Philippines

Pros: Cheap, fun, and you get a break from the heat
Cons: Vampires and Ghosts, Opportunistic kids

"One of the world's deadliest" was what I was told while visiting the Taal Volcano on the day of my 29th birthday. "That little thing?" I said as I pointed to a medium sized island in the middle of a lake.
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Pros: Cheap, Fun, Great Food, Friendly People
Cons: Hot

Ok folks if you don't want to hear about sex, prostitution, wet T-shirt contests, and the consumption of enormous amounts of alcohol then do not proceed further. Remember this epinion should be based on how well it was written and not what your personal...

Pros: - Beautiful views, warm Seas
- Incredible service at El Nido Resorts
Cons: - Coral reefs have taken a beating
- Long trip to Palawan

Trip Log: Philippines May 2009 This review covers a 6 day trip to El Nido, Palawan in the Philippines.    Overall, the trip was a wonderful experience for a family (husband/wife/infant son grandfather) with activities to ...

Pros: Fabulous scenery and low, low prices
Cons: Very poor, very dirty country

My husband just loves those cheesy exploitation films from the 70’s and many of those films were shot in the Philippines. When he realized that A) the Philippines are really close to Korea and B) travel in the Philippines is really cheap, there was no ...

Pros: Absolutely excellent all round, city life, beach life, shopping, scuba diving... its all here
Cons: None... only that it's so far away!

I was surprised to learn most people's (unwarranted) perception of the Philippines is as a third world country, uncivilised and little else positive. My Mother worked for 8 months over in Manila (from Sep 2005- May 2006) for Siemens and my family and ...

Pros: Great culinary skills and flavor-packed foods;Jeepneys in the Filipino's daily life and variety of tropical fruits
Cons: Perception by some taxi drivers that all western tourists are in search of "beautiful girls";

Taste Filipino foods once and you will find yourself fall in love not only with the large variety of foods but also with the people. That was my experience when I shared a two-bed room apartment with a Filipino student when I was in Junior college. At...

Pros: Cheap. Easy lifestyle. Friendly people. 7107 islands. Beautiful beaches, great scuba diving locations.
Cons: Recent problems. Kidnappings. Manila pollution. Instability. Coup rumors every five minutes.

When I went to the travel agency in Amsterdam, they had absolutely no information about the Philippines. They had brochures on every other country in Asia but the Philippines.

In 1994 I landed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport from...

Pros: Mango smoothies/drinks, white sand beaches, the people, the food
Cons: Pickpockets, crazy cabbies, pollution, squatters

I'm half Filipino and half Caucasian, so I visit my relatives in the Philippines (Manila, to be exact) roughly every two years (airline tickets ain't cheap!). My first visit was made when I was 2, and needless to say, I don't remember anything except ...

Pros: didn't see anything
Cons: Bad, bad, bad

Mr. Keating's 10 cents-worth opinion on Manila and the Philippines is simply just infuriating.

So, Mr. Keating, you have our attention now. Anything that you have to add?

"Manila is one of the worst cities I have visited...

Pros: Very diverse culture and landscape, plenty to see, not awash with tourists.
Cons: Tourist resorts and tour arrangements often of mediocre quality, difficult travel at times.

The Philippines is a rather curious archipelago in the South China Sea, comprising an interesting, idiosyncratic mix of cultures that hold a special charm for many. Magellan discovered the islands in 1521, and since then, despite the subsequent death of...

Pros: The Philippines is full of beautiful islands to choose from
Cons: Not enough time, not enough time.....

The Philippines is best known for its beautiful island paradises and there are many to choose from. Here are my top choices with a description of each.

Boracay *****
Arguably one of the Philippines' best beaches, this popular...

Pros: Friendly, Kind, Honest People
Cons: none

After reading Lonely Planet, and talking with Filipinos in our home town who warned us against going, we were a little apprehensive.
Upon landing at Nino Aquino Airport in Manilla at midnight, despite all of the guidebook and friends warning, we had...

Pros: White Sand Beaches, Great Food, Friendly People = Heaven on Earth
Cons: Quite far from the Western World

Mactan Island is located in the Visayas Region of the Philippines. As it also holds the International Airport of Cebu, you can just book any flight into Cebu and land right in Mactan.

This Island is a historic place in that it is where...

Pros: beauty, cuisine, cheap
Cons: unstable government, dangerous

All of the cool kids in my high school were signing up for international summer exchange programs. I desperately wanted to follow in their foot steps, imagining the total freedom I'd have somewhere far away from my mother!

The only problem...

Pros: Variety of Attractions, Cheap, Amazing beaches and Extremely friendly people
Cons: Takes time to travel from place to place. Must bargain for everything.

I spent 5 weeks in the Philippines (April-May). Everyone asked why there? Isn't it dangerous? That's the beauty, the word is not out that this is just as good or better than Thailand. And no it's not dangerous - the fighting of Muslims are confined to a...