Life as an Expat

Thinking of a new life in paradise? Perhaps you are thinking of living in Cebu? Ask other expats what they think of living in the Philippines.

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Ben Jordan British expat fraudster. Thief in the Philippines 1 2 3 4 13

By Jollygoodfellow, December 22, 2016
- 123 replies
- 64.4k views
- Arizona Kid
- December 29, 2019
Annoying Local Behavior 1 2 3 4 38

By JJReyes, March 6, 2023
- 373 replies
- 15.9k views
- baronapart
- May 23, 2023
Repatriation: Yes, you can go home again! 1 2 3 4 24

By Mark Berkowitz, February 8, 2019
- 230 replies
- 18.9k views
- Mike J
- March 4, 2020
How's that retirement penson going? 1 2 3 4 19

By Old55, March 5, 2020
- 183 replies
- 19.5k views
- JJReyes
- December 18, 2021
Smiling faces.... Are Filipinos truly friendly? Do you have Filipino friends? 1 2 3 4 16

By Old55, January 2, 2021
- 153 replies
- 8.7k views
- Snowy79
- January 6, 2021
Sharing between the family 1 2 3 4 15

By stevewool, March 7, 2016
- 149 replies
- 12.7k views
- chico2663
- April 7, 2016
What Do You Miss Most From Home? 1 2 3 4 15

By Matthew23, October 4, 2012
- 146 replies
- 19.9k views
- MacBubba
- January 18, 2015
Cell phone now needed for Social Security AND Bank login 1 2 3 4 15

By Dave Hounddriver, July 29, 2016
- 146 replies
- 15.6k views
- jpbago
- February 26, 2017
Mindanao earthquake 1 2 3 4 14

By bastonjock, October 16, 2019
- 136 replies
- 11k views
- gery0x
- December 18, 2019
Is the Philippines a Dangerous Place? 1 2 3 4 14

By FortuneFavorsTheBold, June 26, 2016
- 135 replies
- 19.2k views
- Jollygoodfellow
- July 4, 2016
First World Philippines 1 2 3 4 14
By Jollygoodfellow, March 10, 2015
- expats
- 134 replies
- 17.1k views
- OnMyWay
- June 5, 2016
Why live in the Philippines? 1 2 3 4 14

By Side show, June 23, 2020
- 130 replies
- 14.9k views
- Old55
- October 15, 2022
Expats Living In Philippines Having Second Thoughts...... 1 2 3 4 13

By Old55, February 21, 2016
- 121 replies
- 15.2k views
- Sander Martin
- May 6, 2016
Tipping Culture 1 2 3 4 12

By JJReyes, November 8, 2022
- 116 replies
- 5.5k views
- Avalon
- January 7, 2023
What Have You Learned About The Philippines 1 2 3 4 12

By Travis, May 15, 2010
- 113 replies
- 16.7k views
- Singers
- June 3, 2010
Noisy Neighbours 1 2 3 4 12

By RBM, September 27, 2014
- 112 replies
- 13.1k views
- jpbago
- October 21, 2014
Food 1 2 3 4 12

By Guest jerry921, September 18, 2019
- 110 replies
- 8.2k views
- Shaz
- November 3, 2019
Western world has lost its mind 1 2 3 4 11

By Marvin Boggs, March 13, 2020
- 104 replies
- 7.1k views
- BrettGC
- March 22, 2020
Gratuities (Tipping) And The Expat 1 2 3 4 11

By scott h, October 11, 2015
- 103 replies
- 12.7k views
- Petey
- February 4, 2016
If You Were Me ? 1 2 3 4 11

By Classic Dry, May 22, 2012
- 102 replies
- 14.5k views
- OnMyWay
- December 26, 2012
Training Your Filpino Partner 1 2 3 4 11

By wayneseymour, August 6, 2012
- 101 replies
- 17k views
- Tukaram (Tim)
- May 23, 2015
Retiring 1 2 3 4 11

By stevewool, March 22, 2019
- 101 replies
- 9.8k views
- Nickleback99
- June 24, 2019
I'm still planning on moving... 1 2 3 4 11

By Balisidar, July 25, 2020
- 101 replies
- 7.7k views
- Tommy T.
- October 4, 2020
Thinking about moving to the Philipines. 1 2 3 4 10

By NoshowJones, November 11, 2016
- 98 replies
- 9.4k views
- mogo51
- January 22, 2017
Second visit 1 2 3 4 10

By bastonjock, July 4, 2018
- 98 replies
- 8k views
- bastonjock
- August 16, 2018