I live in Ukraine any dislikes so far no no offense they know that what makes Philippines any different what has been like a pleasant surprise for you hi what's your name uh Jason and where are you from uh Canada from near Toronto nice and what brings you down here to the Philippines uh I've been traveling around southeast Asia so uh basically I was in uh Vietnam Thailand Malaysia and now I'm in the Philippines so just um I went over to palan to uh check out Alo and um so now I'm just transferri
ng through I'm in C City right now I'm going on to Boh for some more travel how long have you been here um in the Philippines probably I guess a week or so okay what has been like a pleasant surprise for you here so far um I guess the the nature it's extremely beautiful like it's um tropical climate but really some of the places especially palan the nature is just incredible it's beautiful right yeah very was it difficult to get there expensive can you share any details about that um little bit
tricky just because you have to take a little mini bus all the way to the north to ELO it's 5 hours and then accommodation is tricky there because you really need to book in advance if you want something decent okay um so I think water quality is kind of low there and um food was okay well it wasn't bad really but it is kind of out of the way I see so obviously well experienced and traveled within the Southeast Asian countries what makes Philippines any different can you give us any comparisons
or I just think it's more beautiful than some of these other countries just because a lot of the islands are kind of untouched and still very natural so if you go to Thailand it's uh very developed uh things are very easy and convenient but um it's just not the same untouch nature that you see here in the Philippines would you say it's more authentic in the Philippines then yeah yeah more authentic like if you want to travel it's going to be a bit more difficult we off the beaten path but um it'
s really uh it's worth it because get to see nature that there's not a lot of tourists that have been to some of these places perhaps yeah okay any dating are you single are you married anything uh single but uh I have a strange story I live in Ukraine oh you live in Ukraine that's so I've been an English teacher there for 15 years now and um I'm from Canada but I live there and right now it's just like Canada it's extremely cold yeah so it's good for me to be here southeast Asia got it any advi
ce for someone that's never been to Southeast Asia or the Philippines what would you tell them yeah well that's a good question I would say probably go to a place like Thailand first maybe if you're not a good traveler just you're not well traveled just because it's easier in terms of uh infrastructure everything's laid out it's quite smooth here what's nice is the English level's amazing really here so you can do anything without problems but uh yeah you you have to be prepared like a lot of th
ese um hotels I saw in Elo that I was booking the ratings were really low like between 5 and seven on booking.com and if you look at a lot of the complaints there A lot of times it's people that are come from coming from Europe or America or Canada and they've never seen like they don't understand how rural the Philippines are when you get out there and how basically things are pretty basic like the hotels and it's not the same level of comfort or whatever so you got to be prepared for the Phili
ppines to kind of rough it a little bit but it's worth it people here are extremely helpful and nice so uh people often say the highlights are people and nature I guess in thank you so much for your time I appreciate it yeah hi what's your name uh my name is Aro and where are you from I come from France and what brings you down here to the Philippines why are you here uh before I was digital Nomad in Thailand basically I lived in shangai uh one year and um yeah I decide to move to the Philippine
s uh yeah honestly to meet someone yeah and uh to experience a new culture because Thailand you know I stayed one year so I was a bit done about Thailand particularly in shangai MH was very pollu last year so I arried I was in ail in Shang it was crazy the The Burning Season right yeah the Burning Season so I decid to come here and I'm pretty satisfied about my experience so what has been a pleasant surprise about the Philippines for you uh about the Philippines the kindness of the people you kn
ow all the people say they are kind it's not perfect but mostly they are they are very kind very open mind you can talk with them me I'm pretty introvert and uh I have less difficulty to talk in the street with people you know okay any dislikes so far something that you don't really like about the Philippines honestly the food I don't like so much the food yeah I much prefer the Thai food but yeah if you go in the good shop in the good restaurant you can have good food in the Philippines but uh
the street food in the Philippines is not so good yeah and uh you said you came here to meet someone did you meet her what's your relationship status tell me a bit about dating in the Philippines so I meet my wife in uh here in seu city and uh I find my relationship and I'm pretty happy uh before I was with a tiger but uh it's not the same culture you know I don't know if you lived it but they are not Catholic so it's bit different in the mindset and I in the cultural side I am close closer from
the Filipino people you know so it's easier to understand is it easier to communicate with your wife yeah English English uh we talk in English it's easy and In tha In tha Shay I had a girlfriend Tha girlfriend and she didn't speak so good English here speak uh fluently English so it's easier to communicate okay Sol the problem too that's fantastic um would you stay here long term do you think you're going to live here or you going to go back to France what are you honestly I'm passionate about
uh travel so I think uh I will launch my vlogging Channel soon uh because I work online since a long time on YouTube but now I want to change like like you I want to change my life and to to try to to travel and to vlog to share the culture but in in Southwest Asia I stay in Southwest Asia because I love the culture of Asian people I understand so you mentioned do you have a YouTube channel right now you wanted no I have nothing because but before I had uh I monetized three YouTube channel uh b
ut in French you know so it's different it's not um travel Chanel but no I want to change I really want to leave my conf zone to try to launch myel in English Okay and uh vlogging uh Channel awesome so when you do give me the channel links I put in thep thank you so much I will create it and I will begin I think in my my travel Journey okay and lastly what advice do you have for someone that's never been to the Philippines what would you tell them um just don't judge the Philippines the first da
y wait a bit and be open mind and wait wait a bit uh now after eight month in the Philippines I I appreciate more the country than the first month you know so I need to be patient patient in the Philippine and not to give up too soon got it well thank you so much for your time I appreciate it yeah thank you Alex hi what's your name Tom uh where are you from from Norway what brings you down here to the Philippines uh just H is this your first time here uh no second uh when was the first time you
came here that was one year two years ago okay so very recently uh what do you like about the Philippines uh people of course M said different have been uh a lot in Brazil mhm and it's more it feels safer and people are more friendly yeah mostly that okay any dislikes something that could be better maybe traffic that's always the number one thing the traffic okay what about the Heats are you okay with the the most of the reason you're traveling here it's especially for me especially from Norway
right all that snow what has been like a pleasant surprise for you something that you know surprised you how good it is uh mostly about the people that they are really friendly and uh helpful compared to many other countries where they not have we travel to any other Asian countries no I've been in South America only and Europe do you feel more safe in the Philippines than South America at least it feels like it I haven't been there enough to to know yeah but it feels feels safer at least compar
e to to to Brazil and South America it's different yeah I wanted to travel to Brazil but I'm always a little hesitant I hear some you know stories so yeah it's uh not always good are you single are you dating anybody I'm dating okay so have you been on any dates with any Filipinas no I two 3 years ago online been uh over since from man been here on holiday haven't been there also so it's like it's better than man it's the first time experience for both of you guys enjoying okay because Mommy La
is a bit crisp which traffic is worse Manila traffic or definitely monila yeah right it's far worse yeah okay well thank you so much for your time I appreciate it thank you hi what's your name my name is Cole and I'm from New Orleans Louisiana USA I was just going to ask where you're from next and what brings you down here to the Philippines well to be quick uh I was visiting in March well February 2020 M and when I went to go back home to New Orleans uh I looked on the news and they said the ai
rport was shut down for 6 months and I thought well I guess I'm staying here okay and what do you like about the Philippines okay so this is something that's hard to describe if you've never been here before but if you're from a first world country it might make a little bit sense so third world VI so if you're from a first world country you know America Canada UK everything is nice and everything's organized and everything is it works but when you when you come to the Philippines right isn't th
ere a r country no no offense they know that uh the fact that not everything is perfect is what makes it more interesting okay you know awesome that does sound interesting to me uh what has been like a pleasant surprise for you coming here okay so this is probably something that you hear all the time but people are extremely friendly m almost too friendly I'm I'm called Sir here more than I've ever been called anywhere else sir anything I was going to say do you feel like a sir you seem kind of
young but you feel more respected here I don't like it when the people that are older than me tell me sir it makes me feel weird I wish they would just you know call me something else but that's the only part that's kind of weird but everything else is cool when they call you sir okay do you think you'll live here permanently do you have any plans on going back to the US any I would go back to visit M but as far as everything goes you know the whole third world Vibe things I talked about earlier
makes it it makes it an attractive place to stay so if I went back it would be just for a visit I don't think I'm going back to live got you and lastly any advice for someone that's never been to the Philippines what would you tell them um trust your g m don't trust everybody and be Street Smart just like you would be back home got it thank you so much for your time I appreciate it what's your name Salvador I where are you from America Miami Florida what brings you down here to the Philippines
just checking out dude good things got L good outdoor stuff yeah easier life how long have you been here so far like my second G okay and what are your first impressions so far uh I'd say it's pretty chill Business Park is great got nice people any dislikes anything that could be better maybe uh I mean everything can be better so far yeah of course yeah yeah um I mean I love I just came from Bangkok so I love TI food obviously so i' say Philippines doesn't have as much International people still
great okay do you have any plans on visiting some other Islands or different places do you have any clue where you're going next I've been borai I'm kind of deciding right now do want to go back to Bangkok spend more more time okay good I mean there's a lot of items around here so so many good I got definitely and any pleasant surprise for you when you came here pleasant surprise um I guess pleasantly surprise uh like business park it Park here is pretty nice feel very safe options M easy life
okay and lastly any advice for someone that's never been to the Philippines what would you tell them advice if you've never been well one you should be taking action man you're missing out right uh you know go go check out YouTube channel see what like you check out my stuff before he came I have not no but I also do YouTube as well oh I know I've been thinking about maybe play on content but it's it's definitely a lot of work to it is yeah speaking of work like you come from Miami so there's go
t to be a big like difference in cost of living would you say compared to Miami and Philipp oh yeah I mean Miami is the same asop uh rent and eating out speaking of insane now it just came to my mind what about dating I know like women in Miami have a very high standard when it comes to dating guys have you dated anybody here talk to any women what's that like I mean I think I think girls have a high standard everywhere depends on what your goals are dating um you know Miami you have a lot of to
urist you lot people coming through I think it really depends on like what your goals are okay awesome thank you so do you want to shout out to your YouTube channel anything like that sure man check me out Salvador bre Che out my leave your comments down below let me know what you think of their pleasant surprise if you've been to the Philippines I want to know your pleasant surprise if you haven't and you're planning on to I want to know what you're excited to experience the most now personally
for me my plan and surprise when I arrived to the Philippines a couple years ago or three years ago five years ago by now I guess wow uh I had never saw any videos about the Philippines I had no expectations and for me my biggest pleasant surprise was definitely the kind of of the people you know I've been to Thailand a few times by that point and Thai people were very sweet and kind and you know of course nice but the Philippines was just slightly on a different level and I just felt the the w
elcoming from everybody the smiles the kindness that was a very very pleasant surprise for me now it's time to do some self-promoting if you guys enjoy this video hit that like button subscribe to the channel if you want to see daily content about my reaction from some popular videos on the internet check out my main or my second Channel ManUp I've left the link in the description and in the comment section go over there check that out if you're interested subscribe to the channel and check out
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