Foreigners BIGGEST culture shock in the Philippines (street interviews)

I think there's nothing in Cebu like the Philippines were part of Spain and then from uh us Yeah I broke my hand actually I wasn't supposed to be here I was friendly people for sure food everyone speaks English yeah they treat me really well did you experience any culture shock when you came here the channel my name is we're gonna go ahead on the streets of Cebu City ask some foreigners and tours some expats exactly what they felt when they first got here if they had any culture shock now stick

around to the end of this video I'm going to tell you guys my personal culture shock when I first came to the Philippines years ago but before we do that guys if you're new to the channel hit the Subscribe button hit the like button let's get out there talk to some people hi what's your name hi my name is Luther and where are you from from the Netherlands uh what brings you down here to the Philippines I've been in Nepal last month and there's no sea and no open white space anyway so I was like

is this your first time here to the Philippines yeah it is did you experience any culture shock when you came here I think the inequality was pretty much there like you see this jumping mouse and then you drive with texting you see slums-ish kind of neighbors so that was not like a closure show because I think if you've been in Asia already you're not that shocked from all those regular traffic things and stuff yeah but inequality is a thing yeah you see that so how long have you been here so fa

r I wanna oh one night okay okay what are your plans specifically do you intend to visit any locations around here yes I'm going to siargao uh this afternoon I think there's nothing invisible have you traveled down south you should try like Oslo malbo bantayan there's a lot of places around here yeah I know but my plan is just to go to sharks right now okay any specific reason are you meeting friends there or did you I want to serve but oh no what happened yeah I fell down goodness so I can't re

ally surf but there's a friend of mine as well so I will see from there no but that happened in the Philippines your hand no neighbor okay okay how is the service in Nepal when it came to your hand did they treat you well or yeah they treat me really well actually I was surprised because this street was full of dirt like it's in the middle of a Tamil that's a Backpackers neighborhood and it's full of dirt like you can't imagine how much smoke and it was in the middle of the night like people smo

king weed and I entered the hospital it was super quiet and really clean yeah really happy with that actually nice have you had a chance to interact with any local Filipinos um not yet okay how long do you plan to stay three weeks wait well enjoy your trip and thank you for your time thank you thank you hi what's your name where are you from I'm from Poland what brings you down here to the Philippines uh I'll be traveling and I decided to come to see how is this your first time in the Philippine

s yeah how long have you been here uh for two weeks yeah for two weeks okay and have you experienced any culture shock I think so I did have you been to any other countries in Southeast Asia yeah many I've been to Thailand Cambodia Vietnam yeah Singapore uh I'll be going to Indonesia soon oh nice uh I I don't remember yeah okay got it what do you like the most so far here in the Philippines uh especially the weather friendly people for sure food uh and for example in Palawan take Clear Water the

y can the devious that's what I love do you have any other plans to visit different places here in the Philippines before going to Indonesia I don't think so I'm I'm gonna stay here in Cebu just I'm just gonna she like chill out yeah before going to Indonesia have you met any local Filipino people do you talk to them have a beer with them anything uh I've met one guy I went for a beer with him he was so cool and I actually my colleague is from the Philippines so he told me about about it like a

lot okay got it is this a place you can see yourself living for a long time maybe uh no I know why not um I love what weather but sometimes it's just too hot yeah like right now right yeah um I I didn't know just the weather itself alone to make you uncomfortable right so yeah yeah but it's like Philippines is nice to visit but I don't think I would live in here I just don't know why not yet maybe you need more experience or something yeah all right man thank you so much for your time I apprecia

te it thank you hi what's your name my name is Marcos and we'll get your name at least very good where are you guys from We're from Argentina oh um I'm a big messy fan you know for sure congratulations thank you and uh what brings you down here to the Philippines uh just traveling it's going island hopping holidays yeah really cool places very nice how long have you been here we've been here for at least uh 10 days a bit more okay and where's your favorite place so far I think yeah the trip from

a little to paron okay uh a three-day trip sounds beautiful I've been there it's a very nice place and tell me how long you plan to stay uh 10 more days or 12 more days yeah is this your first time to the Philippines first time in Philippines okay I'm curious what were some of your culture shock did you have any culture shot something different from Argentina uh yeah it is different but it wasn't that bad it was like I think like the Philippines were part of Spain and then from uh us yeah it's

a bit like uh like America okay it's like Spanish and English I agree they're familiar with it at least so nothing too big right and are you living in Argentina now we're living in Spain okay so because I know right now Argentina they say the economical situation isn't that good and I was considering going there so I thought maybe I'd ask you some questions well it's uh gonna be cheap for you probably yeah okay but yeah it's a really good place to to we have beautiful places and yeah economical

situation is not really good right now but we have good people so I encourage you to go great thank you so much I appreciate it great thank you last lastly what's your biggest culture shot coming to the Philippines uh you know I've I was in Vietnam and I saw the garbage and stuff on the street and everybody you know see here I don't think I found a culture shock it's just you know you just learn to this is a third world country and you learn that you accept certain things that instead of trying

to make everybody you know change to your way of life and your style and you know don't get in a hurry yeah it's the Philippines your own you're retired you know you're here on vacation take your time because you're not going to go through the line like Zip yeah you know you're gonna be a while so just don't get in a hurry just take your time and relax you can have a wonderful time here if you just relax thank you so much for your time I appreciate it you're welcome thank you hi what's your name

hello my name is John and where are you from I'm from Belgium and what brings you down here to the Philippines uh I can actually I wasn't supposed to be here I was supposed to be in Indonesia but they refused me done so I just came here what they refused you in Indonesia yeah because I asked for people that are vaccinated so oh I see so you have to have vaccine to come in here or at least Indonesia okay yeah I understand how long have you been here uh less than than a week yeah okay what are yo

ur first impressions of the Philippines oh it's pretty nice actually uh yeah I don't know to explain yeah if you like it you have a good time at least yes yes but the the best will come I guess because I will just get in the place where I can do snorkeling and all I just spend time in the cities and they are huge and I am not too much sticky so okay have you experienced any culture shock difference between here and Belgium not a shock because I am used to I already spend much time in Asia but ye

ah it for sure is really different okay awesome thank you so much for your time I appreciate it hi what's your name uh where are you from Spencer originally Canada but I've been living in Australia for the past 10 years or so how'd you move to Australia uh went for uni um and just sort of decided to stick around and what brings you here to the Philippines I got the chance to work remotely um so came over it's close it's cheap everyone speaks English a very good things about it so how long have y

ou been here got here March 17th okay do you plan to stay long term or just a few months or my Visa expires July 15th okay so I'll head off then I think um maybe come back see how the next couple months ago I see was this your first trip to the Philippines yeah okay tell me about coffee shop do you sense any coffee shop where you came here culture show um not really no yeah no it's like being to Southeast Asia before so it's pretty similar to other countries I've been to thank you so much for yo

ur time appreciate it and there you have it guys some people's answers about culture shock leave a comments down below let me know whose answer surprise you anything you want to share if you think it's time to write it I take time to respond now for me personally I got here a few years ago and it wasn't much of a culture shock but something that this surprised me usually was how respectful Filipinos were towards each other like calling each other and all these different words like you know in Ca

nada we're known to be polite but it's not really like different levels of it where you can actually address somebody with a different type of like surname not a certain you know like a prefix or whatever so that was really surprising to me that the amount of respect and even like sometime when people see their Elders or someone they respect they sometimes put their hand to their forehead so culturally that was very different for me you know Canada is Multicultural so I've seen so many different

types of culture but that was some things that were very new to me so yeah nothing too exciting because if you've traveled to Southeast Asia a lot of these countries are very similar or if you're actually coming from like Canada there's a lot of stuff here that's very similar right so they have the same things like skyrise buildings internet cars just like Canada so it isn't much of a difference in that sense but that's my personal culture shock leave your comments down below let me know if you

've been to the Philippines or if you haven't been what do you think would be the biggest thing for you to adjust to a big surprise anything you want to share and oh yeah if you enjoyed this video hit that subscribe button we're making our way to 100 000 subscribers see you guys in the next one in a couple days bye thank you