Back in March (2024) when I visited (explored) The Philippines for the first time for a month... I flew into Cebu... then flew to Borongan City / Eastern Samar.. and I rented a car and drove around Eastern Samar and Leyte (Tacloban City) .. The San Juanico Bridge in Tacloban is awesome/amazing. I actually saw it from the airplane while I was flying to Borongan City. It's a beautiful region of The Philippines.
Nice. Seems a lot more tame than Manila. I get what you mean about the beggars in the church. They're just trying to pull a guilt trip on the parishners. Usually churches help these people out, like they have programs to help them out with food and shelter. Anyways looking forward to more from Lay's home province.
The dried fish from Tacloban, Leyte, is delicious - not too salty. A care package of dried fish from Tacloban, Leyte. I like the kind Filipino expressions such as, "I smell delicious dáing (a type of dried fish. Someone is cooking delicious dáing." However, if the dried fish tastes too salty, sometimes, Filipinos might say, "This dried fish is from Hell."
Perhaps even Lay thinks she is Thai or Malaysian after being mistaken for a local so often. To be fair she doesn't really eat pork so that would make her less aware of the ingredients of pork sisig. You two were feeling romantic, booking the Matrimonial Suite 💕
Everyone says Leyte has the hottest women with black hair and black eyes. "Backpacking with banger"s gf and "Tim K"s wife are proof of that and Lay as well!
Hello From USA! My sister married a guy from Tacloban Waray maupay Lay mahusay, meaning good and beautiful, we’re from Cebu originally but Tacloban is always nice to visit every now and then, my sister lives there now, they own pharmacy internet cafe’s and copier machine shop and refilling stations, say hello to them from me now living in the USA.
Nice to see you two in Tacloban, my asawa is from Abuyog, she is Waray and our daughter is at Medical School there in Tacloban. Now I am guessing where is Lay from if three hours from there? I am also guessing you are already back in Manila but if not Tom you might find Palo interesting with the MacArthur Memorial where he famously returned. My asawa's grandfather was in the resistance movement during the Japanese occupation and assisted the American forces when they landed along that coast. Hill 120 at Dulag near there is interesting and includes three memorials remembering the Leyte Landings on October 20 1944; it was the first high ground taken and looked inland. If you want to visit Imelda's former luxurious beach property at Tolosa it is possible if you ask around but not on any official tour.
Where are you from lay. When I’m there I spend my time south near sogod. Tom if you guys head down that way I know a place you can stay and my bike is also there that you guys can use.
Hello Tom and Lay ‘ After Tacloban You go headed to Ormoc city ‘ because it’s beautiful and clean City ‘ Gorgeous couple’ Go around there , enjoy I am amazed your you tube all the time
@Tom & Lay. Am the same as you Tom i love my pork ces cig. Would be one of my favorites and had it quite a few times in Makati. Seems nice there tacloban.
Wow lovely church, we always visit the churches in every city we visit even tho we are not religious 🫢 love the province vibe and the different reactions you get from people compared to Manila
Dang bro, You should go to my school Leyte national highschool, It's the largest school in tacloban city it has 12,000 students and more than 400 teachers!
Sisig is my favorite I ate it several times when we were in the Philippines in June. That's a nice big 🌶 on it and yeah gotta have the calamansi. I have two calamansi trees growing in buckets here in the USA so I can bring them inside for cold weather.
Nice seeing you both LoveBirds enjoying Pinoy Paradies to the fullest😂❤ Come to Cebu and show Lay how Tom was living arround. Meet ISpeed on his Livestream and make your beautiful LoveBirds famouse. Road to a Million😂❤ Show Philippines how its Banging😂❤ TOM & Lay on IShowSpeed Stream. Philippines is crazy right now after you two LoveBirds 😂❤ Philippines is missing you right now in and arround Cebu 😂❤
May i comment on toms ecounter to people begging inside the church ...of course it should be one thing that the church authorities should watch also i agree with what tom says that people going to church are not all rich mostly are vulnerable and went in to pray for help financially...but i disaggree on toms remark generalsing all filipinos...here in ilocos u can t see beggars inside churches...there may be few on the streets but they are the one singin and with dis abilities..
Leyte? Minnie and I are on our way back home to Baybay City, Leyte. We are waiting to catch a flight back after spending 6 weeks in Pattaya and 1 week in Bangkok. Enjoy Tacloban!
Ohhhh lay , you are waray ??? From the first time I saw you , you reminded me of a good friend was was from Samar , but now working in Japan .. By way of AC .. I also have friends in McArthur not far from Tac 👍👍 Tacloban suffered greatly from Yolanda
OK Tom years back I was at a party and my brother and his friends came to ask me for some money. I asked what for I was drinking and having a good time and they thought hit me up while I was drinking. I wasn't drinking that much yet lmao. The party was lame so I was about to jet anyways. I told my brother no because the only reason he wanted money was to have his own party. However I had an idea I thought well I have my brother and a few of his friends I will buy a couple cases of beer and they can carry it. I am one smart cookie. On our way home and the guys were carrying my booze with hopes I will give them some 3 old ladies stopped us. One old lady looks at my baby brother and said you are a sinner. My brother said you are f an a right I am. The lady said again you are a sinner. my brother said look lady I just agreed with you now move on. The lady would not leave him alone and I said hey its time to jet. The lady then looks at my brother and said you need to be healed. I started laughing and said lady nothing is going to heal us. Just as we start walking off the lady screams out sinner sinner you need to be healed. I said man this lady is wacked. My brother told the lady again listen I don't have time for this. The lady did not give up and said you are a sinner you need to be healed. So my brother had enough of her crap and said ok lady heal me. She said a couple words and then smacked him so hard on the head he almost fell on his butt. He said that damn lady hit me. Then he said lady you are crazy. The lady walks up to me and said you are a sinner. I made a fist and said I dare you to try that and heal me. She said you would hit an old women I said you bet I would and she left. On the way back home we all talked about it and started laughing. We still to this day talk about that night and laugh. The funny thing was the lady really did almost lay my brother out with that hit to the head and she looked like she was 1100 years old.
Hey Tom can you shed some light on how you make money abroad and sustain your lifestyle? I had been watching the Roaming Hogan channel and i heard you mention working in Ireland and making money there but you seem to be a full time traveler at this point so maybe you can share some of your methods?
You have to pick up some chocolate moron before you leave! And go eat at Giuseppes for dinner. So if Lay is from roughly 3 hours away….. would guess Gen McArthur. Southern Leyte is very nice and alot less people so it is still very quaint and the development hasnt ruined it yet. You two should go down to Padre Burgos and go swimming with the whale sharks.
Tom go in xyz hotel you can eat on the roof resto Greek food and other food whit live music dere is also swim pool on the roof ground floor you can eat japanese and other foods its top believe me you eat dere Greek foods better as in Makati and the rooms are top i think 2500 e day enjoy tackoban dere is not much yo see go down in Leyte dere are remote islands top so enjoy you day
Sorry i am a geek with no life but I think this would’ve been a little bit better with the DJI Action 5 pro, and the DJI mic 2’s. So easy to film not needing a receiver. And there’s backup recording on the camera and microphones . $800 investment but it’ll be worth it maybe . But I guess the sound is good enough already
Before the pandemic there where many good places to eat lots of seafood,I used to have GINGER Wok resto in Robinson's we were the first to introduce thai food to tacloban its still operating but I have heard it's not the same.
im glad you found each other and are happy in life but the Adventures have turned boring lately just a food vlogger now tom soon a shopping vlogger and Lay stop thinking of your belly and shopping all the time support tom channels there not yours
It's funny you mention German because if Filipinos have any European blood from 400 years of European and European-American colonialism it will likely be German or Irish because of the American influence and nearly 70% of Americans having German ancestry. The Spanish didn't really mix that much. In the US a darker skinned Mexican-American will be told by their grandmother that they are related to some great native chief and when they take a DNA test they are 60% German and the rest Mestizo. Filipinos are told the same about the Spanish but learn very few do after a DNA test. It's estimated that 5%-10% have German or Irish blood. Some Filipino scientists claim it could be much higher. Like 30%. Get her a DNA test. Might be interesting. The greatest level of DNA testing for Filipinos occurs in the US but it's only been under 10k total. In a country of over 100 million there is plenty that is still not known about their current ancestry.
Back in March (2024) when I visited (explored) The Philippines for the first time for a month... I flew into Cebu... then flew to Borongan City / Eastern Samar.. and I rented a car and drove around Eastern Samar and Leyte (Tacloban City) .. The San Juanico Bridge in Tacloban is awesome/amazing. I actually saw it from the airplane while I was flying to Borongan City. It's a beautiful region of The Philippines.
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I’m from Lapaz Leyte province of Tacloban. my American husband and our kids been in Leyte so many times.❤
My wife is from Tacloban. I've been going there every 6 months. She is now in US with me.
Nice. Seems a lot more tame than Manila.
I get what you mean about the beggars in the church. They're just trying to pull a guilt trip on the parishners.
Usually churches help these people out, like they have programs to help them out with food and shelter.
Anyways looking forward to more from Lay's home province.
True
That is very close to Basey-Samar Leyte, the wonderful hometown of my Philippine wife. Just on the other side of the San Juanico bridge.❤️❤️❤️
The dried fish from Tacloban, Leyte, is delicious - not too salty. A care package of dried fish from Tacloban, Leyte.
I like the kind Filipino expressions such as, "I smell delicious dáing (a type of dried fish. Someone is cooking delicious dáing."
However, if the dried fish tastes too salty, sometimes, Filipinos might say, "This dried fish is from Hell."
The sisig is mouth watering. 😋 I hope you guys don't lose your umbrella. 😁
Wow your from here in Tacloban Lay?
Perhaps even Lay thinks she is Thai or Malaysian after being mistaken for a local so often. To be fair she doesn't really eat pork so that would make her less aware of the ingredients of pork sisig.
You two were feeling romantic, booking the Matrimonial Suite 💕
Everyone says Leyte has the hottest women with black hair and black eyes. "Backpacking with banger"s gf and "Tim K"s wife are proof of that and Lay as well!
Hi Tom & beautiful Lay,
Nice, have fun in Tacloban.
May God bless you both.
From USA
Sizzling sisig is a popular meal n Liza n I ate this on Boracay back in March 2017 on my first Philippines trip to meet Liza ❤❤
What area is Lay from?my wife is from Biliran. Maripipi is a nice Island to visit.Sambauan Island too,beside Miripipi Island,province of Biliran.
Nice
Hello From USA! My sister married a guy from Tacloban Waray maupay Lay mahusay, meaning good and beautiful, we’re from Cebu originally but Tacloban is always nice to visit every now and then, my sister lives there now, they own pharmacy internet cafe’s and copier machine shop and refilling stations, say hello to them from me now living in the USA.
Oh nice 😊
Just started watching. I need another beer for this. 🤭
Nice to see you two in Tacloban, my asawa is from Abuyog, she is Waray and our daughter is at Medical School there in Tacloban. Now I am guessing where is Lay from if three hours from there? I am also guessing you are already back in Manila but if not Tom you might find Palo interesting with the MacArthur Memorial where he famously returned. My asawa's grandfather was in the resistance movement during the Japanese occupation and assisted the American forces when they landed along that coast. Hill 120 at Dulag near there is interesting and includes three memorials remembering the Leyte Landings on October 20 1944; it was the first high ground taken and looked inland. If you want to visit Imelda's former luxurious beach property at Tolosa it is possible if you ask around but not on any official tour.
New subscribers here I’m also from Tacloban. Now leaving in Fl 🇺🇸
Thanks 🙏
Where are you from lay. When I’m there I spend my time south near sogod. Tom if you guys head down that way I know a place you can stay and my bike is also there that you guys can use.
Hello Tom and Lay ‘ After Tacloban You go headed to Ormoc city ‘ because it’s beautiful and clean City ‘ Gorgeous couple’ Go around there , enjoy I am amazed your you tube all the time
Thanks 🙏
After Ormoc… go to Maasin City, Southern Leyte. You might see Tim K the UA-camr.
We have the same hometown. I miss you going back there every summer.💙
CONGRATS TO YOUR SISTER WEDDING I LOVE U GUYS SEE U IN UR NEXT VLOG UR SO PRETTY AND VERY SIMPLE LADY FOR ME..
Enjoy your time there Tacloban city. Im sure they speak waray there. I was thinking lay is from iloilo, because she is so malambing person.❤
Guys, we celebrate Santo ninohere in the USA every year and we dance kuratsa ! Really fun in honor santo nino~😅
I love Tacloban! Leyte is awesome! ❤️
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Thats one of the places i need to go. But this December im going back to Cebu for the Christmas. Take care guys. Cheers. Hugs and kisses, Rui, Macau
Hi Tom & Lay, watching from Uk. But originally I'm from Biliran a waraynon as well. Lots of memories in Tacloban. Enjoy your stay and have fun.
Thanks 🙏
You should stop by our house. We live in Palo, just outside of Tacloban.
Oh nice 👍
@Tom & Lay. Am the same as you Tom i love my pork ces cig. Would be one of my favorites and had it quite a few times in Makati.
Seems nice there tacloban.
Like 447 for the show. Have a great night Tom and Lay
Thank you for this video really ms my home town. always watching your vlog hr🇯🇵stay safe both of you and inlove 🫶🏻
I have a house in baybay city but I’m in the UK at the. Moment but baybay is definitely worth a look. Also ormoc city 😊
Wow lovely church, we always visit the churches in every city we visit even tho we are not religious 🫢 love the province vibe and the different reactions you get from people compared to Manila
Yes much prefer province vibe to Manila
wow u guys are in my hometown.
you guys should try chocolate moron and binagol , both are delicacies from there! Waraynon ❤
Nice 👍
Hi Tom and Lay: I don't care how hot it gets, it could be 120 degrees, and I'll still want my coffee hot, I can't drink it cold.
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Dang bro, You should go to my school Leyte national highschool, It's the largest school in tacloban city it has 12,000 students and more than 400 teachers!
Hello Tom and Lay, goodmorningb have a nice day😍💙🩷
bulalo one of my fav filipino foods,beef off the bone stew...yummy...
Sisig is my favorite I ate it several times when we were in the Philippines in June. That's a nice big 🌶 on it and yeah gotta have the calamansi. I have two calamansi trees growing in buckets here in the USA so I can bring them inside for cold weather.
Thank you 🇺🇸🎶💛❤️💜☘️
Nice seeing you both LoveBirds enjoying Pinoy Paradies to the fullest😂❤
Come to Cebu and show Lay how Tom was living arround.
Meet ISpeed on his Livestream and make your beautiful LoveBirds famouse.
Road to a Million😂❤
Show Philippines how its Banging😂❤
TOM & Lay on IShowSpeed Stream.
Philippines is crazy right now after you two LoveBirds 😂❤
Philippines is missing you right now in and arround Cebu 😂❤
Cebu?? 😮😮😮😮
Hi guys if you’re still in Leyte you should visit BayBay city nice place 😊
That's the hotel where I stayed my first visit to Tacloban
Tacloban... you have to do sunrise at the Macarthur landing point...
May i comment on toms ecounter to people begging inside the church ...of course it should be one thing that the church authorities should watch also i agree with what tom says that people going to church are not all rich mostly are vulnerable and went in to pray for help financially...but i disaggree on toms remark generalsing all filipinos...here in ilocos u can t see beggars inside churches...there may be few on the streets but they are the one singin and with dis abilities..
Leyte? Minnie and I are on our way back home to Baybay City, Leyte. We are waiting to catch a flight back after spending 6 weeks in Pattaya and 1 week in Bangkok. Enjoy Tacloban!
Oh nice did you enjoy?
@@Tom-LayOh yes. Nothing beats Thailand!
Scotland does anyday❤😊
My wife is from Ormoc City are you going to be exploring Leyte maybe see Ormoc City?
No just there for 2 days
"Pig's brain" is "hog's head cheese". "Hog's head cheese" is delicious.
Hi Lay! Where you from in Leyte?
Makati is the business district in Manila & would be more expensive that most other places in the Philippines.
I wanna see Tom speaks Tagalog first then Waray language!😂 you need to see Imeda’s 2,000 shoes selection😊😅😢Great tour Lay!
I’m not sure how anyone can live in Manila. I get out as quick as I can and head to tacloban then out to the province.
Yeh I’m not sure too
Lay and Tom you two are funny. Besides Pig Jowls, what other meat were available with that dish.
How long are you guys in Leyte for?
Just couple days Jamie
Nice place 😊👍
Ohhhh lay , you are waray ??? From the first time I saw you , you reminded me of a good friend was was from Samar , but now working in Japan .. By way of AC .. I also have friends in McArthur not far from Tac 👍👍 Tacloban suffered greatly from Yolanda
Nice 👍
Nice ❤ love your video's 🙏
Thanks 🙏
Lay . May l ask you why are you holding your cell phone most of the time?
Like all the other people in the world..they can’t detach themselves from thier phone..lol
All good guys ❤
Lay l love tacloban where are you in tacloban. l'm from Ormoc, but l don't leave there anymore .try to go to Ormoc.
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Nice to see both of u agn. Happy exploring!! 😍😍
Thanks 🙏
So nice to see, i will be moving to Tacloban next year
That’s cool 👌
Good morning Tom & Lay West Coast USA ☘️🇺🇸💜❤️💛🎶🩵
Enjoyed the video
Thanks 🙏
You will love it and try the alute river ride. West samar is great too arrow beach
Lay needs to learn how to make pad krapow. It is easy.
Yes 😅
Cool city old and new vibe
Yes 👍
are you also from tacloban lay?
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Food on hot plate looks yummy.Enjoy !😊
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How did you travel there from manila?
@Tom-Lay ?
Hello Tom and Lay. It's nice to see you both again 😊😂❤🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! 😃
@@Tom-Lay 😁😉👋
OK Tom years back I was at a party and my brother and his friends came to ask me for some money. I asked what for I was drinking and having a good time and they thought hit me up while I was drinking. I wasn't drinking that much yet lmao. The party was lame so I was about to jet anyways. I told my brother no because the only reason he wanted money was to have his own party. However I had an idea I thought well I have my brother and a few of his friends I will buy a couple cases of beer and they can carry it. I am one smart cookie.
On our way home and the guys were carrying my booze with hopes I will give them some 3 old ladies stopped us. One old lady looks at my baby brother and said you are a sinner. My brother said you are f an a right I am. The lady said again you are a sinner. my brother said look lady I just agreed with you now move on. The lady would not leave him alone and I said hey its time to jet. The lady then looks at my brother and said you need to be healed. I started laughing and said lady nothing is going to heal us. Just as we start walking off the lady screams out sinner sinner you need to be healed. I said man this lady is wacked.
My brother told the lady again listen I don't have time for this. The lady did not give up and said you are a sinner you need to be healed. So my brother had enough of her crap and said ok lady heal me. She said a couple words and then smacked him so hard on the head he almost fell on his butt. He said that damn lady hit me. Then he said lady you are crazy. The lady walks up to me and said you are a sinner. I made a fist and said I dare you to try that and heal me. She said you would hit an old women I said you bet I would and she left. On the way back home we all talked about it and started laughing.
We still to this day talk about that night and laugh. The funny thing was the lady really did almost lay my brother out with that hit to the head and she looked like she was 1100 years old.
😅😂😂😂
Hey Tom can you shed some light on how you make money abroad and sustain your lifestyle? I had been watching the Roaming Hogan channel and i heard you mention working in Ireland and making money there but you seem to be a full time traveler at this point so maybe you can share some of your methods?
Please do the WW2 stuff. "We shall return" (General Douglas MacArthur)
I'm 1 hour away from the city I'm waray also.
Nice 👍
Did you drive or fly from manila to tacloban city? Thank you
Fly
@@Tom-Lay sweet!!!
You have to pick up some chocolate moron before you leave! And go eat at Giuseppes for dinner.
So if Lay is from roughly 3 hours away….. would guess Gen McArthur. Southern Leyte is very nice and alot less people so it is still very quaint and the development hasnt ruined it yet. You two should go down to Padre Burgos and go swimming with the whale sharks.
Hello Tom et Lay i love
Tom go in xyz hotel you can eat on the roof resto Greek food and other food whit live music dere is also swim pool on the roof ground floor you can eat japanese and other foods its top believe me you eat dere Greek foods better as in Makati and the rooms are top i think 2500 e day enjoy tackoban dere is not much yo see go down in Leyte dere are remote islands top so enjoy you day
Is Lay Tom’s asawa?
Diri asawa. Friends with benefits iton hira😅
Hi tom and Lay i'm from tacloban,Lay san ka dito sa leyte?
i hope makita ko kayo or mameet
Sorry i am a geek with no life but I think this would’ve been a little bit better with the DJI Action 5 pro, and the DJI mic 2’s. So easy to film not needing a receiver. And there’s backup recording on the camera and microphones . $800 investment but it’ll be worth it maybe . But I guess the sound is good enough already
Yes I just see that too maybe soon
@@Tom-Lay and the DJI lavalier mic seems good it’s about $60 each
@@Tom-Lay the DJI lavalier mic seems like it sounds good and the cord comes out horizontal so it’s more comfortable in your pocket
Don’t leave anything behind again guy’s.
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Nice
Thanks
Before the pandemic there where many good places to eat lots of seafood,I used to have GINGER Wok resto in Robinson's we were the first to introduce thai food to tacloban its still operating but I have heard it's not the same.
I did not know that bum guns were available in magnum calibers.
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Delicious sisig...but is a (cholesterol) highway to heaven or hell 🤣...Beggars are all over touristy areas (beware pickpockets) even some in Europe.
Yes Europe you have more chance to get robbed for sure
Hi lay, lets meet some day❤
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When is your wedding
hate to say scams in philippines getting worst
😂😂😂
Too late to re-name the channel: The Garden of Eatin'.
im glad you found each other and are happy in life but the Adventures have turned boring lately just a food vlogger now tom soon a shopping vlogger and Lay stop thinking of your belly and shopping all the time support tom channels there not yours
It's funny you mention German because if Filipinos have any European blood from 400 years of European and European-American colonialism it will likely be German or Irish because of the American influence and nearly 70% of Americans having German ancestry. The Spanish didn't really mix that much. In the US a darker skinned Mexican-American will be told by their grandmother that they are related to some great native chief and when they take a DNA test they are 60% German and the rest Mestizo. Filipinos are told the same about the Spanish but learn very few do after a DNA test. It's estimated that 5%-10% have German or Irish blood. Some Filipino scientists claim it could be much higher. Like 30%. Get her a DNA test. Might be interesting. The greatest level of DNA testing for Filipinos occurs in the US but it's only been under 10k total. In a country of over 100 million there is plenty that is still not known about their current ancestry.
Too bad grab food cant deliver from Bangkok.
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Happy to see you together ❤😊 love your video's Tom 🙏🙏
Thank you! 😃
Let’s be honest the food is nothing like Thailand? Been there done that
Yeh Thailand is hard to beat for food quality to price
Hi ,new subscriber here