hey guys I'm in the island of Siargao for those
who know me you know that I've been based in Bali for a long while I've been living in Bali
for around 2 years on and off and today I'm going to tell you how This Island right
here compares to Bali I'm going to start by talking about accommodation accommodation
is actually not as cheap as I thought in Siargao however it there's a bunch of hosts and you
know social accommodations where you can meet so many people from around the world so this i
s the
room it's a three bedroom room right here and we are I'm going to jump into one of the most
important topics and this is cost of living now the life that you can have in Bali it's
very different from the one you can have here in Siargao in the Philippines. In Bali you can
live with luxury for a very very affordable price while in go I think that luxury is not that
much there it's more of a backpacking destination a surfing heaven so if you are here in Siargao you
will actually be pay
ing less although it's not the kind of luxury kind of Lifestyle so one of my
favorite things to eat here in the Philippines is barbecue pork one oh maybe maybe eight yes
or maybe two of these two of these apart from yeah two of these oh how much is it 210
perfect 210 pesos! I've been actually coming to this place to get some banana every day because
you know it's good to to have some fruit can I have eight of this yes it's uh 10 each right yeah
have a good day goodbye goodbye so I just got
the bananas here for a great nutritious day let's
say for cost of living it's a tie between the two and it will depend in what's your preference
the next thing I'm going to talk about it's the community the people here just to generalize I
would say Siargao is a place for Backpackers and Surfers while Bali it's more of a mixed crowd
of Backpackers too and a lot of exports and a lot of creators so in my case as a place to live
I prefer Bali because a lot of my community the creators the peop
le who are starting a small
business the digital Nomads are mostly their and you know the Wi-Fi connections the cafes the
co-working spaces are better and more prominent in valy so for digital Nomads I would recommend
Bali for Backpackers Surfers people who want to have a great time Siargao is your place so guys
today I'm here oh my God I forgot your name again and by the way I made Gian okay hey guys
so I'm here with Gian hey hi guys we're having some really good breakfast even though it d
oesn't
look like it anymore but it was beautiful at some point Jan is a digital Nomad so he lives right
here in charal I moved from Manila coming here in Siargao it was all leap of Faith guys so it's not that
easy anyway as a sha digital Nance one thing that I can suggest you is that you know there's a
setting of expectation that you should have in your mind on because you know power outages and
some other stuff that you know I've experienced that yeah it's very unexpected here but nothing
to worry because there are hostels hotels that had a backup generators especially with the
co-working spaces even though there's like power outages there's co-working spaces so um you can
still rely on it so guys this is the place that I've been working from for the past uh week this
is called Lexia and it's a co-working space it has has all the amenities that you would need and
especially it has really really fast Wi-Fi we are actually staying here in a in kind of a dorm but
it's it's cal
led the nomad's room it has a desk everything so you can work from the room but my
favorite thing is to go up here and to work from this beautiful co-working space so it's really
really nice here let's talk about food honestly Filipino food is so underrated a love a lot of
people told me they don't like Filipino food and I was like so shocked when I tried the Filipino
food and I thought you know it was so good the food options in Bali are more International from
all around the world actuall
y pretty accurate and authentic so you know I think if you're looking
for different you know International options and you want to experiment and like have some fusion
restaurants that's valy so this is the smothie bowl that I just ordered looks so so so [Music]
good B smoothie bowls are insane but if you want real authentic you know Filipino food you'll find
it here in sha and it's amazing that brings me to the next point and this is authenticity in Bali
you can go to very authentic places
if you go to the North to the west of the island
you know to the rural areas like Sideman but guys I hate to say it because I love
Bali and I think it can be really authentic but the places that you would be mostly staying in
Bali are not as authentic but is getting really really crowded and a lot of those tourist areas
will be full of scams full of people who just want to sell you something while here in Siargao
I feel there's more of a sense of authenticity you know there's still a sense
of community and
sharing the local businesses are stronger I feel here so definitely you know in authenticity Siargao
wins now I'm going to talk about how to get to those islands to get to Bali you know you just
land in the airport and it that's pretty much it right it's a very easy way to get here while
coming to Siargao is not as easy yes there is an airport but you will mostly go to Manila or to seu
and then fly to Shaga and flights to Siargao from Manila or seu are not you know that that
cheap
and that's one of the reasons why it stays so authentic and and it's not as crowded however and
then this is the next point Internal transport is so much easier here in Siargao and so much cheaper
once you get into to Val you know you'll probably be ripped off if you take a taxi on the airport
I recommend you to download grab and just go 10 minutes walking outside of the airport then you
will get to see you know you will get to not pay tons for your transportation you can go around
buy motorbikes in Bali but the traffic is so bad while in sha traffic is almost non-existent
you can get in the in a tricycle you know they will probably not rip you off and you will
probably be paying the same price that a local is paying however at night you know they
can increase prices and they will maybe try to make you pay more than you should but you can hly
go for like 15 minutes in Siargao out only paying 30 pesos on one of those tricycle transportations and
they are also pretty co
ol now as far as things to do outside of the let's say you know expat or
backpacking Hotpot that you will be staying at there is so much to do in Bali uh you can just
grab a bike and go outside of like Canggu or seminyak or Uluwatu, Ubud... one of those places that you
would mostly be staying and you can be on the wild in places like munduk with you know incredible
nature you know waterfalls like Sekumpul which is my favorite waterfall in Bali just Pure nature Rice
Terraces while if you are
in Siargao you can explore the north you can go to incredible Islands you can
do day trips like swimming with jellyfish hey guys today I came to this Lake in the Philippines
and I'm going to swim with jellyfish let's go I've always been scared of jellyfish and today
I'm swimming with thousands of of them big ones small ones lucky for me these jellyfish are
stingless to humans there is so much to do in both places but I would honestly say Bali beats
Siargao in day trips guys I hope this was
useful in between you know choosing Bali and Siargao honestly
do both because both are great thank you so much for watching guys make sure to subscribe give a
like and I'll see you guys in the next next video
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