I can extend my holidays. I'm working in Europe and this should work. Have you any idea is it possible to do, how much its gonna cost? And in which location?
Appreciate any advice.

lol ill print u one forr free, thats what i used to do but i didnt travel.

Hey guys, I'm coming to Manila, then to Ceba. I'd like to ask, is it possible to get a fake medical certificate at any hospital or private medical centre? I need it to show this document to my employee, to have justified reason to be absent at work. This is the only way I can extend my holidays. I'm working in Europe and this should work. Have you any idea is it possible to do, how much its gonna cost? And in which location?
Appreciate any advice.

Intresting option
But i need with official stamp, ect...

Just out of interest, what do English teachers get paid there?

Cheeseburger stakes per hour. As a German-Filipino, I teach German myself but I dont really do it for the money. Compared to the usual salary in the Philippines I guess its still a lot though.

So what, 20-30k per month or something?

If you want to teach English in Asia, do it in China, Korea, or Japan. Then when you feel like you have enough just vacation in the Philippines.

I've taught in China, and it's not hard to make between 20USD and 30USD an hour there. In Philippines I heard a guy saying he was making 6usd an hour or something ****ty like that.

Philippines also has a lot more requirements and such, in China, have a white face and you are pretty much good. You'll need a bit more, but not much.

Yeah I have no plans to do it I was just being nosey

I'm also looking for people who currently work in call-centers (any staff Management CC-Agents etc) in Makati area, please PM me or just notify me here.




The rate depends also on what language it is, but what ITT said fits pretty much+-. I would assume that the tuition fee here in the PI is also a lot lower compared to china,japan,europe etc. As I said its cheeseburger stakes , if you play NL100+ profesionally and u r thinking of teaching in the PI for the money you might want to rethink it hehe. I was just bored, thats how i started