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Welcome to our blog and I hope you find it useful and interesting at the same time. I’m Matt and my wife is April.

We are a UK – RP family which is setting up in the Philippines although rely on me working in the UK months at a time to get where we want to be in life. But at the same time we are developing ventures in the Philippines. We hope you find the information you require within this blog. The idea is that I will add information regularly adding things to see and do, points of interests, business ideas, important facts etc. Which should give a wide range of information which will make your retirement/stay more enjoyable and better informed. Please be a part of the discussions on the topics posting questions, answers and experiences. It helps people get a broader picture of the hotels,locations and experiences.

Enjoy your stay and if you want any information please feel free to ask on thing you may find very useful is the forums over at

www.tropicalpenpals.com/forum

In the Philippines in the time I have been here I have come to realise that there is a lot of expats who are just retired and looking to enjoy the rest of the years who are generally a nice bunch (but avoid politics) , the new breed which are the type of myself arriving which there are still in short supply who are wanting to live here full-time and developing towards that either living half in the West half in the Philippines or already took the jump into the unknown completely. The final category is the ones you have to be aware of they are your best new buddy but a lot of these people are out to make money off your back in some form. Some have been here years others months but the only real advice I can give is don’t pay anyone anything unless you know its genuine. Avoid investments unless you are prepared to take loses (many recently did with the Legacy scandal) Property is also something never rush to buy and certainly not within a short time of being here because there are a lot of pitfalls and complications that only people who have been there can share. Either way USE but don’t ABUSE the forums I don’t have all the answers but someone will no doubt reply to a question that you will find helpful.

Another thing people ask about is rentals and buying cars, property, diving gear, airsoft equipment and many other things.. want to know  the best place to look?? The FREE Classifieds don’t buy new unless you REALLY are sure your going to keep doing it.. I looked at an automatic rifle for Airsoft store price was P9,000 I bought second hand with upgrades for P4,000 (also came with ammunition and a strap things you don’t get in store).

Anyway funny enough we also own a website that hosts free ads and your welcome to use it also.. that’s at :-

Membership is pretty straight forward and its all free I don’t sell your information infact you don’t even need to fill most of it in on registration as I switched most of the features off so people can cut and past info rather than get bogged down in a 20minute write up of state,city,address,telephone etc..

Either way there is plenty on there much is added by users daily and i also trawl the net and have people upload data to keep it churning so there is always a lot going on.

Most important just enjoy yourself and if you get to Cebu drop by and say hi!

Or if you prefer via email matt_wilkie@hotmail.co.uk

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