Best Posts in Thread: Very new to Dumaguete

I'm totally confused.

Why would someone spend a year in a place that they think is "a heap of trash and filth", "ridiculous and unhealthy", "typical Filipino crap", and "appalling quality of life".

Surely if one felt that strongly they wouldn't stay, even if it meant losing a deposit on a rental for breaking a contract.

Or am I missing something?

Personally I think The Philippines is great. Not perfect, but nowhere is.

 

Generally speaking I fully agree. If you want to have the full picture, negatives need to be included.

This could be really important for all of us it comes to doctors, hospitals, landlords, visa - stuff, safety reports and stuff like that.

In terms of bars, restaurants and hotels it is very difficult to give recommendations. Of course you can report about cleanness and service standards in general. But if it comes to taste ? I like a certain dish in a certain place, and you might find it tastes too spicy. Or the other way round. Who is right ?

I enjoy reading comments from other members about their experiences. But some of them might be true for them, not for me.

Anyway, exchanging information is always a good thing. That’s why I am here.

 

I live here in Bacong and hate when the local burn trash and plastic, but tell me where they don't do that in the Philippines. You are also right about the trash on the beach, special after a weekend or holidays where people who not live at the beach come here for a picnic and swim in the sea. I just want to tell about my experiences, 2 weeks ago I had a bad day, and smoke come in my apartment, I took a bucket full of water, go there and put water on the fire, 5 places with fire and wind direction direct to my apartment. I "talk" in a way the could here me in Valencia haha and ask who make the fire. I need to go back and forth to bring more water, then a guy I never have seen before come and say sorry many times and help bring water to put out the fire. Normal I have a good relation to the locals but yes one week the smiles were not that big as usual lol. Later my gf told me the guy who apologizes was a priest on a visit to the people who burn the trash, my language was not something they use in the church on Sundays lol. Nearly every morning and afternoon I have a walk on the beach with my dog and most times a have a talk with someone. To me, it seems like no one cares about nature, but there are a group of young guys I always talk with, all topics miss universe, sport, fishing, bikes, education/work life in general. They told me they start organizing a 2 days beach cleaning, brings together a group of volunteers and they get already money from the barangay to trash cans. There are smell reefs here with corals and fish but it has seen better days, they want to restore the reef too. I'm not that naive, I know it will not be tomorrow, but I like their way of thinking, it shows me not all do not care

 

That is always the signal to leave - it is all about what we find acceptable to us personally. I suppose the rule would be "ACCEPT or LEAVE".

I put the bad on one side of my balance scales and the good on the other - the 'good' side is still weighing down and so I am remaining.

 

Welcome. Check out Bacong when you come, a nice “Suburb” of Dumaguete. There are many different groups of foreigner gatherings in the area. Golf crowds, card playing crowds, coffee crowds at McDonalds and Sans Rival, AA crowds, refreshment drinking crowds in Valencia and the boulevard in Dumaguete, and others. Most restaurants here are average (being kind) with a few hard-to-find nuggets. Most of the beef here requires very sharp teeth. Still, many of us are extremely happy (to be above ground).

 

some are just not happy unless tehy have something to complain about.

 

I think that we almost have a 'duty' to each other to inform about health issues, services (medically, food, leisure) and anything which impacts on our lives here. If it is truly to reflect then it has to include some negatives (e.g. "I went to X restaurant and found the food cold and very unpleasant"). Where I am sure we all agree is the pointlessness of just writing how much you hate the place - in that case then go elsewhere until you find somewhere you like. But telling the truth and helping us keep healthy, happy and avoid wasting our money by bad choices we could have avoided is a prime benefit of this website.

 

Talking about serious medical problems that has quite some impact on your health, I do not consider as grumbling.

 

I love san carlos. I've done the trip from near murica/bacolod on the ecotourism highway through don salvador mountains down to san carlos. If you haven't tried that please do! Beautiful views as you come down the hill overlooking the mountains and ocean into san carlos.
What I love about san carlos is no jeepneys! Makes it way more quiet and peaceful.

If you haven't yet, try taking the small ferry boat into sipaway island from san carlos. Beautiful beaches and not crowded at all. Kind of reminds me of guimaras, not quite as nice, or big, but similar.

 

Goodbye