Best Posts in Thread: VALENCIA

Well we have made the move from Mactan to Valencia and we are so pleased to have made this change, I have yet to find out where things are situated here but enjoying the adventure.
We shopped in Hypermarket yesterday and I was surprised that some of the items we get on a regular basis are more expensive here, one example is; Hereford C/beef P155 in Mactan and 269 here perhaps a mistake? also 1ltr Tanduay Rum P97 but P110 here,
Tricycles are more expensive here also I believe, in Mactan they cannot get away with overcharging as you can compare their fares to Taxi fares over the same journey, Hypermart to Valencia P150 seems expensive to me?

Anyway having said all of the above I'd rather be here than in Mactan, one really good thing I have observed here and had never thought about before, it was heavy rain on the Tuesday night when we arrived here but next morning there was no sign that it rained the night before, in Mactan we would have been wading through puddles for days after, so living on a hill in the Philippines is a definite advantage as long as you are not in an area that is susceptible to landslides.

Hope to meet some of you soon,

Dave

 

Not a bad idea but for the fact I have very poor eyesight, coupled with lack of good road sense with many of the locals, plus driving on the wrong side of the road, maybe it is better that I do not drive here at all?
My wife drives a motorcycle and does it well, perhaps in time we may get a car for her.

 

When you are loaded up with shopping do you want to struggle with it in a Jeepney?

 

Wait until you buy the Bear Brand Powdered Milk! I am SURE it is twice the price I use to pay back in Australia! Via Tricycle; we normally pay around 350php to go from Maluay, Zamboanguita to Robinson's or around 400php to go to the BPI Bank. On the return trip we normally pay 400php from Hypermart to Maluay, but usually tip the driver an extra 100php if he carries our boxes of Groceries the 150M to the house from the Highway. Watch those Tourist Tricycle Driver's; they charge extra because they are approved to carry Tourists, but try telling them you live here and that you are not a Tourist and they won't budge from their supposed set price!