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Originally Posted by lovedaphils
Curious about life there away from the tourist areas. I dont want to be uncomfortable etc. But I guess it won't matter, degens been degening there way before me...
I have stayed for two weeks in San Fernando, La Unión and one week in Baguio
La Unión:
cons: no tourism infrastructure at all, only hotel was absolutelly crappy hot and noisy, beach was unappealing, I'd say 40% speak no english or too little, harder to meet girls for casual sex (only banged 1 from tinder)
pros:
-super cheap,
-pretty cool culture: college basketball for free almost every night at the city square, street market with typical foods for amazingly cheap and many options (seafood, veggies, fried stuff, some kind of tacos, duck egg, meat, fried chicken).
-Felt like a real Philippines experience. Everyone was always excited to meet a foreigner
-super easy to get around with jeepney or trikes
-Filipinos from Manila actually visit La Unión a lot for vacation(to San Juan which is like 20 minutes by jeepney), so you can meet city girls at the hostels which are cheap and always populated
other points: almost no other foreigners (only saw 2 people in those 2 weeks if I remember well), not many hookers around. People stare and make jokes a lot (this could be good or bad... I personally like it)
Baguio: same but more rich and americanized, harder to reach and move around, cool weather