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I am happy I chose here. Initially; I came here to be with my Wife and Daughter, but there are so many bonuses to living here compared to living back in Australia. Here is a much slower pace of life, I really love the back to basics life I have lead here the past 3 or 4 years, eating fresh foods daily, especially steering clear of a lot of the processed food I use to eat back in Oz. Changing my dietary intake here has worked wonders for my health. For me; life here is much cheaper. Instead of scraping by week to week I am able to invest half of my Pension towards buying land for our future together, something I never would have been able to afford back in Australia. I am hoping to start building a house in the next 18 months/ 2 years, again, an impossible dream back in Oz. Electricity here is but a fraction (1/10th) of what I paid back in Oz. Some food items are expensive but adapting to the local lifestyle and learning to eat the local foods has helped a lot, both health-wise and financially. I guess after my first visit here, I like living life as I did as a kid, pretty much care-free and back to basics, which is what bought me back instead of going through all of the hassles of bring my Wife and Daughter back to Oz. I am thankful I found my patch...

 

I am moving to Duma after I retire -probably arrive by March 1st- Looking forward to a great retirement and change of pace,and climate-high temp today was -2c-denver area US..

 

Wrye83
That friend could become a member and Create a Show case or you can even, Bread supply comes up quite often and he could do well.
We could all do well as I myself am a Liker of french Bread. If you are not too sure have a Word with Dustin Wrye83 about this

 

Well now, Refreshing Post, if it is Good enough for Mike as a Local (Filipino) then it should Certainly be OK with us.

 

Just moved to socal from midwest and working as a IT contractor, while living in Hermosa Beach 18 years ago and saw a Cathay Pacific advertisement for the All Asia pass. Visited Bali, Bangkok, Cebu, HK on that trip. Met my wife to be and never looked back. Picked Dumaguete because of her family and seemed like a nice town. Diving was my primary motivation on my original trip. Until there only been as far west as Hawaii. I have to say that since I started visiting 18 years ago a lot has changed. Places like Panglao Island, Boracay and Phuket are now a zoo (relatively speaking) and have lost their charm in my opinion. Even Dumaguete has gone through a lot of changes. I wonder what Bali and El Nido are like these days. With 5-10 years to go before I am able to retire, I hope Dumaguete doesn't lose all it's charm.

 

Beautiful ladies and a great tropical climate in which to live.

 

I came to philippines for the warm climate,the snorkeling in the ocean an my sweetheart I met online and of course being retired and not wealthy the cost of living. Iam still looking for a place near crystal clear water an good snorkeling just walking off the beach. The only thing that really got to me about the Philippines are the sanitary and garbage everywhere conditions- but you know I can learn to live with it coz anything beats Winters in Saskatchewan Canada!

 

It puzzles me greatly why if you have a "Dumaguete friend" of TEN YEARS standing, you have to ask questions here about accommodation in Dumaguete!

I came here knowing no-one and found out what I needed to know before I arrived by my own online research.

Since then I found out the detail by using this Forum.

 

My trailer got repossessed and this is the only place I could find a woman that would let me move in with her.