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To really experience the Philippines, like any place else, one has to stay for awhile. And that means dealing with the climate. Being between 20° North and 5° North latitude places the Philippines squarely in the tropics. Which means if you are like me, and spent the majority of your life at higher latitudes (45° North for me), the tropics can take a bit of getting used too. So let me try to explain the climate in the Philippines, at least as I have experienced it.
(more…)Like most other countries, the power coming out on the wall-outlet in the Philippines is significantly different than what comes out of a wall-outlet in the United States. I hope in this day and age, no one is really surprised about that. What is interesting is that depending on what the power company provides to your house, you can, if needed make a wall-outlet compatible with the Untied States. And I am no talking about a step down transformer, though that is another solution. Let me explain.
(more…)This the first in a series of posts focused on life in the Philippines. I have noticed a lot of information out there, some of which I can personally attest to as being in error or outright incorrect. So I decided to post about my experiences living in the Philippines. Please note that this is all from my perspective, my situation, and probably unique to the area I live in.
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