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People always wanna know what the cost of living in the Philippines is.
One of the real beauties of this country is you have a huge range. You can live any lifestyle you want here. However, I'm only gonna deal with the most important aspect of it, which is living on the ocean. either on the beach or within site of the ocean, you gotta be near water in this country.
Now, the bottom end of the range is right over here. You can live on this beach in a native hut for probably a $100 a month. You can probably eat, native style, for about 5000 pesos are month. So that's about $300.
Or, you can live in a place like this. Now this is top end, probably sells for about a million dollars. But you can rent it for about $2000 to $3000 / month. 'bout a 100,000 to 150,000 pesos. This is the other end of the scale. There are places like this in the Philippines. You can live a western lifestyle here if you want, and it's cheaper than home.
But here's something more middle of the road between those two extremes. This is something that I have available in Manila. To rent is $800 a month. And there's lots of places like this here. Your electricity is going to cost you, depending upon air con, maybe $100 a month.
You can eat, pretty good, two people, for another $200 a month. So a place like this, $1100 a month.
This place has a basketball court, volleyball, badminton, a pool on the roof. In the sun all day with a view of Manila Bay.
That's looking west into Manila Bay. Now we're looking north, and into Manila. Right there is the whole Malate entertainment district, which is restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and lots of fun.
Oh and did I mention, there's a pool on the roof!? There's nothing like sitting up here with a couple of ice cold beers, getting a tan and then cooling off in this lovely warm pool.
There's also a sauna, washrooms on the roof, only 11 stories up, and always a great sunset.
And of course, for ambitious people, there is an exercise room with another great view of Manila.
Beautiful view of Manila Bay, Bataan, Corregidor, the yacht club right there.
Living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, view of the Malate entertainment district. Veranda, that one facing north and this one again Manila Bay.
If you're coming to the Philippines, make sure you get down to Puerto Galera to check out Badladz!
Badladz Beach Resort
Small Tabinay Beach, Puerto Galera 5200, Philippines
+63 43 287 3693 +63 919 577 2823 +63 920 955 6410 (Mobile)
http://badladz.com
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