Please tell me about your experience traveling & or living in the Philippines below!

The First stop on my journey living the dream as a digital nomad is going to be in the Philippines.

I am trying to snatch up a flight in early January returning to Canada 2-3 weeks later, but my intention will be to either extend my visa or head to vietnam and malaysia afterwards. Right now I can get round trips for approximately $1,200 CAD. I plan to purchase this flight with bitcoin after I invest a bit more after the hard forks of Bitcoin Gold and the potential Segwit2X one.

As a Canadian, I interact with filipino/filipinas on a regular basis as they are one of the largest immigrant populations in the country. My experience with them has always been positive, and I admire their family oriented culture and ethos of hard work.

Like many Canadians I have also been randomly added on facebook by pretty filipina girls who I assumed were likely to use me to get citizenship.

One such filipina added me on facebook a decade ago. Over those years I have never sent her a single peso or dollar and I have actually had a very positive relationship with her getting to know her. My intent is to finally meet her and go surfing and diving with her. I feel much safer having someone to show me around who has credibility with the locals.

I do, of course, have a crush on her, and we have been flirty. Having experienced a substantial amount of heartbreak in my life, I am not going into this with any expectations. Some positives about her are that she is a strong independent woman who isnt reliant on guys, but she does desire to be with someone in a committed relationship. Her parents are still together- which is actually pretty rare in Canada. I like to think I am a good judge of character, and her values are much more congruent with mine. Since I have been awakened to the real truth about Western Society, it has been extremely hard to find a female who wants a much more simple and modest life.

I understand the risks, I have had a decade to consider whether I want to meet this girl and at this point if she is just trying to hustle me then it would be the con of the decade indeed, and even if that is that case I wouldn't even blame her. She continues to work 2 jobs for hardly any pay but manages to support herself. All she can afford is a modest house, but its near the water and looks so peaceful. Piggies, chickens and kids live next door, and from what I have heard of where she lives there seems to be harmony and simplicity.

When I visit travel.gc.ca and look at the travel advice, one may come off scared as there are many stark warnings. Dutertes War on Drugs is in full swing and the Minadao Region is in a state of emergency as various factions are warring for power. However, when I ask my filipina friend about this she says those are isolated incidents. Considering that there are hundreds of islands there, I believe that there is a huge variety of political situations.

With terrorism and Dutertes war on drugs - I know I must tread lightly. My plan is to be proactive by being organized and researching much more.

Now, I would love to put it out to the Steemit Community and hear about your experience, feel free to tell me your opinion on my preliminary plans, and I would love to hear about your own experience:

Have you traveled to or lived in the Philippines?
What was your experience?
Do you recommend it to others?
What race are you and how do your think that affected your experience?
I am a Caucasian male, aged 27 visiting for the first time, do you have any recommendations?
Are there any websites or other resources that I should check out in preparation?

Thanks in advance to everyone for your comments, stories, upvotes, and resteems! Team work makes the dream work!

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