Best Places to Retire Abroad: The Philippines

my fiancee suffers from the heat a lot--and seems to spend half her life on long distance travel.

The heat is a consideration. For sure.

she reckons 40 degrees some days.

Outside it was regularly in the 50`s this year..(30 inside house)Not so much humidity though as no rain for almost 5 months..
Raining season here now..Temp at the moment 28 degrees.
Believe it or not,you get used to it.. Its really not that bad and nothing that Polar frosted SMB cant fix.

And there is a drought forecast.

But not all share your success. Many do not. Equally life can be soooo good in the UK. Or Italy or Portugal.

Those that are dealt a rough deal, or have an axe to grind or the greedy, tend to be the ones who want to turn their back on the UK. Others are content.

Every one to there own. For me the humidity was the killer I prefer fresher cooler air as my fur gets all matted in the humidity

Not for me.. The very thought of returning to that place fills me with dread. There are places in the UK like Cornwall that I will spend future holidays with family but after that..Get me outta there!
Its true when they say"Horses for courses".

I think most of us on this forum don't want to go to live in the Philippines for a variety of reasons.
"That place" is the UK where most of us on this forum live and we are happy to be in the country where we were born.

I will take Aposharks comment further and say that it is wrong to give the wrong impression about the Philippines. There are many issues surrounding retiring in the Philippines and they should be highlighted along with its attractions.

Also John,
Lots of us here have been to more countries than most and we are probably in a good position to weigh up the pros and cons of where is a good place to live and retire to.

I do not subscribe to those inane ramblings in particular, so cannot comment fortunately!

I,m waiting for the Italians and Greeks to get fed up enough to issue all the boat folk citizenship since they dont want to stay there problem solved

Hi Keith, I read the EU is going to investigate the people smuggling networks, seek out the perpetrators and blow up the boats in Libya before they can ship more people out.

Im sure they will set up a committee or three but that would require IMO boots on the ground in Libya or remote drone strikes on what may turn out to be fishermans boats, another barrel of eels Perhaps the principle Greek and Italian entry points should be handed over to the UN as refugee camps while this crisis goes on they could then stop almost all onward travel and they situation could at least be managed

I don't get it.
All of the people on the move are Africans.
Why don't the UN put pressure on the governments there to stop the exodus.
There are always people who know what is going on so it should be easier to stop closer to the places where the people are collected.
If the migrants are economic migrants they should be stopped.
If the migrants are political migrants there should be a system to vet them before they get on boats and head off for Europe.
The threat of withholding aid should help.

what gets me is some of these migrants seriously think they will be able to work here.