You can extend your visa in Philippines for 36 months, so you do not have to live and keep on extending your tourist visa, unlike Thailand its very hard to extend Tourist visa or you could get Learning Thai Language or Muai thai visa for 1 year, but visa wise Philippines is very generous
The no stress visa is definitely massive for someone in my position, at least I know there two amazing options out there that I'd be happy with ethier one
Cool video bro ! From what I see, in The Philippines, most expats chose Cebu City to stay. They compliment whole '' visayas '' region - many beautiful islands - life is chill here. Luzon ( Manila ) is big city noise / traffic. Mindanao may be dangerous for tourists.
You changed your channel name ? Brother had a question as you seem to be well traveled . I am 44 I have similar build and look to you . As I am not not white , black , Asian . Can you make a video or just give me a proper assessment as to the quality of dating abroad ? I am here in California on dating apps and it’s worthless . I believe my first trip will be to CDMX to learn Spanish .
I’ll be there next week for a 10 week stay. I visit once or twice a year for 2-4 months . I hang low and golf every day. Park social in ITPark on the weekends is fun.
Your a SOLID Man & A Cool Dude Too 💪😤 Ive Watched your Colombia 🇨🇴 Videos... Im Glad your n South East Asia... Enjoy !!! God Blessings ☝️😊 & A happy new year You the Man 🫵😎
Since when you’re in cebu island, were you able to go canyoneering in badian, swimming with the sharks in oslob, going to moalboal for swimming with sardines etc. , going to beautiful beaches . Going to take a fast track and go to Bohol? Tons of things to do in this part of the Philippines. Good luck to you with your adventures. You can do all these using tours that offer these activities .
Bushido, I literally just did exactly what you did. Three weeks in Cebu City before heading to Thailand. I was able to make it to Moal Boal on the island but that's it. Like you I learned about so many other spots worth visiting. . . Siargao, Palawan, so many. I feel just as torn. The slightly lower cost, food quality in terms of healthy food, plus the transportation convince which saves so much time is really hard to beat in Thailand. On the other side of the scale, the zero visa worries and English speaking allows for quicker deeper connections. Solving this riddle makes my brain hurt
In my opinion the most valuable thing you can do with your channel is compare Latin America with Southeast asia. There are a million videos about one of the other. there's only about three or four people who have made good videos comparing both regions that have had experience with both. And that's out of like 10 years of expat UA-cam. so you could be number five out of all UA-cam
@@BushidoNomad Awesome. I planned to go to SEA for years. I learned allll about the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand a bit too. I was supposed to leave March 2020..... So I never went to Asia. November 2021 I went to Bogotá to live for 6 months. Then Mexico City for 4 months. And I've been back to Bogotá for three more 2 month trips. So I moved from Seattle to San Francisco a year and a half ago and SF is like 40+% Asian. I'm just thinking about going all the time. Colombian girls are completely unreliable. Like completely. Mexicanas make great partners and the food is world class. But Mexico kind of feels like America and it sucks in some ways. South America is better imho
Does Thailand have better infrastructure than the Philippines like Internet, highway, public transportation, hospitals, etc.? How's the cost of living there? Cheaper? How's the air quality? In Bangkok, you can use public transportation which is a big plus for me. I prefer using public transportation like subway, metro, bus or even Grab or Bolt. I hate driving there. It is not fun and somewhat dangerous. But I agree, most people in Asia are friendly and most countries are safe no violence crime like shooting or robbing.
Louis, Thailand's infrastructure as in public transport spanks most Western cities (even NYC) and for sure spanks Philippines. In Cebu City at least (not sure about Manilla) you're on foot, in a taxi or a Moto taxi and that's it. And the traffic can be really really bad quite often. Best to pick the right area in Cebu City (most go for IT Park or Ayala Mall) and stay in that area to avoid an hour plus taxi ride. Internet is manageable in Philippines but you can suffer at certain Airbnbs while Thailand is top notch like USA. My current hotel in BKK is 300MB/s on Wifi! Hospitals are not contest with Thailand taking the crown for the best in South East Asia perhaps second to Singapore (not sure exactly). Air quality is on the top the list for "downsides" in Bangkok in particular. The locals and long term expats suggest to wear N95 level mask if walking on busy streets like Sukhumvit. I don't personally feel it affecting me after 3 weeks here but smart people I trust say it's an issue if you're going to spend a lot of time here. The concern is the size of the pollution is a nano particle called PM2.5 that apparently can pass the blood brain barrier. (don't quote me on this) I'm not sure how Cebu compares statistically in air quality but I imagine it's in a similar category. Last the value in Thailand is much higher as its on average 10-20% less expensive with a 20-40% uptick in quality in my opinion compared to Philippines. Thailand is a well oiled machine for tourism, moving around the country and just about every other aspect while Philippines is a bit less developed and efficient but that adds to the adventure factor. Bushido, love your content, appreciate your insights.
@@matthewlee2957That's not really true. Outside of Bangkok and tourist areas it quickly goes to dirt roads/potholed roads, sparse or non existent train service, overhead power line spaghetti (even in much of BKK) roads in poor condition. What is true is that things work in Thailand and it's comfortable, unlike the Philippines. The internet speeds are on par or higher than most Western countries.
@@matthewlee2957The women have been treating me like a king, I'm happy in Cebu and staying for a year to start. Mainly due to this and Visa considerations
Seems you are feel'n tired of fool'n around, have had enough of Pattaya girls & party partee. Now getting re-tired, serious & now look'n for place to settle eh, well good luck bro ✌️🏝️😊😊😊🧡👍
May I suggest you speak slowly so that they understand you more esp if you're audience are Filipinos. I'm Filipino I can understand you but for others sir.Thank you for being here in the Philippines and appreciate it.We love you!
You can extend your visa in Philippines for 36 months, so you do not have to live and keep on extending your tourist visa, unlike Thailand its very hard to extend Tourist visa or you could get Learning Thai Language or Muai thai visa for 1 year, but visa wise Philippines is very generous
The no stress visa is definitely massive for someone in my position, at least I know there two amazing options out there that I'd be happy with ethier one
Cool video bro !
From what I see, in The Philippines, most expats chose Cebu City to stay. They compliment whole '' visayas '' region - many beautiful islands - life is chill here.
Luzon ( Manila ) is big city noise / traffic.
Mindanao may be dangerous for tourists.
I'd like to do Manila as well as another random off the beaten path small city just to get a taste for the whole spectrum
seems like in the end, everybody always returns to bangkok as it just the most convenient place to live :D
Enjoy in the Philippines sir and..... mabuhay.
Salamat kaayong 🙏🙏🙏
Im agree! Iam from cebu bro, thank you to choose cebu to stayed here.! 👍☠️🇵🇭⚔️
Thank you bro Cebu is a really cool place
Much respects to everyone!!!
You changed your channel name ?
Brother had a question as you seem to be well traveled .
I am 44 I have similar build and look to you . As I am not not white , black , Asian .
Can you make a video or just give me a proper assessment as to the quality of dating abroad ?
I am here in California on dating apps and it’s worthless .
I believe my first trip will be to CDMX to learn Spanish .
I’ll be there next week for a 10 week stay. I visit once or twice a year for 2-4 months . I hang low and golf every day. Park social in ITPark on the weekends is fun.
How are the Filipinas compared to the Colombianas
Pilipino is very kind nd HUMBLE ND LOVING AND HAPPY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 😇😇❤️
Filipinos make the Philippines an amazing place 🙏🙏
Your a SOLID Man & A Cool Dude Too 💪😤
Ive Watched your Colombia 🇨🇴 Videos...
Im Glad your n South East Asia... Enjoy !!!
God Blessings ☝️😊 & A happy new year
You the Man 🫵😎
Appreciate that brother God bless you 🙏🙏🙏
I’ve been living in Negros Oriental PH last several months. I fly to Bangkok next week. Can’t wait to go and check it out.
Nice brother that'll be a massive change
Since when you’re in cebu island, were you able to go canyoneering in badian, swimming with the sharks in oslob, going to moalboal for swimming with sardines etc. , going to beautiful beaches . Going to take a fast track and go to Bohol? Tons of things to do in this part of the Philippines. Good luck to you with your adventures. You can do all these using tours that offer these activities .
So many great things to do in the area 🙏🙏🙏
tell us some more crazy stories about colombia, bro. really enjoyed listening to your adventures.
Haha thanks bro I'll slowly put some out forsure unfortunately the best ones aren't youtube friendly
I'm probably gonna check out Cebu just because of your series 👍 B-Roll getting better every vid haha keep em coming
Thank you bro! Can't go wrong in philippines
you can occasionally hopping place to place between Thailand and Philippine. In the past, we are considered as twin.
My two favorite countries 😅😅
Bushido, I literally just did exactly what you did. Three weeks in Cebu City before heading to Thailand. I was able to make it to Moal Boal on the island but that's it. Like you I learned about so many other spots worth visiting. . . Siargao, Palawan, so many. I feel just as torn. The slightly lower cost, food quality in terms of healthy food, plus the transportation convince which saves so much time is really hard to beat in Thailand. On the other side of the scale, the zero visa worries and English speaking allows for quicker deeper connections. Solving this riddle makes my brain hurt
Haha it's a big dilemma forsure bro
Malaysia 🇲🇾
I had a great time in Cebu as well you should check out Manila to!
Gunna have to bro so many places to see in Philippines
Nah Bag manila is boring
@@theelitelifeeeboring for dummies
sounds good man, gotta go there this year
Forsure bro
Please visit Malaysia and Singapore. They speak English there too. I think you might like both countries.
I'll have to, Japan as well!
@@BushidoNomad Nice. You will be very busy exploring asian countries for years to come.
6:47 so hilarious 😂 Difficult decisions. What to do!!! What to do!!! 😊
Thanks for sharing. Can I as an American buy and own property in Colombia if I want?
Yes you can for fairly cheap to outside of cities
@@BushidoNomad thanks
ha, everybody hates to change a routine. especially when you're comfortable already. even planning to go to the west coast already gives me a headache
Haha I feel you bro
In my opinion the most valuable thing you can do with your channel is compare Latin America with Southeast asia. There are a million videos about one of the other. there's only about three or four people who have made good videos comparing both regions that have had experience with both. And that's out of like 10 years of expat UA-cam. so you could be number five out of all UA-cam
Appreciate that bro I can defiently make more comparisons
@@BushidoNomad Awesome. I planned to go to SEA for years. I learned allll about the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand a bit too. I was supposed to leave March 2020.....
So I never went to Asia. November 2021 I went to Bogotá to live for 6 months. Then Mexico City for 4 months. And I've been back to Bogotá for three more 2 month trips.
So I moved from Seattle to San Francisco a year and a half ago and SF is like 40+% Asian. I'm just thinking about going all the time. Colombian girls are completely unreliable. Like completely. Mexicanas make great partners and the food is world class. But Mexico kind of feels like America and it sucks in some ways. South America is better imho
Philippine the best there is mate!
I agree brother 💯💯
Try the native chicken. Ull love it
Thanks for the recommendation bro 🙏🙏
Bumble must be popping there. I been meaning to visit Cebu cause Manila was so boring.
Does Thailand have better infrastructure than the Philippines like Internet, highway, public transportation, hospitals, etc.? How's the cost of living there? Cheaper? How's the air quality? In Bangkok, you can use public transportation which is a big plus for me. I prefer using public transportation like subway, metro, bus or even Grab or Bolt. I hate driving there. It is not fun and somewhat dangerous. But I agree, most people in Asia are friendly and most countries are safe no violence crime like shooting or robbing.
Louis, Thailand's infrastructure as in public transport spanks most Western cities (even NYC) and for sure spanks Philippines. In Cebu City at least (not sure about Manilla) you're on foot, in a taxi or a Moto taxi and that's it. And the traffic can be really really bad quite often. Best to pick the right area in Cebu City (most go for IT Park or Ayala Mall) and stay in that area to avoid an hour plus taxi ride. Internet is manageable in Philippines but you can suffer at certain Airbnbs while Thailand is top notch like USA. My current hotel in BKK is 300MB/s on Wifi! Hospitals are not contest with Thailand taking the crown for the best in South East Asia perhaps second to Singapore (not sure exactly).
Air quality is on the top the list for "downsides" in Bangkok in particular. The locals and long term expats suggest to wear N95 level mask if walking on busy streets like Sukhumvit. I don't personally feel it affecting me after 3 weeks here but smart people I trust say it's an issue if you're going to spend a lot of time here. The concern is the size of the pollution is a nano particle called PM2.5 that apparently can pass the blood brain barrier. (don't quote me on this) I'm not sure how Cebu compares statistically in air quality but I imagine it's in a similar category.
Last the value in Thailand is much higher as its on average 10-20% less expensive with a 20-40% uptick in quality in my opinion compared to Philippines. Thailand is a well oiled machine for tourism, moving around the country and just about every other aspect while Philippines is a bit less developed and efficient but that adds to the adventure factor.
Bushido, love your content, appreciate your insights.
Thailand is smoking Cebu for infrastructure. But the air here in Cebu seems much cleaner than Bangkok
@@matthewlee2957That's not really true. Outside of Bangkok and tourist areas it quickly goes to dirt roads/potholed roads, sparse or non existent train service, overhead power line spaghetti (even in much of BKK) roads in poor condition. What is true is that things work in Thailand and it's comfortable, unlike the Philippines. The internet speeds are on par or higher than most Western countries.
@@matthewlee2957The women have been treating me like a king, I'm happy in Cebu and staying for a year to start. Mainly due to this and Visa considerations
They speak english there ya?
Very very good English
Check Metro manila & stay in bgc
Seems you are feel'n tired of fool'n around, have had enough of Pattaya girls & party partee. Now getting re-tired, serious & now look'n for place to settle eh, well good luck bro ✌️🏝️😊😊😊🧡👍
LOOOL thank you bro im a bangkok guy tho not pattaya guy 😅😅😅
How much are the airbnb
22-32 USD on the lower side of the "decent" spectrum
Mines right in line with what Matthew said, $660 per month the building is great although the studio apartments are quite small for long term stays
Beaches????
You goto cambodia or china?
Not yet bro, VN & Japan the two places I haven't been in Asia that I'd like to see the most rn
Vn is cheap and cool. Japan is pricey
Let’s link in bangkok bruh
May I suggest you speak slowly so that they understand you more esp if you're audience are Filipinos. I'm Filipino I can understand you but for others sir.Thank you for being here in the Philippines and appreciate it.We love you!
Thanks for the advice bro appreciate you 🙏🙏
are you serious?
safety = due to culture and harsh penalties for crimes
Yeah I agree wouldn't want to mess around there
Never been Philippines
how are the ladybois in the Philippines dude?
Less than thailand but still a lot
okay good that you enjoyed them!@@BushidoNomad
@@BushidoNomad Which country do you think ladyboys are more beautiful? Between Philippines and Thailand?
Did not enjoy not my thing haha but there's more in thailand so naturally it would be thailand
lol he tried u@@BushidoNomad
So many foreigners go to PH because they cant stay in Thailand. But if they had a choice...... 🤔