People are warm and friendly. An English speaking country which causes the rapid rise of call centers in Philippines. An Outsourcing company that helped resolved the unemployment issues. Social life in Philippines is pretty much active. You can find bars everywhere because people loves to party to relieve stress. They are easy going and positive thinker.
There’s a lot you can do. I’ve been to lots of different places because I’m a big beach lover .Below are the highlights of the best places to choose from depends on your preferences...
Manila-This is the choice of most businessmen who invested companies in Philippines. Though traffic sucks due to population of 10 million residents, but there’s still best places to hang out if you love to party. If you intend to stay temporarily, you can shop at the Mall of Asia or Greenbelt to party. Its just 15 minutes away from the airport. These are also some Restobars you can find along the bay for you to breath some cool air somehow.
Davao has beautiful beaches and a very safe city. Taxi drivers who would take advantage from foreigners will pay 3 times of the set penalty. Quite a lot of improving nice beach resorts are in Samal Island such as Paradise Beach and Pearl Farm Beach Resorts to name a few. Its just 30 minutes away from Davao by boat. And here’s one thing, beautiful Filipinas comes from Mindanao!
Cagayan de Oro-is known for their awesome white water rafting. It’s using a raft to navigate water or other bodies of water with different degrees of roughness to give thrill and excitement to passengers. It’s 2000php per person with 4 persons minimum.
Camiguin- this one extraordinary place full of wonders,due to its 7 active volcanoes(strange but true) and one is said to be underneath the ocean. Its a place you can explore for even just a single day to go around where you get to see the hot spring, soda spring, cold spring, katibawasan falls, sunken cemetery and a lot more .The famous white sand bar at the middle of the sea sinks during high tide. Beaches are great. A motorcycle is the best transportation for an exciting adventure!
Palawan –the place for scuba divers because of their interesting and unlimited diving spots, Island hopping for enormous beautiful Islands ,virgin forest and caves.
Puerto Princesa has cheap cost of living specially seafood at the market.
Busuanga-one thing that amazed me are the shipwrecks found in the islands of Coron which excites scuba divers to examine the place.
El Nido is where beautiful lagoons are situated.
Bohol-has the Chocolates Hills as the main tourist attraction. Panglao beachesare pretty similar to Boracay just not touristic and crowded. Also found here are the Philippine Tarsier, Man Made Forest, Prony (longest phyton in captivity) and the Loboc River and is where the friendliest people in Philippines live.
Boracay.-the most popular in Philippines because of its pure-white sand fantastic beach resorts .Aside from swimming, people enjoys outdoor activities like wake boarding, water surfing, kite flying, jet ski, scuba diving and snorkeling. Nightlife is alive after the sunset .Loads of Restobars are found along the shore. Though it’s pretty expensive to stay but it doesn’t bother people to keep coming back.
Legazpi (Sorsogon)- It’s a quite, peaceful place where the famous Mt.Mayon is located. Starting January to May is a Blue Whale (Butanding) sharks season where you get to swim with extremely huge 15 meter size whale sharks.
Cebu – Is where Bantayan ,Malapascua and Moalboal, the top nice beaches in this place are found. Also a place where visitors of Cebu prefer to relax. Inside the City is the miraculous Sto.Nino Church visited by Filipinos all over the country.Try to Visit KAWASAN FALLS for an exciting adventure!
